K-12 Education

With schools closed due to coronavirus, a girl reaches for a bag of school supplies delivered by volunteers in a low income neighbourhood of Falls Church, Virginia, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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

Lang (Kate) Yang

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

Four-year olds Ryan Htut (L) and Justin Hernandez play in a plastic cube at the Frederick, Maryland Head Start facility March 13, 2012. When officials in Frederick County, Maryland voted last year to stop paying for the local Head Start preschool program, they pointed to a nearly $12 million projected budget shortfall as proof that the mostly rural county could no longer afford it. Picture taken March 13, 2012. To match story USA-EDUCATION/HEADSTART REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS)

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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

Education Plus Development

Community schools in Idaho are bolstered by statewide networks and enriched learning opportunities

Jennifer Kotting

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Reports

Cover image: Primary school students in a learning session, Delhi. Image credit: British Asian Trust.

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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

A teacher works with her students to learn math.

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Starting and sustaining community schools: 10 tips for district leaders

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, November 10, 2022

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Improving financial literacy skills for young people: Scaling the financial education program in Jordan

Molly Curtiss Wyss, Jenny Perlman Robinson, Maya Elliott, and Ghulam Omar Qargha

Monday, November 7, 2022

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Deepening education impact: Emerging lessons from 14 teams scaling innovations in low- and middle-income countries

Brad Olsen, Mónica Rodríguez, and Maya Elliott

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

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Systems thinking to transform schools: Identifying levers that lift educational quality

Bruce Fuller and Hoyun Kim

Monday, September 12, 2022

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How can a holistic education policy help bridge the opportunity gap for girls in rural Pakistan?

Hina Saleem

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Why promoting female teachers’ social-emotional learning matters

Bhawana Shrestha

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Children attend first day of in-person learning at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York at Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx, New York on September 9, 2020. Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York Michael J. Deegan and Principal Amy Rodriquez greet children and parents at entrance. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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Low retention, diversity among school principals sparks need for long-term strategies

Maile Symonds and Michael Hansen

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

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K-12 Education

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

Community schools in Idaho are bolstered by statewide networks and enriched learning opportunities

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

Improving financial literacy skills for young people: Scaling the financial education program in Jordan

Deepening education impact: Emerging lessons from 14 teams scaling innovations in low- and middle-income countries

Systems thinking to transform schools: Identifying levers that lift educational quality

Blog Posts

How can a holistic education policy help bridge the opportunity gap for girls in rural Pakistan?

Why promoting female teachers’ social-emotional learning matters

Low retention, diversity among school principals sparks need for long-term strategies

Events

School finance and educational equity

De/reconstructing education as a space for transformative belonging and agency

Racial equity and inclusion in tech: Can apprenticeships help change hiring practices?

Related Books

Digital Schools

Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century

Strife and Progress

Experts

Rachel M. Perera

Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy - The Brookings Institution

Michael Hansen

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies

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