Brown Center on Education Policy

Students arrive at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton, Kansas, January 18, 2013. Students at the school do farm chores at the beginning of each school day. The Walton Rural Life Center - a kindergarten through fourth grade charter school in rural Kansas - uses agriculture to teach students about math, science, economics. REUTERS/Jeff Tuttle (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) - RTR3DVPU

A better future for rural communities starts at the schoolhouse

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Liberty University students and supporters of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wear letters spelling his name before his speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX22Y4G

2016: The education election nobody saw coming

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Employees work on computers at Exalt Technologies, a company which deals in research and development outsourcing from Cisco and French-American group Lucent-Alcatel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah

Memo: Improving the federal role in education research

Douglas N. Harris

Friday, December 23, 2016

Federal education policy under the Trump administration

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

First grade students of "Treinta y Tres Orientales" elementary school in Villa Garcia, a poor neighborhood in the outskirts of Montevideo, use their XO laptop computers in their classroom August 22, 2008. The Uruguay government is implementing the Ceibal project, with the goal of providing one free XO laptop to every public school student in the country. Picture taken August 22, 2008. REUTERS/Andres Stapff (URUGUAY) - RTX8CEG

Memo: A shift in the federal role is needed to promote school improvement

Anthony Bryk, Jennifer O’Day, Marshall (Mike) Smith, and Helen F. Ladd

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Nine-year-old Chinese pupil, Sun Minyi, listens to his teacher during a
special English class at Chongming county, north of Shanghai July 12,
2002. Learning English has become increasingly popular among Chinese
after China progressively opens up to the outside world. More grade
school pupils, college students, professionals and even taxi drivers
are now studying the language. Pictures taken July 12, 2002.
REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

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Memo: Supporting English Learners and treating bilingualism as an asset

Kenji Hakuta and Ray Pecheone

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

A four year-old boy plays at the Kathinka-Platzhoff-Stiftung Kindergarten (Kathinka-Platzhoff-foundation kindergarden) in Hanau, 30km (18 miles) south of Frankfurt, July 16, 2013. From August 1, 2013, all children in Germany between the age of 1 and 3 will have a legal entitlement to a place at a kindergarten. The Kindergarten of the Kathinka-Platzhoff-Stiftung is one of few which hosts children between the age of six month and six years. Picture taken July 16. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY EDUCATION) - RTX11YE5

Memo: Building a cohesive, high-quality early childhood system

Daphna Bassok, Katherine A. Magnuson, and Christina Weiland

Monday, December 19, 2016

Students work on computers at the 42 school campus in Paris, France, October 27, 2015. The French school 42, is a private French computer programming school. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier - RTX1TH9K

Memo: Powering education improvement and innovation while protecting student privacy

Dan Goldhaber and Aimee Rogstad Guidera

Friday, December 16, 2016

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Memo: Improving and equalizing high school and college graduation rates for all students

Kelli Parmley and Marshall (Mike) Smith

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Children who have attended one of several camps for disabled children perform on stage

Memo: Special education

Wednesday, December 14, 2016