The Big Picture

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class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="8-5-2022" title="August 5, 2022">August 5, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/low-hanging-fruit-thousands-of-same-race-schools-within-miles-of-each-other/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/GAO-Segregation-Lead-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>‘Low-Hanging Fruit’: Thousands of Same-Race Schools Within Miles of Each Other</h3> <address class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="7-27-2022" title="July 27, 2022">July 27, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/chronic-absenteeism-nuance-variations-jing-liu-university-maryland/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/desk-chairsjpg-267x137.jpg"> 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href="https://www.the74million.org/article/school-board-candidates-property-value-rise/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/House-Prices-Chart-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study: When School Board Members Are Elected, Their Property Values Go Up</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="7-10-2022" title="July 10, 2022">July 10, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/as-congress-mulls-waiver-extension-study-shows-school-meals-lower-grocery-costs/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/school-meals-lead-0623-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>As Biden Signs Waiver Extension, Study Shows School Meals Lower Grocery Costs</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="6-24-2022" title="June 24, 2022">June 24, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/survey-pandemic-learning-loss-is-teachers-top-source-of-job-related-stress/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Rand-teacher-stress-survey-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Survey: Pandemic Learning Loss is Teachers’ Top Source of Job-Related Stress</h3> <address class="author"> Linda Jacobson </address> <time pubdate datetime="6-15-2022" title="June 15, 2022">June 15, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/pandemic-seriously-altered-teens-relationships-pew-survey-finds/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Pew-research-June-7-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span 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Earn Bachelor’s After Prep Program</h3> <address class="author"> Jo Napolitano </address> <time pubdate datetime="5-16-2022" title="May 16, 2022">May 16, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/new-research-points-to-loudoun-county-effect-when-parents-clash-over-ideology-kids-school-performance-suffers/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-1233450081-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study: When Political Heat Rises, Scores Drop</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="5-5-2022" title="May 5, 2022">May 5, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/first-ever-study-of-mexican-american-school-desegregation-finds-marked-gains-for-chicano-students/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GettyImages-3090792-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Outlawing School Segregation Spurred Gains for CA Chicano Students, Study Finds</h3> <address class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="5-3-2022" title="May 3, 2022">May 3, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/change-from-the-bottom-up-political-science-research-suggests-that-more-crt-bills-could-come-to-washington-next-year/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Table-1.-Codebook-for-Lexis-Nexis-Searches-Derived-from-Fellowes-et-al.-2006-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study: Congress May Move on State K-12 Bills</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="4-20-2022" title="April 20, 2022">April 20, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/new-research-babies-born-during-covid-talk-less-with-caregivers-slower-to-develop-critical-language-skills/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/iStock-1206801163-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Alarming New Research Shows Babies Born Amid COVID Talk Less, Developing Slower</h3> <address class="author"> Jo Napolitano </address> <time pubdate datetime="4-18-2022" title="April 18, 2022">April 18, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/academic-mismatch-students-earned-record-high-gpas-as-scores-lagged-on-achievement-tests-heres-what-the-new-federal-data-could-mean/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nces-march2022-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Academic Mismatch: GPAs Hit All-Time High as National Test Scores Lag</h3> <address class="author"> Linda Jacobson </address> <time pubdate datetime="3-16-2022" title="March 16, 2022">March 16, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/do-masks-in-school-work-as-mandates-fall-pair-of-new-studies-may-finally-put-debate-to-rest/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1334532002-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Do Masks in School Work? Pair of Studies May Finally Put Debate To Rest</h3> <address class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="3-9-2022" title="March 9, 2022">March 9, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/as-two-big-states-eye-unmasking-in-schools-a-pair-of-studies-lay-out-the-number-of-cases-that-could-trigger/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1231083881-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Two Studies Lay Out New Cases School Unmasking Could Trigger</h3> <address class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="2-22-2022" title="February 22, 2022">February 22, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-pandemic-survey-remote-learning-internet-teacher-support-nces/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1214791759-copy-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Private School Students More Connected to Internet, Teachers in 2020</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="2-22-2022" title="February 22, 2022">February 22, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/new-research-tracks-charters-early-moves-during-pandemic/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Percentage-of-Schools-Providing-Professional-Development-Related-to-Remote-Learning-copy-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study: Charters Moved Fast to Prioritize Learning During COVID</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="2-15-2022" title="February 15, 2022">February 15, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/classroom-observations-biased-against-male-black-teachers-research-suggests/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Figure-1.-Average-Observation-SCores-by-Race-and-Gender-1-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study: Teacher Observations Biased Against Males, African Americans</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="2-8-2022" title="February 8, 2022">February 8, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/boston-study-offers-latest-evidence-that-charter-schools-boost-voting/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Table-7-The-Impact-of-Charter-School-Attendance-on-College-and-Community-Civic-Participation-Rates-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Boston Charter Schools Increase Student Voting, Study Finds</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="1-31-2022" title="January 31, 2022">January 31, 2022</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post featured_story"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/16-charts-that-changed-the-way-we-looked-at-americas-schools-in-2021/"> <figure class="featured_story"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/output_Y4hUUd.gif"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>16 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools in 2021</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="12-15-2021" title="December 15, 2021">December 15, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/over-1-million-hs-grads-skipped-college-in-2020-only-a-tiny-fraction-re-enrolled-in-2021/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1236648584-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>1M HS Grads Skipped College in 2020. Only Tiny Fraction Re-Enrolled in 2021</h3> <address class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="12-8-2021" title="December 8, 2021">December 8, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/new-study-college-admissions-lottery-harm-underrepresented-applicants/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-design-2021-11-02T173318.368-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Random Lotteries Would Hurt Equitable Admissions, Study Finds</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="11-3-2021" title="November 3, 2021">November 3, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/no-signs-of-recovery-5-alarming-new-undergraduate-enrollment-numbers/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/enrollment-college-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>5 Alarming New Undergraduate Enrollment Numbers</h3> <address class="author"> Marianna McMurdock </address> <time pubdate datetime="10-28-2021" title="October 28, 2021">October 28, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/new-study-shows-reading-remediation-in-middle-school-led-more-students-to-attend-college-and-earn-degrees/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Enrolled-in-College-1-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Surprise Study: Remedial Classes for Middle-Schoolers Led More to Finish College</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="10-20-2021" title="October 20, 2021">October 20, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/kids-left-schools-last-year-because-of-the-switch-to-remote-classes-early-numbers-suggest-they-may-not-be-coming-back-soon/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Untitled-design-2021-10-14T152633.279-267x137.png"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study Finds that Remote Classes Led Students to Disenroll</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="10-16-2021" title="October 16, 2021">October 16, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/naep-long-term-unprecedented-performance-drop-american-13-year-olds/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NAEP-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Long-Term NAEP Scores for 13-Year-Olds Drop for First Time since 1970s</h3> <address class="author"> Kevin Mahnken </address> <time pubdate datetime="10-14-2021" title="October 14, 2021">October 14, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/study-ai-uncovers-skin-tone-gap-in-most-beloved-childrens-books/"> <figure class="news"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1228228151-267x137.jpg"> </figure> <span class="post_info"> <div class="post_tag"> <span></span> </div> <h3>Study: AI Uncovers Skin-Tone Gap in Most-Beloved Children’s Books</h3> <address class="author"> Asher Lehrer-Small </address> <time pubdate datetime="10-2-2021" title="October 2, 2021">October 2, 2021</time> </span> </a> </div> <div class="post news"> <a href="https://www.the74million.org/new-report-gives-low-grades-to-most-teacher-retirement-systems/"> <figure class="news"> <img 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