A New York school district is restricting tracking in middle-school math, instead enrolling students of all abilities in the same courses and, at times, having students work in pairs or small groups. The change, adopted about two years ago, was meant to close the racial divide and improve performance among students in higher-level math courses…

Do parents really want school integration? The short answer is yes. Our research suggests that the vast majority of parents across political affiliation, race, class, and geographic region strongly favor schools that are racially and economically integrated. But unfortunately, this doesn’t translate into action. In districts where parents actually have a choice, schools tend to…

According to new research published today, a large majority of parents across race, class, geographic region, and political affiliation favor substantially racially and economically integrated schools, and that support appears to have increased since President Trump was elected. But research also indicates that when parents have more control over where to send their children to…

Allt fler elever talar flera språk och har inte ett specifikt modersmål. Vad händer i ett matematikklassrum när svenska, tvåspråkiga och flerspråkiga elever ska förhålla sig till varandra och lära sig matte? Hur uppstår spänningar, hjälpsamhet och konkurrensförhållanden när eleverna möts i skolmatematiken? Det tas upp i en färsk avhandling som också utvecklar nya teoretiska/filosofiska…

Four strategies can help school leaders promote diversity and integration in their districts, write Patrick Finley and Damon McCord, co-principals of the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in Queens, N.Y. In this commentary, they outline the tactics, including reaching out to stakeholders and building a school around the whole child.

I den nya antologin Barn, migration och integration i en utmanande tid presenterar sex postdoktorer sina projekt från en tvåårig tvärvetenskaplig forskningssatsning vid Stockholms universitet. Sari Vuorenpää vid Institutionen för språkdidaktik bidrar med kapitlet Skolan - en möjlig arena för integration.

Örebroforskare har fått 22 miljoner kronor från Vetenskapsrådet för att göra det enklare för unga flyktingar och deras föräldrar att komma in i det svenska samhället.