anna egalite

Sep 25, 2018

Egalite Contributes Charter School Research to New Book Examining Role of Federal Government in Education

The NC State Education assistant professor writes about the expansion of charter schools under the Bush and Obama administrations in a new book titled Bush-Obama School Reform: Lessons Learned out this week. 

Sep 11, 2018

The New York Times: Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning?

NC State Education researcher Anna Egalite's work on how demographically similar teachers impact student reports of personal effort, happiness in class and motivation in the classroom is cited in a new article for The Upshot, The New York Times' site for analysis of policy and economics. 

Aug 24, 2018

Education Week: Five Questions About Data Use for School Leaders

NC State Education Assistant Professor Anna Egalite offers five big-picture questions about data use for school leaders to consider as the school year begins in the final entry in a series of guest blog posts for Education Week. 

Aug 22, 2018

Education Week: School Leaders Can Help Reduce Minority Teacher Turnover

NC State Education Assistant Professor Anna Egalite writes about her new research on the principal's role in reducing turnover among teachers of color in the second of a series of guest blog posts for Education Week. 

Aug 20, 2018

Education Week: Three Questions About Education Leadership Research

NC State Education Assistant Professor Anna Egalite and Assistant Professor Timothy Drake take on a commonly cited statistic about the impact a principal can have on student achievement by brainstorming three big-picture questions to ask about school leaders in the first of a series of guest blog posts for Education Week. 

Aug 17, 2018

The 74: Why Diversity Matters

Kevin Mahnken references NC State Education researcher Anna Egalite's work on how the race of teachers impacts student achievement in an article for The 74, a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. 

Jun 21, 2018

EdNC: Causes and Consequences of Student Absenteeism

Earlier this month, NC State College of Education hosted a panel discussion on the causes, consequences and correlates of student absenteeism featuring nationally-renown scholars. EdNC interviewed two of those scholars -- Michael Gottfried and Ethan Hutt -- after the panel. This is what they had to say. 

Jun 18, 2018

Education Matters: Examining NC’s Private School Voucher Program

Education Matters explored two new reports -- including one from NC State College of Education researchers Anna Egalite and Trip Stallings --on the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship voucher program on its Saturday evening television show. 

Jun 5, 2018

WUNC: Researchers Say N.C. Voucher Program Needs Closer Look Than They Can Give

Researchers at the NC State College of Education and the Friday Institute this week released the results of an unpublished evaluation of the Opportunity Scholarship, a state-funded voucher that helps low-income students attend private schools. The research came out with positive results for the voucher recipients who participated in the study – but the authors say those results come with many caveats. 

Jun 5, 2018

Working Paper Offers Initial Data on Academic Impact of N.C. School Vouchers

A new working paper that compares scores of a small volunteer group of public and private school students on the same standardized test found positive effects for voucher recipients, particularly first-year participants in the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Program; but authors Anna Egalite, Trip Stallings and Stephen Porter caution against reading too much into the results.