Summer Opportunity Scholarships (SOS): A Proposal to Narrow the Skills Gap

Research and Commentary

Computation Skills, Calculators, and Achievement Gaps: An Analysis of NAEP Items

Tom Loveless, The Brookings Institution, April 15, 2004

Research and Commentary

Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job

Douglas O. Staiger, Robert Gordon and Thomas J. Kane, A Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, April 01, 2006

Research and Commentary

The Education Flatline: Causes and Solutions

Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins, Foundation for Child Development and the Brookings Institution, March 28, 2006

Past Event

School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps

Tuesday, March 15, 2005
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

Book

Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2005

Diane Ravitch, January 01, 2005

Past Event

New Book Offers Solutions to a Major Challenge in American Education: The Achievement Gap

Thursday, November 14, 2002
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Washington, DC

Research and Commentary

Mobilizing the Community to Help Students Succeed

Hugh B. Price, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development , August 26, 2008

Research and Commentary

New Kids on the Block

Greg J. Duncan, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Jeffrey R. Kling and Lisa Sanbonmatsu, Education Next, September 01, 2007

Research and Commentary

Black Americans Reduce the Racial IQ Gap: Evidence from Standardization Samples

William T. Dickens and James R. Flynn, Psychological Science, October 01, 2006

Research and Commentary

Closing Achievement Gaps

Cecilia Rouse and Ron Haskins, Future of Children Policy Brief, March 01, 2005

Research and Commentary

Trends in Math: The Importance of Basic Skills

Tom Loveless, The Brookings Institution, September 01, 2003

Research and Commentary

Broken Promises: What the Federal Government Can Do To Improve American Education

Diane Ravitch and Tom Loveless, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 2000

Research and Commentary

Race Relations & Central City Schools: It's time for an experiment with vouchers

Jay P. Greene and Paul E. Peterson, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 1998

Research and Commentary

The Black-White Test Score Gap: Why It Persists and What Can Be Done

Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, The Brookings Institution, March 01, 1998

Expert

Tom Loveless

Expert

Isabel V. Sawhill

Expert

Jacques van der Gaag

Expert

Paul T. Hill

Expert

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Expert

Ron Haskins