A statistician by training and an education researcher, McPartland worked closely with James Coleman on the Coleman Report, which underpins the modern, evidence-based approach to improving education.

Students’ emotions are inextricable from their learning, and also influence their identity development, especially when engaging in difficult topics. This work explores the emotional configurations of ...

The number of educational opportunities that children accrue as they mature is strongly linked to their educational attainment and earnings in early adulthood, according to new research led by ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A prominent ...

Education research has been in the news, as the Trump administration has dramatically reduced funding for it. Nevertheless, there’s still tons of it around, and more still will be forthcoming. How can ...

For the past 20 years, I have taught research methods in education to students here in the U.S. and in other countries. While the purpose of the course is to show students how to do effective research ...

Most people assume that educational research is designed to help teachers and schools. After all, billions of taxpayer dollars flow to universities and think tanks with the expectation that the work ...

The Trump administration canceled nearly $900 million in Institute of Education Sciences contracts Monday—a massive blow to a U.S. Education Department agency that houses the National Center for ...

Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic first forced schools and colleges into remote learning, researchers, policymakers and higher education leaders may no longer have access to the federal data they ...