Brown Center Chalkboard

The Brown Center Chalkboard is where Brookings scholars and guest authors bring evidence to bear on the pressing issues in U.S. education policy, politics, and practice.

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U.S. President Donald Trump reacts next to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon as he shows the executive order to shut down the Department of Education, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 20, 2025.

Education Access & Equity Trump administration weighs future of special education oversight and funding

Tammy Kolbe, Elizabeth Dhuey

May 6, 2025

A school bus drives through a country road in an agricultural valley on July 10, 2019.

K-12 Education How a federal tax-credit scholarship plan would benefit the wealthy and underserve rural America

Jon Valant, Nicolas Zerbino

May 6, 2025

Highway traffic during sunset on cloudy day

Education Teachers with long commutes are more likely to leave their jobs

Jason A. Grissom, Francisco Arturo Santelli

April 21, 2025

Box with AI light bulb on pile of coins and books

Artificial Intelligence Using AI to predict student success in higher education

Denisa Gándara, Hadis Anahideh

April 17, 2025

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