The Education Trust-West partnered with Global Strategy Group to conduct a poll that tested a long list of potential concerns among parents amidst the coronavirus pandemic and found academic concerns rose to the top. Key findings in this infographic include: (1) In the immediate aftermath of school closures, California parents give positive…

What textbooks are physics teachers using? How highly do they rate those textbooks? What other types of materials do teachers use? The textbooks and other resources used by high school physics teachers in the US have evolved along with the changing demands of physics classes and the evolving set of options available to teachers. In this report,…

The Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) Model is a systemic approach to science learning and teaching based on five infrastructure pillars: research-based curriculum, differentiated professional development, administrative and community support, materials support, and assessment. This model uses the Science and…

This is the companion report to "Early Progress: Interim Research on Personalized Learning" which documents the teacher survey results for the 2013-14 school year. Researchers obtained and analyzed both qualitative and quantitative data from each school to create a broad picture of the schools' efforts to implement personalized learning…

Teachers of first-year college mathematics and engineering courses must often spend considerable time reviewing material originally taught in high school. Instead of this being a mere exercise in repetition, this article suggests that such a review can enrich and revitalize by unifying some of the subjects that need to be re-taught. In the example…

This study describes the provision of elementary education in Papua New Guinea. Chapter One briefly discusses streams of primary education, hiring of teachers, education boards, and the ministry of education. Chapter Two describes the existing education system in terms of compulsory education, the structure of the education system, educational…

This paper briefly outlines the results of a survey of 339 teachers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, the purpose of which was to evaluate the use and appropriateness of educational technology in teaching and learning. Results show that only the overhead projector is used with substantial frequency and that staff training and development…

One purpose of this study was to examine the adequacy of existing policies regarding the provision of textbooks in a large suburban school district. Another purpose was to determine the cost of meeting a proposed standard for textbook availability, namely, that every student should be provided with copies of the texts he or she uses in all basic…

This report contains statistical information for schools and classes for blind students for the year 1921-1922. Reports were received for the year 1921-22 from 64 schools for the blind. Eight schools, reporting a total of 89 instructors and 629 pupils in 1917-18, did not send reports for 1921-22. Eleven schools having a total of 44 instructors and…

Important changes in classroom television and the technologies that accompany it have taken place. Videocassette recorders have become more plentiful, giving teachers greater flexibility in presentation and scheduling; the growth of program delivery systems such as videocassettes, satellite, cable, and broadcast services has given educators more…

There is great interest in the effect of school resources on academic achievement, but it is seldom that an opportunity arises in which this relationship may be examined in an international milieu. This paper presents the types of resources available in the 27 countries participating in the International Association for the Evaluation of…

The Office of Education frequently receives requests for information regarding the educational developments in the Soviet Zone of Germany. This bulletin is issued by the Office of Education as another in its longstanding series of international education publications. Unlike most bulletins in this series that are based on firsthand interviews and…