Douglas N. Harris

Students board their school bus in a sub-zero temperature in Minneapolis, January 8, 2014. A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless people. According to AccuWeather.com, the extreme cold won't last much longer. The frigid air and "polar vortex" that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION)

What Brown Center scholars will be watching in education policy and politics in 2023

Daphna Bassok, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Katharine Meyer, Rachel M. Perera, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Demonstrators gather at the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022 to call for President Biden to cancel all student loan debt (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Democrats’ high-wire act on student loan forgiveness

Douglas N. Harris

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

York High School students celebrate after graduating Friday, June 11, 2021.Camillefine 28

How has the pandemic affected high school graduation and college entry?

Douglas N. Harris and Feng Chen

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Students check their lockers as they arrive for the first day of the 2021-22 school year Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, at HSE Intermediate & Junior High School.Hse Schools Begin Their First Day Of The 2021 22 School Year

Keeping schools open during COVID-19 is hard, but it can be done

Douglas N. Harris

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Teacher Mary Yi works with fourth grade students at the Sokolowski School, where students and teachers are required to wear masks because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

What education policy experts are watching for in 2022

Daphna Bassok, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Friday, January 7, 2022

Graduating students of Indian River State College gathered Monday, May 3, 2021, for a "drive-in" commencement ceremony at the Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex in Fort Pierce. More than 3,200 students will receive their degrees this spring, marking the ninth consecutive year the graduating class of IRSC will exceed 3,000.Tcn Irsc Graduation

Is free college a good idea? Increasingly, evidence says yes

Douglas N. Harris

Monday, May 10, 2021

Students at Hiland Park Elementary School sit on dots in their physical education class that keep them six feet apart Tuesday, February 23, 2021.001 022321 Quarantining Changes

Coronavirus and schools: Reflections on education one year into the pandemic

Daphna Bassok, Lauren Bauer, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Helen Shwe Hadani, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Brad Olsen, Richard V. Reeves, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Friday, March 12, 2021

Seven months after closing, Red Bank Regional High School reopens its doors to studentsRedbank16

When should schools reopen fully in-person?

Douglas N. Harris

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

A man wearing a protective mask walks past P.S. 87 William Sherman School during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

How will COVID-19 change our schools in the long run?

Douglas N. Harris

Friday, April 24, 2020

A sign outside Aldo Leopold Schools says, 'School is closed for now' on March 20, 2020, after schools were ordered to close indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.Gpg Greenbaycoronavirustour 031920 Sk30

A broad strategy for schools during the COVID-19 pandemic

Douglas N. Harris

Friday, March 27, 2020