Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
Researchers, journalists and Indigenous student advocates share tips on covering tribal colleges and universities, which serve students from over 250 federally recognized tribal nations and a growing number of students with no tribal affiliation.
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To help recruit teachers, many U.S. schools have switched to a four-day schedule. We look at research on how the change affects students.
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Recent research can help journalists investigate barriers many U.S. students face trying to transfer from a community college to a university. Some papers published in 2025 provide solutions.
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Use these free tools to examine data on student achievement, school segregation, dual enrollment programs and other education topics. Most generate maps, charts and lists that journalists can incorporate into their news coverage.
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We updated this explainer to help journalists understand and ask more probing questions about private school vouchers and other school choice programs.
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Seven university professors who study private school vouchers and other school choice programs offer advice to help journalists strengthen their coverage of this deeply divisive topic.
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We explain higher education funding to help journalists cover the impacts of changes President Trump has made and plans to make to the U.S. Department of Education.
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These tips will help you interrogate President Trump’s proposal to close the U.S. Department of Education, provide historical context and evaluate the agency’s effectiveness.
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We spotlight free databases journalists can use to report on higher education issues ranging from the changing demographics of U.S. college students to graduation rates, campus crime, faculty salaries and student health.
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In this research-based explainer, we examine the rise in chronic student absenteeism in recent years and the various ways school nurses, an underutilized resource in the push to improve attendance, can help.
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