K-12 Education

Children wait for the arrival of Belgium's King Albert II at the Belgian School in Kinshasa June 29, 2010. Belgian King Albert II is on a three-day official visit to Congo to attend the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of independence. REUTERS/Frederic Sierakowski/Pool (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Tags: POLITICS) - GM1E66U00ND01

Education Plus Development

Integrating 21st century skills in the classroom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Helyn Kim, Jovin Mukadi Tsangala, Walid Hedidar, and Esther Care

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Students raise their hands to answer questions in a classroom at a public high school in Paranaque city, metro Manila February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: EDUCATION) - GM1E7480UJO01

Education Plus Development

Scaling education programs in the Philippines: A policymaker’s perspective

Rosalina Villaneza

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Children play with their nursery school teacher at their Kindergarten in Hanau, 30km (18 miles) south of Frankfurt, March 12, 2013. Despite a drive in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's first term to boost the number of childcare spots, Germany's birthrate remains one of the lowest in Europe. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION SOCIETY) - BM2E93C113J01

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States lead the way on community school innovation

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, August 1, 2019

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

Reports

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

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Report

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

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

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Students at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School use their laptops during a class in Dorchester, Massachusetts June 20, 2008. From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves. To match feature USA-EDUCATION/TECHNOLOGY REUTERS/Adam Hunger (UNITED STATES) - GM1E4770O4801

K-12 Education

Are states providing adequate financial literacy education?

Matt Kasman, Benjamin Heuberger, and Ross A. Hammond

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Blog Posts

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Brown Center Chalkboard

Can school districts achieve racial integration by pursuing socio-economic integration?

Deven Carlson and Elizabeth Bell

Monday, July 15, 2019

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Brown Center Chalkboard

Rural schools need career counselors, too

Diana Quintero and Yuhe Gu

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

A woman walks past a variety of campaign banners for Democratic presidential candidates at the entrance of "Jim Clyburn's World Famous Fish Fry" in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Randall Hill - RC17A8C3A840

Brown Center Chalkboard

Are the education proposals of the Democratic presidential candidates really that liberal?

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

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Events

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The past, present, and future of democratic education in America

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Outcomes and challenges in US cities with public school choice

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

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Related Books

Teachers for the 21st Century

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Paul Manna and Patrick McGuinn

2013

Strife and Progress

By Paul T. Hill, Christine Campbell, and Betheny Gross

2012

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?

Friday, July 5, 2019

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in Washington, D.C.

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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