Education Research

KU to Receive Major Special Education Research Grant (Kansas Public Radio)

U-S Senator Pat Roberts announced today (FRI) that the University of Kansas will receive a grant of more than 477 thousand dollars for special education research.

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KU to Receive Major Special Education Research Grant (Kansas Public Radio)

University of Arizona scholar to present AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research (EurekAlert!)

( American Educational Research Association ) Luis C. Moll, a University of Arizona scholar and expert on the connection among culture, psychology and education, will deliver the American Educational Research Association’s 6th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research this month

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University of Arizona scholar to present AERA Brown Lecture in Education Research (EurekAlert!)

Kotharis common school system wanted to reduce class bias in education (Express India)

AK Sharma, former director of the National Council of Education Research and Training, and currently the chair of the ‘drafting group’ set up by ministry of human resources development to provide the “model rules” to go with the Right to Education Bill, says ‘rules’ will give the states direction and support the Bill specifically in clauses that say ‘as may be prescribed’.

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Kotharis common school system wanted to reduce class bias in education (Express India)

Education ’set back 50 years’ by reforms (The New Zealand Herald)

Primary schools will be “going back 50 years” if teachers are forced to stick to national standards in reading, writing and maths, says a top education researcher.

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Education ’set back 50 years’ by reforms (The New Zealand Herald)

Bangkok Post : Higher education at the crossroads (Bangkok Post - Thailand’s English news)

Earlier this month, Dhurakij Pundit University (DPU) and its partners hosted the International Conference on Higher Education Research and Development (Iherd), a three-day convention that drew the presence of more than 150 scholars, students and policymakers from more than 10 countries.

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Bangkok Post : Higher education at the crossroads (Bangkok Post - Thailand’s English news)

NASA Solicitation: Global Change Education Research Experiences Teaching Learning (SpaceRef)

Global Change Education Research Experiences Teaching Learning

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NASA Solicitation: Global Change Education Research Experiences Teaching Learning (SpaceRef)

The Economic Impact of Underachievement

According to a new report from McKinsey & Company, underachieving schools have had more than just a social impact on the U.S.—they’ve had an economic impact as well. “The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America’s Schools” says that while the causes of the gap may not be well known, the consequences of it have not been fully understood, either.

The report identifies four education gaps: between the U.S. and other nations, between black and Latino students and white students, between students of different income levels, and between students of different systems and/or religions. As a result of these gaps, the report says, valuable human potential is wasted, creating the economic equivalent of a “permanent national recession” even larger than the current one. On the individual level, these gaps can lead to lower earnings, poor health, and higher incarceration rates.

To download the full report, visit McKinsey & Company.