K-12 Education

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

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

Paul T. Hill and Kate Destler

Friday, May 13, 2022

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

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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

Reports

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

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

Report

A whole new world: Education meets the metaverse

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Jennifer M. Zosh, Helen Shwe Hadani, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kevin Clark, Chip Donohue, and Ellen Wartella

Monday, February 14, 2022

Children & Families

Rebalancing: Children first

Natasha Cabrera, David Deming, Veronique de Rugy, Lisa A. Gennetian, Ron Haskins, Dayna Bowen Matthew, Richard V. Reeves, Isabel V. Sawhill, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Kosali Simon, Katharine B. Stevens, Michael R. Strain, Ryan Streeter, James Sullivan, W. Bradford Wilcox, and Lauren Bauer

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Blog Posts

Diverse children reading together at school.

Education Plus Development

Community schools can help superintendents transform education

Reuben Jacobson

Monday, April 18, 2022

Children are seen walking to school, on the first day of lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools between K through 12, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Brown Center Chalkboard

Has federal crisis spending for K-12 schools served its intended objectives?

Kenneth Shores and Matthew P. Steinberg

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Elevated view of students hard at work in a large college computer lab in Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

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Computer science education policies helping to stimulate broader participation

Michael Hansen and Nicolas Zerbino

Monday, April 11, 2022

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Experts

Hayin Kimner

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Multimedia

An empty computer science classroom is seen at the University of Somalia in Mogadishu, July 13, 2017. Picture taken July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Podcast Episode

Computer science education builds skills for life

Michael Hansen, Emiliana Vegas, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 19, 2021

Podcast Episode

S1 Ep26: Rebecca Winthrop, The Brookings Institution

Rebecca Winthrop

Remaking Tomorrow

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Essay

Building skills for life: How to expand and improve computer science education around the world

Emiliana Vegas, Michael Hansen, and Brian Fowler

Monday, October 25, 2021

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Reports

From COVID-19 to culture wars: The growing hostility of education politics

Expanding computer science education for a technologically advancing world

The future of early childhood education after COVID-19

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

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

Fellow - Brookings Metro, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies