Brown Center on Education Policy

Students take part in after school programs at the educational nonprofit 826NYC in the back of the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., March 28, 2019. Picture taken March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Family engagement is critical for schools’ COVID-19 recovery efforts

Rachel M. Perera, Ayesha K. Hashim, and Hayley R. Weddle

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Four-year olds Ryan Htut (L) and Justin Hernandez play in a plastic cube at the Frederick, Maryland Head Start facility March 13, 2012. When officials in Frederick County, Maryland voted last year to stop paying for the local Head Start preschool program, they pointed to a nearly $12 million projected budget shortfall as proof that the mostly rural county could no longer afford it. Picture taken March 13, 2012. To match story USA-EDUCATION/HEADSTART REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS)

Equity in mixed-delivery prekindergarten systems requires new investments and new thinking

Christina Weiland, Meghan McCormick, and Allison Friedman-Krauss

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Children attend first day of in-person learning at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York at Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx, New York on September 9, 2020. Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York Michael J. Deegan and Principal Amy Rodriquez greet children and parents at entrance. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Low retention, diversity among school principals sparks need for long-term strategies

Maile Symonds and Michael Hansen

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

School finance and educational equity

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST

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Best practices in nudging: Lessons from college success interventions

Katharine Meyer and Lindsay C. Page

Thursday, November 17, 2022

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - AUGUST 18: Student is seen drop off to school by they parents and school buses as faculty greet them arriving for the first day of classes at Broward Public County school in Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Florida State Board of Education said it would force defiant school districts to comply with Republican Governor Ron DeSantis executive order forbidding them from mandating students wear masks as a way to slow a surge in Covid-19 cases. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The potential role of instructional time in pandemic recovery

Sarah Novicoff and Matthew A. Kraft

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

A Newcastle Public Schools bus is seen parked in Newcastle, Oklahoma April 6, 2016. The Newcastle schools are planning to reduce the school week to four days next year as a result of a nearly $1 million budget cut. REUTERS/Luc Cohen

Rural resistance to statewide school vouchers

Thursday, November 3, 2022

A school employee checks the temperature of a student as she returns to school on the first day of in-person classes in Orange County at Baldwin Park Elementary School on August 21, 2020 in Orlando, Florida, US. Face masks and temperature checks are required for all students as Florida's death toll from COVID-19 now exceeds 10,000, with some teachers refusing to return to their classrooms due to health concerns. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The alarming state of the American student in 2022

Robin Lake and Travis Pillow

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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The good and bad of virtual on-demand tutoring

Susanna Loeb and Carly D. Robinson.

Monday, October 31, 2022

Waitress Renita Rhynes (L), 53, and Jinny Hanson, 64, a former postal worker, attend a basic computer class at the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow (FIT) workforce development center in Las Vegas, Nevada October 20, 2011. The slot machines jangle away with the promise of sudden riches, but many visitors to a job fair at a second-tier casino here are hoping merely for a minimum-wage job to snap their losing streak. Photo taken October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

How 100 large and urban districts are attracting and retaining staff

Lisa Chu and Chelsey Shen

Monday, October 24, 2022