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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …