Education

Up Front

Robots kill jobs. But they create jobs, too.

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Monday, March 18, 2019

Workers are seen at their workstations on the floor of an outsourcing centre in Bangalore, February 29, 2012. India's IT industry, with Bangalore firms forming the largest component, is now worth an annual $100 billion and growing 14 percent per year, one of the few bright spots in an economy blighted by policy stagnation and political instability. Picture taken on February 29, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E8450SWY01

Education Plus Development

Schooling and skills reduce gender wage gaps—but not completely

Dileni Gunewardena, Elizabeth M. King, and Alexandria Valerio

Monday, March 18, 2019

Students walk past Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC131D7A3900

FixGov

Putting the college admissions scandal in context

Sandy Baum and Michael S. McPherson

Monday, March 18, 2019

Brown Center Chalkboard

Inside the Ivy League admissions process

Darrell M. West

Friday, March 15, 2019

Reports

A school bus sits parked along a street in the Queens borough of New York January 16, 2013. For the first time in 34 years, New York City bus drivers went on strike, stranding up to 152,000 students in the nation's largest public school system on sleet-soaked Wednesday morning. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E91H00RI01

Education

The opportunities and risks of K-12 student placement algorithms

Matt Kasman and Jon Valant

Thursday, February 28, 2019

A student works outside Wilson Library on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RC1B0CCBA810

Higher Education

Does the 90/10 rule unfairly target proprietary institutions or under-resourced schools?

Adam Looney and Vivien Lee

Thursday, January 31, 2019

A young Rwandan boy who is an orphan and living with HIV/AIDS, paints in a classroom run by UNICEF (United nations Children's Emergency Fund) in Kigali in this undated photograph. AIDS is a big problem in Rwanda, especially after the civil war and genocide of the 1990s, and thousands of children are forced to survive on the streets. - PBEAHUKWABH

Report

Education system alignment for 21st century skills

Esther Care, Helyn Kim, Alvin Vista, and Kate Anderson

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Kashmiri school girls react to the camera while walking back home after their class at Kanzalwan near the Line of Control in Gurez sector, 160 km (99 miles) north of Srinagar June 21, 2012. The Line of Control, or a military ceasefire line, divides India and Pakistan in Kashmir. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION) - GM1E86M04E001

Report

Mainstreaming gender equality and empowerment education in post-primary schools in India

Urvashi Sahni

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

A man works on an electrical component on the factory floor of PP Control and Automation near Cannock, Britain

Technology & Innovation

How to adjust to automation

Robert E. Litan

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Blog Posts

A Chinese language teacher sits in an empty classroom as she teaches a class during an online course at Jingshan School, on a smoggy day under a "red alert" for air pollution, in Beijing

Brown Center Chalkboard

Simple tweaks could offer a chance for stronger, more diverse teachers

Hannah Putman

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut November 12, 2015. More than 1,000 students, professors and staff at Yale University gathered on Wednesday to discuss race and diversity at the elite Ivy League school, amid a wave of demonstrations at U.S. colleges over the treatment of minority students. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - GF20000056999

Up Front

Colleges caught up in admissions corruption are elite already

Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Graduating students of the City College of New York sit together in their caps and gowns as they listen to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's address during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - D1BETHVBVCAA

The Avenue

The college admissions scandal proves that we need affirmative action

Andre M. Perry

Thursday, March 14, 2019

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Events

2019

Feb

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Reforming professional military education: The (non) debate over India’s National Defence University

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Leapfrogging inequality: Remaking education to help young people thrive

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST

A vision of the future of higher education: A conversation with Harvard University President Larry Bacow

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

Washington, DC

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Higher Education to 2030

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2019

Leapfrogging Inequality

By Rebecca Winthrop; With Adam Barton and Eileen McGivney

2018

The Transformation of Title IX

By R. Shep Melnick

2018

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Multimedia

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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

Students walk through the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia

Brown Center Chalkboard

As free college programs move forward, experts agree that design matters

Louis Serino

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

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Education

Arming teachers won’t improve school safety

Michael Hansen

Friday, August 24, 2018

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Education

Robots kill jobs. But they create jobs, too.

Schooling and skills reduce gender wage gaps—but not completely

Putting the college admissions scandal in context

Inside the Ivy League admissions process

Reports

The opportunities and risks of K-12 student placement algorithms

Does the 90/10 rule unfairly target proprietary institutions or under-resourced schools?

Education system alignment for 21st century skills

Mainstreaming gender equality and empowerment education in post-primary schools in India

How to adjust to automation

Blog Posts

Simple tweaks could offer a chance for stronger, more diverse teachers

Colleges caught up in admissions corruption are elite already

The college admissions scandal proves that we need affirmative action

Events

Reforming professional military education: The (non) debate over India’s National Defence University

Leapfrogging inequality: Remaking education to help young people thrive

A vision of the future of higher education: A conversation with Harvard University President Larry Bacow

Related Books

Higher Education to 2030

Leapfrogging Inequality

The Transformation of Title IX

Multimedia

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

As free college programs move forward, experts agree that design matters

Arming teachers won’t improve school safety

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