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Students board their school bus in a sub-zero temperature in Minneapolis, January 8, 2014. A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless people. According to AccuWeather.com, the extreme cold won't last much longer. The frigid air and "polar vortex" that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. REUTERS/Eric Miller (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION)

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What Brown Center scholars will be watching in education policy and politics in 2023

Daphna Bassok, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Katharine Meyer, Rachel M. Perera, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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‘Language ladders’ show promise for introducing multilingual instruction in classrooms

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Monday, December 19, 2022

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From evidence to scale: Lessons learned from the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Sarah Osborne, and Aditi Shankar

Monday, November 14, 2022

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Starting and sustaining community schools: 10 tips for district leaders

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, November 10, 2022

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Rebalancing: Children first

Natasha Cabrera, David Deming, Veronique de Rugy, Lisa A. Gennetian, Ron Haskins, Dayna Bowen Matthew, Richard V. Reeves, Isabel V. Sawhill, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Kosali Simon, Katharine B. Stevens, Michael R. Strain, Ryan Streeter, James Sullivan, W. Bradford Wilcox, and Lauren Bauer

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

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Scaling education innovations for impact in low- and middle-income countries during COVID

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Understanding child-friendly urban design: A framework to measure Playful Learning Landscapes outcomes

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

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State credit enhancement programs promote capital investment in low-income districts

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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

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

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

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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

Christina Weiland, Meghan McCormick, and Allison Friedman-Krauss

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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Challenges to early childhood education in the wake of COVID-19

Jon Valant, Miriam Calderon, Jenna Conway, and Christina Weiland

Friday, September 3, 2021

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Early Childhood Education

Class Notes: ‘Marriageable’ Men, Teen Cyberbullying, and More

What Brown Center scholars will be watching in education policy and politics in 2023

‘Language ladders’ show promise for introducing multilingual instruction in classrooms

Why Jonny can’t read: The great disconnect between reading science and policy

Reports

From evidence to scale: Lessons learned from the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

Starting and sustaining community schools: 10 tips for district leaders

Rebalancing: Children first

Scaling education innovations for impact in low- and middle-income countries during COVID

Understanding child-friendly urban design: A framework to measure Playful Learning Landscapes outcomes

Blog Posts

State credit enhancement programs promote capital investment in low-income districts

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

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

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