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Proposed legislation threatens viewpoint diversity in higher education

F. Chris Curran

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Can grade retention help with COVID-19 learning recovery in schools?

Umut Özek and Louis T. Mariano

Monday, March 27, 2023

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What new research tells us about elementary and middle school start times

Kevin C. Bastian and Sarah Crittenden Fuller

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Students walk through the campus of Temple University, which has an enrollment of more than a 38,000 and offers 464 academic degree programs, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on December 1, 2016. To match Special Report COLLEGE-CHARITIES/ REUTERS/Mark Makela

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Higher education accountability: Measuring costs, benefits, and financial value

Katharine Meyer

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Experts

Jon Valant

Director - Brown Center on Education Policy

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Rachel M. Perera

Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy - The Brookings Institution

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Michael Hansen

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies

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Research

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

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Public schools heavily rely on women’s labor. Why do they pay female teachers less?

Michael Hansen, Diana Quintero, and Nicolas Zerbino

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Kindergarden students work in classrooms at Ross Elementary School in Topeka Wednesday morning.

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Louisiana: Does teacher sorting contribute to financial inequalities?

Michael Hansen and Nicolas Zerbino

Friday, January 6, 2023

Kindergarten teacher Princess Bryant prepares her classroom, from where she will begin the new school year teaching classes virtually because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Tynan Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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Indiana: Does teacher sorting contribute to financial inequalities?

Michael Hansen and Nicolas Zerbino

Friday, January 6, 2023

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The future of charter schools in the United States

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

School finance and educational equity

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST

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

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Brown Center on Education Policy

Proposed legislation threatens viewpoint diversity in higher education

Can grade retention help with COVID-19 learning recovery in schools?

What new research tells us about elementary and middle school start times

Higher education accountability: Measuring costs, benefits, and financial value

Experts

Jon Valant

Director - Brown Center on Education Policy

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Rachel M. Perera

Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy - The Brookings Institution

Michael Hansen

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies

Research

Public schools heavily rely on women’s labor. Why do they pay female teachers less?

Louisiana: Does teacher sorting contribute to financial inequalities?

Indiana: Does teacher sorting contribute to financial inequalities?

Events

The future of charter schools in the United States

School finance and educational equity

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

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