K-12 Education

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Reviewing the evidence on teacher attrition and retention

Tuan D. Nguyen and Matthew G. Springer

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Paola Garcia reads a book with her three-year-old daughter Emily at Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts March 5, 2013. Garcia attends classes to learn English as a second language while her daughter attends Head Start, which provides early learning for children. According to ABCD, 95 percent of the money for the Head Start program comes from the federal government, funding that faces cuts under sequestration. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E9360GQG01

Brown Center Chalkboard

Do teachers have biased academic perceptions of their English learner students?

Ilana Umansky and Hanna Dumont

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

A man holds an electronic cigarette as he vapes at a Vape Shop in Monterrey, Mexico February 1, 2019. Picture taken February 1, 2019. FREUTERS/Daniel Becerril - RC1D65272E30

Brown Center Chalkboard

The youth vaping epidemic: Addressing the rise of e-cigarettes in schools

Nandeeni Patel and Diana Quintero

Friday, November 22, 2019

Students take notes from their iPads at the Steve Jobs school in Sneek August 21, 2013. The Steve Jobs schools in the Netherlands are founded by the O4NT (Education For A New Time) organisation, which provides the children with iPads to help them learn with a more interactive experience. REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E98L1HOU01

Report

How ed-tech can help leapfrog progress in education

Emiliana Vegas, Lauren Ziegler, and Nicolas Zerbino

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Reports

Students applaud as U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to deliver the commencement address at the Worcester Technical High School graduation ceremony in Worcester, Massachusetts June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - GM1EA6C0JR601

K-12 Education

Elite or elitist? Lessons for colleges from selective high schools

Richard V. Reeves and Ashley Schobert

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Boys play at a school in Yemen's capital Sanaa sheltering them and their families after the conflict forced them to flee their areas from the Houthi-controlled northern province of Saada August 4, 2015. A Saudi-led Arab alliance launched a military campaign on March 26 to end Houthi control over much of Yemen and to return President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from exile. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - GF20000013228

Report

How playful learning can help leapfrog progress in education

Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

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 lone worker passes by the U.S. Capitol building in Washington

U.S. Politics & Government

Responsiveness and durability: An analysis of the Accountability and State Plans rule

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Report

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

Anna D. Johnson, Deborah A. Phillips, and Owen Schochet

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Blog Posts

Brown Center Chalkboard

How exposure to pollution affects educational outcomes and inequality

Claudia Persico

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

A student stands in a library facing away.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Better serving the needs of America’s homeless students

Ariella Meltzer, Diana Quintero, and Jon Valant

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to supporters in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht - RC1D993CBE70

Brown Center Chalkboard

What Elizabeth Warren’s K-12 plan reveals about education politics today

Jon Valant

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Multimedia

Students disembark from a school bus outside The Ivy Apartments, where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in Dallas, Texas October 1, 2014. As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly virus. Additionally, four members of the patient's family have been ordered to stay home as a precaution even though they are not showing symptoms, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. Picture taken October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Stone

Podcast Episode

What does the debate over school segregation reveal about the Democratic primary field?

Jon Valant

Friday, July 5, 2019

Education

A progress report on Betsy DeVos’ education agenda

Elizabeth Mann Levesque and Fred Dews

Friday, August 24, 2018

3rd grade class from the W.R. O'Dell Elementary School recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Education

Grading America’s civics education

Michael Hansen and Fred Dews

Friday, July 6, 2018

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Reports

Countering toxic narratives and real-life challenges for students of color

What does the 2020 election mean for education policy in the United States?

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

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