Jon Valant

The future of charter schools in the United States

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

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

Computer stations are seen in a classroom at Lyman High School in Longwood on the day before classes begin for the 2021-22 school year. Seminole County Florida Public Schools have implemented a face covering/mask mandate for students for 30 days unless a parent chooses to opt out of the requirement. (Photo by Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Do school districts allocate more resources to economically disadvantaged students?

Michael Hansen, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino

Friday, December 16, 2022

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota.

Do school districts allocate more resources to economically disadvantaged students?

Michael Hansen, Jon Valant, and Nicolas Zerbino

Friday, December 16, 2022

Samantha Wiik's fourth grade class does an activity comparing the positive outcomes of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to their word of the week, "celebration" at Kratzer Elementary School in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 13, 2021. Students drew on their desks to visually portray this idea with dry erasable markers. Picture taken April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

Chapter 1: Which districts allocate resources progressively?

Jon Valant and Nicolas Zerbino

Friday, December 16, 2022

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 26: An empty hallway is pictured at Heather Hills Elementary School as officials conduct a materials distribution for parents to pick up for distance learning in Bowie, Md., on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What if Americans sour on public education?

Monday, August 29, 2022

Students march along the National Mall during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Democrats should engage in education politics so kids don’t have to

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Empowering parents to support their children’s development: A conversation about building a ‘parent nation’

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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

From COVID-19 to culture wars: The growing hostility of education politics

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST