December 6, 2016
Corporal Punishment in U.S. Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy
Despite a significant drop in the use of corporal punishment in schools, a recent study finds corporal punishment is currently legal in 19 states and over 160,000 children are subject to corporal punishment in schools each year. This policy report examines the prevalence and geographic dispersion of corporal punishment in U.S. public schools. The research finds corporal punishment is disproportionately applied to children who are Black, to boys and children with disabilities. Black students experienced corporal punishment at twice the rate of white students, 10 percent versus 5 percent. This report summarizes sources of concern about school corporal punishment, reviewing state policies related to school corporal punishment, and discusses the future of school corporal punishment in state and federal policy.
Gershoff, E. T., & Font, S. A. (2016). Corporal Punishment in US Public Schools: Prevalence, Disparities in Use, and Status in State and Federal Policy. Social Policy Report, 30(1).
http://srcd.org/sites/default/files/documents/spr_30_1.pdf
December 5, 2016
Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School
A recent study, attempts to answer this question by examining the effects of two North Carolina early-childhood programs on students’ educational outcomes in elementary school. This study looked at the impact of state funding allocations to programs in each of 100 counties across 13 consecutive years in South Carolina. These findings indicate that North Carolina’s investment in early childhood programs is associated with improved educational outcomes for students in terms of math and reading scores, reductions in special education rates, and diminished incidence of grade retention. Importantly, these effects don’t appear to fade during the elementary grades.
Dodge, K. A., Bai, Y., Ladd, H. F., & Muschkin, C. G. (2016). Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School. Child
Development.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12645/full
November 17, 2016
A recent study, attempts to answer this question by examining the effects of two North Carolina early-childhood programs on students’ educational outcomes in elementary school. This study looked at the impact of state funding allocations to programs in each of 100 counties across 13 consecutive years in South Carolina. These findings indicate that North Carolina’s investment in early childhood programs is associated with improved educational outcomes for students in terms of math and reading scores, reductions in special education rates, and diminished incidence of grade retention. Importantly, these effects don’t appear to fade during the elementary grades.
Dodge, K. A., Bai, Y., Ladd, H. F., & Muschkin, C. G. (2016). Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School. Child Development.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12645/full
July 11, 2016
Adequate yearly progress reports by state –
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July 11, 2016
Accountability measures for special education impacted by calculation methods.- Download the report
https://www.nciea.org/library/minimum-n-and-confidence-intervals-proficiency-and-exclusion-of-special-education-students/
July 1, 2016
Shanna Hirsch of the University of Virginia has been presented the 2015-16 research grant for her proposed study titled, Professional development in practice: improving novice teachers’ use of evidence-based classroom management practices.
May 24, 2016
Wing Institute Announces Graduate Student Grant Competition For 2016
The Wing Institute is pleased to announce the 2016 Wing Institute Graduate Student Research grant competition. The grant award is a maximum of $5000.
The deadline for submission is August 1, 2016. Notification of decision is September 1, 2016. Please follow the following link for more information and forms for submission.
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November 4, 2015
The National Council on Teacher Quality released its “State of the States 2015: Evaluating Teaching, Leading and Learning,” which provides a lay of the land on state teacher and principal evaluation policy in 2015. Read More…
November 3, 2015
John Hattie best known for his seminal work, Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement, examines the evidence base on effective teaching. Read More…
October 30, 2015
The Big Picture Science radio show and podcast explains the complexities of science with informative and entertaining story telling and interviews. This podcast offers listeners the basic information for discerning good from bad research and explains why we often encounter conflicting results of studies on the same topic. Read More…
