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Jill Barshay

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Jill Barshay writes the weekly “Proof Points” column about education research and data, covering a range of topics from early childhood to higher education. She taught algebra to ninth-graders for the 2013-14 school year. Previously, Barshay was the New York bureau chief for Marketplace, a national business show on public radio stations. She has also written for Congressional Quarterly, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Financial Times, and appeared on CNN and ABC News. She was a 2016-17 Spencer Fellow in Education Reporting. In 2019 she received the American Educational Research Association's award for excellence in media reporting on education research. A graduate of Brown University, Barshay holds master's degrees from the London School of Economics and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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PROOF POINTS: Surprising patterns in who gets merit and need-based aid from colleges

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PROOF POINTS: High schoolers account for nearly 1 out of every 5 community college students

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PROOF POINTS: American confidence in higher education hits a new low, yet most still see value in a college degree

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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them

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PROOF POINTS: The best way to teach might depend on the subject

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PROOF POINTS: Charter schools have improved in the past 15 years, but many still fail students, researchers say

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PROOF POINTS: How important was your favorite teacher to your success? Researchers have done the math

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PROOF POINTS: Do math drills help children learn?

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

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