K-12 Education

Precious Perez, Samantha Riche and Evelyn Martinez work on a lab project during their chemistry class at a high school in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Brown Center Chalkboard

Could “With a Little Help from My Friends” become the next college access anthem?

Paul Scott and Lindsay C. Page

Friday, August 18, 2017

People walk out of South Pasadena High School in South Pasadena

Children & Families

Chronic absenteeism: An old problem in search of new answers

Brian A. Jacob and Kelly Lovett

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Students dissect owl pellets at the Excel Academy public charter school in Washington

K-12 Education

Some schools much better than others at closing achievement gaps between their advantaged and disadvantaged students

David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Elementary students react to the Smithsonian National Zoo's three newly acquired Cheetahs while seeing them for the first time at the zoo in Washington

K-12 Education

Multiracial adolescents show no test score gap with whites

Jonathan Rothwell

Monday, July 17, 2017

Reports

Villanueva and her 11-year-old daughter Laritza receive help on their charter school application from Barrio Logan College Institute counselor Pena in San Diego, California

K-12 Education

More findings about school vouchers and test scores, and they are still negative

Mark Dynarski and Austin Nichols

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Hailey Rodelo participates in a chess-geography lesson at Discovery Elementary School in Sunrise, Florida

K-12 Education

How state ESSA accountability plans can shine a statistically sound light on more students

Nora Gordon

Thursday, June 29, 2017

K-12 Education

How progressive is school funding in the United States?

Matthew M. Chingos

Thursday, June 15, 2017

A girl naps in the stands at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York

Children & Families

Start high school later for better academic outcomes

David Figlio

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Reynolds High School students observe a moment of silence during graduation ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland

K-12 Education

What we don’t know about high schools can hurt us

Mark Dynarski

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Blog Posts

Brown Center Chalkboard

The state of the nation’s social studies educators

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Monday, July 3, 2017

President Donald Trump's overview of the budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2018 are displayed at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Unpacked

President Trump’s education budget

Elizabeth Mann

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Kane plays with a toy at the home of his family in El Paso

Social Mobility Memos

Social skills matter, but how do we measure and grow them in the classroom?

Allegra Pocinki and Richard V. Reeves

Friday, June 2, 2017

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Experts

Nora Gordon

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families

Mark Dynarski

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families

Brian A. Jacob

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Multimedia

A high school student tests a "Quipus" laptop during a presentation ceremony in El Alto, July 31, 2014. Some 15,000 public school students received the laptops, assembled by Bolivian state-run company Quipus, during the ceremony. According to local media, El Alto schools will receive a total of some 140,000 laptops this year as part of a government initiative to provide final-year high school students with access to a new laptop, aiming to incorporate the use of new technology in educational institutions. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS SOCIETY) - RTR40UBC

Education

Teaching for the 21st century: Broader skills for global citizens

Esther Care, Sean Slade, Ramya Vivekanandan, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Students arrive at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton, Kansas, January 18, 2013. Students at the school do farm chores at the beginning of each school day. The Walton Rural Life Center - a kindergarten through fourth grade charter school in rural Kansas - uses agriculture to teach students about math, science, economics. REUTERS/Jeff Tuttle (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION AGRICULTURE SOCIETY) - RTR3DVPU

Education

Charter schools and federal power: What’s next for education policy?

Elizabeth Mann, Jon Valant, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Education

How well are American students learning?

Tom Loveless and Fred Dews

Friday, March 25, 2016

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Reports

The 2016 Education Choice and Competition Index

Federal education policy under the Trump administration

Why knowledge matters in the Common Core era

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families