A new study by TC's Douglas Ready, assistant professor of education, and Megan Silander, a doctoral student in TC's Leadership, Policy & Politics concentration, found that students in predominantly black or Latino elementary schools do not perform academically as well as students in mostly white or integrated classrooms. Education Week posted a story about it here.

TC Professor George Bonnano is quoted in an article in Newsday that explores the phenomenon of posting memorials to loved ones on Web sites such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook.

In a news report on NY1, TC Professor Aaron Pallas says that gains made by New York City public schools students on the state math test "should be juxtaposed against other bits of evidence, other test scores."

An article on Gothamschools.org profiles TC doctoral student Anne Feighery and her efforts to get the NYC schools to make sure students have outdoor recess on a consistent basis through the long winter months.