Jon Valant

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

Feb 4, 2020; Washington, DC, USA; President Donald J. Trump delivers the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

Brookings experts react to Trump’s third State of the Union

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

A sign is seen placed on a lamppost next to a pub being used as a polling station for the forthcoming EU elections, in London, Britain, May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville - RC1E483EF870

2020 trends to watch: Stories policymakers should be watching in 2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

A school bus sits parked along a street in the Queens borough of New York January 16, 2013. For the first time in 34 years, New York City bus drivers went on strike, stranding up to 152,000 students in the nation's largest public school system on sleet-soaked Wednesday morning. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E91H00RI01

The opportunities and risks of K-12 student placement algorithms

Matt Kasman and Jon Valant

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Children holding little American flags

The 2018 Brown Center Report on American Education

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Children walking into school from a bus

2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: Appendices

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Teacher standing in class in front of students

2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: Understanding the social studies teacher workforce

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Student raising hand in a classroom

2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: An inventory of state civics requirements

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018