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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A high school teacher helps her teenage student work through a difficult situation.

Education Deaths of decision-making are killing American teens. Schools can fix it.

Katie Hill

July 1, 2025

A view shows the U.S. Department of Education building during a Defend Our Schools rally to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to shut down the department, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 21, 2025.

U.S. Government & Politics The US Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics

Dominique J. Baker

June 25, 2025

Education Perceptions of US public schools’ political leanings and the federal role in education

J. Cameron Anglum, Anita Manion

June 17, 2025

Kyle Schwartz (C), a 3rd grade teacher, works with students Mckylah Lenkiewicz (L) and Juliana Enquist in her classroom at Doull Elementary School in Denver April 17, 2015. Schwartz, who posted notes from her third grade class online and started a social media whirlwind under the hashtag #IWishMyTeacherKnew said on Friday the assignment had been a revelation for her. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Education A new state role for experienced teacher improvement

Michael W. Kirst

June 10, 2025

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