Early Childhood Education

Re-emerging from COVID-19: Why children and cities need play now more than ever

Thursday, May 06, 2021

10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Online only

Children sit cross-legged learning together in a classroom.

Education Plus Development

Building back better: The promise of the American Rescue Plan for education

Helen Shwe Hadani and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Friday, April 9, 2021

2021

Apr

Past Event

Teacher diversity and student success: Why racial representation matters in the classroom

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Online only

Education Plus Development

What are the barriers to cost data on education and early childhood development?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sarah Osborne

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Reports

Report

Gender-based violence in primary schools: Nigeria

Adefunke Ekine

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Policy 2020

A new path to education reform: Playful learning promotes 21st-century skills in schools and beyond

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Helen Shwe Hadani, Elias Blinkoff, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Report

Scaling playful learning: How cities can reimagine public spaces to support children and families

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Friday, September 4, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

Nicole Bateman

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Report

Philadelphia Playful Learning Landscapes

Jenny Perlman Robinson

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Blog Posts

Jordan Jansen, 12, does school work at the kitchen table in his family's Middletown home Jan. 25, 2021. The Jansen's four school aged children are doing full time virtual learning as their parents have opted to keep them home for the entire school year due to COVID-19 concerns.Learning Curve

Brown Center Chalkboard

Educators are key in protecting student mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Marty Swanbrow Becker

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Lydia Stephens, owner/director of Montessori Life preschool, second from right, works with teacher Brandi Crawford, right, with the children at the preschool in Macedonia.Bob Montessory Life 4

Brown Center Chalkboard

Stabilizing child care requires more than emergency COVID-19 relief funds

Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, and Laura Bellows

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The Avenue

The Urban Play Framework: An approach for understanding the play experience in cities

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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Events

2020

Aug

Past Policy 2020 Event

Back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Balancing students’ right to education against public health

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Playful Learning Landscapes: At the intersection of education and placemaking

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Girls' education research and policy symposium

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Policies to Address Poverty in America

By Benjamin H. Harris and Melissa S. Kearney

2014

Investing in Children

Edited by Ariel Kalil, Ron Haskins, and Jenny Chesters

2012

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Experts

Daphna Bassok

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

@daphnabassok

Helen Shwe Hadani

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

@HelenSHadani

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

EGWBrookings

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Multimedia

Kindergarten teacher Princess Bryant and paraprofessional Emily Lichtenstein (L) meet their incoming students and parents remotely before the first day of classes in the new school year at the Tynan Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2020. Bryant will begin the school year teaching classes virtually from her classroom because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Podcast Episode

Playful learning: A new path to education reform

Helen Shwe Hadani, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 4, 2020

Adults and children play with Lego bricks during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Lego brick, at Lego House in Billund, Denmark January 28, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Michael Drost-Hansen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC142CA74E00

Podcast Episode

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

Rebecca Winthrop and Fred Dews

Friday, June 7, 2019

School girls wearing pink turbans wave during celebrations to mark International Day of the Girl Child 2018, at a school in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ajay Verma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1336C3B510

Podcast Episode

Echidna Global Scholars: Four leaders in girls’ education share their stories and policy ideas

Christina Kwauk and Fred Dews

Friday, December 7, 2018

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