Browsing College of Education (General) by Issue Date
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Educational Spending as Economic Development
(2025-01-14)
A major leverage point in improving employment, consumer demand, and investment is through state investments in quality PK-12 education. Research is clear that areas with higher and more targeted investments see significant ...
Conecting Student Learning with Social Health
(2025-04-04)
This brief summarizes research in Alabama on the connection between learning outcomes and the neighborhood environment in which students grow up. Our research shows that social health factors—including positive health ...
Alabama Charter School Parent Voice
(2025-04-10)
In 2015, Alabama became the 43rd state to establish charter schools as part of their public education system. To
better understand if Alabama charter schools meet their objectives, we conducted a survey (and subsequent ...
Implementing Virginia's Cell Phone Policy
(2025-01-10)
Lessons from the Implementation of Virginia's Cell Phone Policy
(2025-04-29)
In April 2025, we conducted a follow-up survey of teachers from a school division in Southeast Virginia regarding the implementation of Virginia’s new cell phone policy. Teachers expressed strong support for the cell phone ...
Time to step in: Practical Interventions for Improving Teacher Retention in Alabama
(2025-05-19)
This report examines how interventions may be developed to reduce teacher turnover by identifying the warning signs and responses that may redirect the path along the process of job withdrawal and turnover. Presented here ...