MEDIA MENTIONS + APPEARANCES

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Teacher Gender

Of Boys and Men (Substack)  |  July 25, 2025  |  Richard V. Reeves

More male teachers is not just about grades

 

 

Repeated Student-Teacher Matching

New York Times  |  October 22, 2023  |  Adam Grant

What Most American Schools Do Wrong

 

Chalkbeat Indiana  |  November 22, 2021  |  Aleksandra Appleton

Indiana study: Test scores go up when students stay with the same teacher

 

 

Grade Retention & Early Literacy

The 74  |  May 19, 2024  |  Patrick O'Donnell

To Hold Back Struggling Readers or Not: Indiana & Ohio Take Different Paths

 

AERA  |  October 12, 2023  |  Tony Pals & Marla Koenigsknecht

Study: Struggling Students Who Repeat Third Grade See Improved Achievement

 

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education  |  October 17, 2023  |  Arrman Kyaw

Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

 

Education Week  |  October 13, 2023  |  Sarah D. Sparks

Keeping Younger Students Back a Grade Shows Benefits Over Time, Study Finds

 

Chalkbeat  |  June 12, 2023  |  Matt Barnum

Should struggling students be held back a grade? Why researchers don't have a clear answer

 

Fordham Institute / Ohio Gadfly Daily  |  January 5, 2023  |  Aaron Churchill

Another study finds that third-grade retention works

 

Brookings / Brown Center Chalkboard  |  March 27, 2023  |  Umut Özek & Louis T. Mariano

Can grade retention help with COVID-19 learning recovery in schools?

 

Bridge Michigan  |  December 21, 2022  |  Isabel Lohman

Michigan Democrats’ big education priority: Reform or kill read-or-flunk law

 

The Ticker  |  October 30, 2023  |  Jani Avery

Grade retention study underlines need for reform in education system

 

 

Elementary School Teacher Specialization

National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)  |  February 24, 2022  |  Ashley Kincaid

The evidence is mounting: Teacher specialization in elementary grades hurts student learning

 

Indianapolis Business Journal  |  October 15, 2021  |  Aleksandra Appleton

Elementary specialization in Indiana cuts teacher effectiveness, study says

 

Indiana Public Media  |  November 3, 2021  |  Lizzie Kaboski

Study of Indiana teachers reports elementary specializations reduce teacher efficacy

 

Podcast — Education Gadfly Show (Fordham Institute)  |  October 28, 2021  |  Amber M. Northern (Research Minute)

Education Gadfly Show #793 (segment on elementary teacher specialization)

 

 

School Discipline & Suspensions

WFYI  |  April 2, 2025  |  Dylan Peers McCoy & Lee V. Gaines

Indiana school suspended students over 30,000 times for fighting last year

 

Fordham Institute  |  July 29, 2021  |  Jeremy Smith

How do suspensions affect classroom learning?

 

Fordham Institute  |  March 11, 2020  |  Amber M. Northern

Do suspensions improve the academic achievement of non-suspended students?

 

TEACH Magazine  |  January/February 2019  |  Adam Stone

Should Schools Suspend Suspensions?

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