Education

Education meets the metaverse: The promise and the worry

Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022

10:00 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT

Refugee schoolchildren receive their new books on the first day of the new school year at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp al Wehdat, in Amman, Jordan, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Education Plus Development

3 insights on expanding the impact of early learning opportunities in Jordan

Jenny Perlman Robinson, Chantale Kallas, Maya Elliott, Heidi Rosbe, and Hebah Foda

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Report

Learning and working in the digital age: Advancing opportunities and identifying the risks

Annelies Goger, Allyson Parco, and Emiliana Vegas

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Union City Area School District Superintendent Matt Bennett, left, greets Union City Area Elementary School students on August 25, 2020, the first day of school, in Union City. Staff, students and parents are adjusting to a new routine due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.P2backtoschool082520

Brown Center Chalkboard

Restoring pandemic losses will require major changes in schools and classrooms, superintendents say

Paul T. Hill and Kate Destler

Friday, May 13, 2022

Reports

Two Colombian girl students doing their homework with a digital tablet at home.

Report

COVID-19’s impact on learning losses and learning inequality in Colombia

Emiliana Vegas

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Students set up their donated laptop computers on the first day of school at Joplin High School in Joplin

Report

Exploring the state of computer science education amid rapid policy expansion

Michael Hansen and Nicolas Zerbino

Monday, April 11, 2022

Young businesswoman using smart phone ,Social, media, Marketing concept

Report

School supplies, critical race theory, and virtual prom: A social listening analysis on US education

Lauren Ziegler and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Adult students sitting at desks in classroom.

Report

The promises and perils of new technologies to improve education and employment opportunities

Annelies Goger, Allyson Parco, and Emiliana Vegas

Monday, March 28, 2022

Young Colombian girl writing at a school desk.

Report

Lessons for the design of fiscal transfers to improve student learning and reduce learning gaps

Emiliana Vegas

Friday, March 18, 2022

Blog Posts

York High School students celebrate after graduating Friday, June 11, 2021.Camillefine 28

Brown Center Chalkboard

How has the pandemic affected high school graduation and college entry?

Douglas N. Harris and Feng Chen

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Female teacher helps students reading in classroom

Education Plus Development

Past and future teachers ensure student success in rural Appalachia

Jennifer Kotting

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Students in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

Brown Center Chalkboard

The long-run impacts of Mexican-American school desegregation

Francisca M. Antman and Kalena E. Cortes

Thursday, April 28, 2022

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Events

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Empowering parents to support their children’s development: A conversation about building a ‘parent nation’

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

What universities owe democracy

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

2022

Mar

Past Event

Ensuring young mothers return, remain, and learn in school

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

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Experts

Michael Hansen

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies

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Rebecca Winthrop

Director - Center for Universal Education

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Jenny Perlman Robinson

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

@JennyPerlman

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Educators have pointed advice for tech companies building the metaverse

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

EdSurge

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Indian teacher and students wearing protective face mask attend their class at a government girls school after the Rajasthan government allowed schools to reopen for VIth to VIIIth classes in Beawar. (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) (Photo by Sumit Saraswat/Pacific Press/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Reimagining teaching and learning spaces

Zia Khan, John W. McArthur, Elizabeth M. King, and Urvashi Sahni

Thursday, January 20, 2022

BAMYAN, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 8, 2021: Tenth-grade pupils attend a lesson at a secondary school for girls. Upon the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) declared the establishment of its control over the whole country on September 6, a new government formed a day later. Among other reforms, the Taliban have also introduced a number of restrictions concerning education and employment for girls and women. Alexandra Kovalskaya/TASS.No use Russia.

Podcast Episode

Echidna Global Scholars: Better learning opportunities and life outcomes for girls and young women

Jennifer L. O’Donoghue, Nangyalai Attal, Arundhuti Gupta, Edem Dorothy Ossai, and Tran Thi Ngoc Tran

Thursday, December 23, 2021

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