K-12 Education

A student at Walter H. Dyett High School walks through the hallway in Chicago, Illinois, in this photo taken on October 5, 2012. The bipartisan education reform movement sweeping the nation calls for rating schools by their students' test scores and then taking drastic steps to overhaul the worst performers by firing the teachers, turning the schools over to private management or shutting them down altogether. But in communities across the United States, anger at school closures is rising. REUTERS/Jim Young

Brown Center Chalkboard

Corporal punishment, schools, and race: An update

Dick Startz

Friday, January 14, 2022

Afghan girls study at an open area, founded by Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), outside Jalalabad city, Afghanistan September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Parwiz

Education Plus Development

To help ensure food and economic security in Afghanistan, invest in the skills of young women and girls

Nangyalai Attal

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Students check their lockers as they arrive for the first day of the 2021-22 school year Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, at HSE Intermediate & Junior High School.Hse Schools Begin Their First Day Of The 2021 22 School Year

Brown Center Chalkboard

Keeping schools open during COVID-19 is hard, but it can be done

Douglas N. Harris

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Members of the public express their anger with the board and Superintendent Bob Thomas during a Board of Education meeting at the City-County Building in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, April 30, 2021. The board met to debate if the school system would require face masks for the upcoming school year to combat the spread of COVID-19.Kns Kcs Masks

Brown Center Chalkboard

Are fiery school-board meetings representative of all parents?

Anna Saavedra, Amie Rapaport, Morgan Polikoff, and Dan Silver

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Reports

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

Teaching at the right level in Cote d'Ivoire

Report

Renforcer les capacités en lecture et calcul des enfants en Côte d’Ivoire

Molly Curtiss Wyss and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Report

Improving children’s reading and math at large scale in Côte d’Ivoire

Molly Curtiss Wyss and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Report

Understanding child-friendly urban design

Helen Shwe Hadani, Jennifer S. Vey, Shwetha Parvathy, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Essay

Collaborating to transform and improve education systems: A playbook for family-school engagement – Evolution

Rebecca Winthrop, Adam Barton, Mahsa Ershadi, and Lauren Ziegler

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Blog Posts

Kindergarden students work in classrooms at Ross Elementary School in Topeka Wednesday morning.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Using classroom simulators to transform teacher preparation

Julie Cohen and Vivian Wong

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

An anti-vaccine mandate protester, argues with another meeting attendee during an event organised by Portland Public School to discuss a proposed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandate for students 12-years-old and above in Portland, Oregon, U.S. October 26, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Olmos NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES.

Brown Center Chalkboard

It’s time to start voting in your local school board elections

Jon Valant

Monday, November 1, 2021

Sunrise Movement members rallied at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 21, 2021. The rally launched a 105-mile, week-long trek to Washington, DC where they will meet up with other Sunrise groups and deliver demands to the Biden Administration and Congress. (Photo by Paul Weaver/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The Avenue

American Rescue Plan funds can jump-start stalled opportunities for youth

Martha Ross, Lili Allen, Annelies Goger, and Avni Nahar

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

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Experts

Helen Shwe Hadani

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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

A girl gestures as she takes part in a demonstration as part of a global day of action on climate change at the school in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

Podcast Episode

Girls’ education is key to climate change solutions

Christina Kwauk, Lucia Fry, Raju Kumar Narzary, and Fred Dews

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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

Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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

Director - Brown Center on Education Policy

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies