Center on Children and Families

A community college teacher writes on the board.

Evidence-based reforms in college remediation are gaining steam – and so far living up to the hype

Judith Scott-Clayton

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Yazidis children play in a playground in Sinjar region, Iraq August 2, 2017. Picture taken August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem - RC119B0E1A00

How life outside of a school affects student performance in school

Brian A. Jacob and Joseph Ryan

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Randy Johnson, 17, a high school student, poses for a portrait between games of basketball outside a friend's residence in Ferguson, Missouri July 21, 2015. When asked how Michael Brown's death affected him, Johnson said, "I don't trust the law anymore. I could be next." When asked what changes he has seen in his community over the past year, Johnson said, "The police don't come around no more. They don't want an incident like that." On August 9, 2014 a white police officer shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown dead in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri.

The inheritance of black poverty: It’s all about the men

Scott Winship, Richard V. Reeves, and Katherine Guyot

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Students attend a protest rally against Chile's government to demand changes in the education system.

Lessons from Chile’s transition to free college

Jason Delisle and Andrés Bernasconi

Thursday, March 15, 2018

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos listens to a presentation during a visit to the Excel Academy public charter school in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2017.

Betsy DeVos is half-right on test scores, but test scores alone don’t make the case for school choice

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Monday, March 12, 2018

A student walks at the University of Texas.

Simplifying grants for college students: Who wins and who loses?

Matthew M. Chingos

Thursday, March 8, 2018

New copies of President Donald Trump's Budget for the U.S. Government for the Fiscal Year 2019 lay on a display table at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Restoring fiscal sanity requires bipartisan courage

Harry J. Holzer and Ron Haskins

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Graduates throw their hats into their air.

Australia’s student loan problem is a teachable moment for the U.S.

Jason Delisle and Alex Usher

Friday, March 2, 2018

Protesters hold up signs in favor of granting Haitian refugees TPS.

Influx of Haitian refugees in Florida didn’t hurt student outcomes

David Figlio and Umut Özek

Thursday, March 1, 2018

A shadowed family walks through a town.

The middle class is becoming race-plural, just like the rest of America

Richard V. Reeves and Camille Busette

Tuesday, February 27, 2018