Jun 17, 2025 · Elementary education comprises the period from when a student enters school, generally around the age of 5 or 6, until the student moves on to middle or secondary school, around the age …

Apr 17, 2024 · How is AI beginning to affect teaching and learning in K–12 public schools? Teachers reported how they use AI tools in their practices, and district leaders reported whether and how they …

Aug 14, 2025 · RAND surveys teachers, principals, superintendents, youth (12–21), and parents to keep tabs on what is happening in U.S. K–12 public education. When we looked back on the last 12 …

Aug 30, 2024 · Every year RAND sends more than a dozen surveys to members of the American Educator Panels to keep tabs on what is happening in classrooms around the country. When we …

Nov 10, 2025 · RAND research on early childhood, K-12, and higher education covers issues such as assessment and accountability, choice-based and standards-based reform, school leadership, …

Jul 15, 2025 · Elementary and middle school teachers were more likely than high school teachers to report using new instructional materials. Teachers of classes with more students who are eligible for …

Apr 22, 2025 · Researchers analyze how state policies requiring science-based reading instruction influence elementary school teachers' teaching practices. Findings show that professional learning …

Mar 7, 2023 · Over the past few decades, U.S. schools have increasingly sidelined students' civic development as one of their priorities. The infrastructure to support grades K–5 social studies …

Sep 24, 2025 · The National Center for Education Statistics categorizes a school in which more than half of students are Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, or of two or …

Jun 17, 2025 · About one-half of middle and high school students reported losing interest during their math lessons about half or more of the time. Their attitudes toward math were strongly associated …