Education
Reports
2017
Apr
26
Past Event
Leveling the playing field: Policy options to improve postsecondary education and career outcomes
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Washington, DC
2017
Apr
17
Past Event
What we know about the effects of pre-K in 6 consensus statements
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Washington, DC
2017
Apr
5
Past Event
Annual research and policy symposium: Skills for a changing world
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Washington, DC
Julia Gillard
Distinguished Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy
Susan M. Dynarski
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families
Esther Care, an education expert at the Brookings Institution, calls the A-F grading system “nonsense.” “Grades are mere proxies for what we value. What we actually value is our children being prepared for the future,” she said. “We need to find ways in educational assessment to convey information about the degree to which they are ready to venture out and to deal constructively with the huge challenges posed by our 21st century.
