Northwestern University: A new study suggests smaller class sizes may not be enough to close the achievement gap. The study by Dr. Spyros Konstantopoulos, an assistant professor at Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy, challenges commonly held assumptions that low-achieving students benefit from the extra attention smaller classes afford. Konstantopoulos, who analyzed data from the state of Tennessee’s landmark longitudinal study on the impact of small classes, found that highachieving students benefited the most.
University of Chicago: The Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago recently released a study, “From High School to the Future: Potholes on the Road to College,” showing that for all Chicago Public Schools students who reported aspiring to a four-year degree, only 59 percent applied to a four-year college and only 41 percent actually enrolled in college the fall after graduation. Data showed an even more dire situation for Latino students, with only 46 percent of high school students applying to college and 30 percent enrolling in a four-year college in the fall after graduation.
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