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Research Studies Of The Week

Research Studies Of The Week

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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea is from The Hechinger Report. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Reading Strategies & Comprehension – Help Me Find More!

7 Research-Backed Tech Tips You Can Use Today is from Edutopia.

Universal school masking reduced weekly COVID-19 deaths by 0.57 per 100k people. 50 percent of districts removed mask requirements by spring 2022 contributing to 9 percent of COVID deaths that year, from Guzman, Imberman, Filosa, Kilbride, and Malkus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33849

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— NBER (@nber.org) May 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM

Great coverage of the AEI convening led by @natmalkus.bsky.social focused on chronic absenteeism and what’s driving it (featuring @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social and others) www.the74million.org/article/chro…

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— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) June 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM

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