A research review by the Education Commission of the States concludes that teachers’ expectations—often influenced by factors such as race, ethnicity, and family income levels—can significantly affect ...

As I’ve noted many times (see, for instance, here, here, and here), some corners in schooling today are marked by a bizarre enthusiasm for low expectations. This has fueled a push to eliminate ...

A new study from the Center for American Progress concludes that teachers’ expectations for their students are strongly correlated with students’ graduation rates. Conversely, the study also says that ...

The school environment in which teachers work is related to their expectations of students, according to a new study. "It is known that low teacher expectations are negatively associated with student ...

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This essay is excerpted from a new Chronicle special report, “Building a Faculty that Flourishes,” available in the Chronicle Store. Mention peer review of teaching in a faculty meeting, and you’re ...

Washington, D.C. — A new report published today by the Center for American Progress found that teachers have lower expectations for students of color and those from high-poverty backgrounds. The ...

A few years ago, Wilson Elementary in the Forest Hills School District of Cincinnati, OH, had a problem. Its hallways were becoming increasingly disorganized, the kids a bit disorderly, and chaos ...

Near the beginning of a new study on racial attitudes and college attainment, the authors note the story of Desiree Martinez, who attended a high school in a low-income part of Los Angeles and longed ...

It wasn't so very long ago when there were one-room schoolhouses. At one time, more than 6,000 one-room schoolhouses were in Wisconsin. Today, not many of those schoolhouses exist. Some are private ...

As cratering test scores intensify California’s resolve to improve student reading, one thing appears certain: the state’s newest teachers need to know how to teach literacy using foundational reading ...

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