K-12 Education

Students arrive for school in Mahnomen school district in Mahnomen, Minnesota

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Want more diverse teachers in more places? Start with diverse principals

Peter Goff

Friday, December 14, 2018

Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard speaks with Disney II Elementary School principal Bogdana Chkoumbova in Chicago, September 26, 2011. Disney is one of 13 Chicago public schools which have decided to be early adopters of a plan to add 90 minutes to the school day, a scheme pushed hard by new Mayor Rahm Emanuel who says it is necessary to improve the city's K-12 education. Picture taken September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E79T06IA01

Brown Center Chalkboard

School leadership: An untapped opportunity to draw young people of color into teaching

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Monday, November 26, 2018

Alfonso Calderon (C), a student who was at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the mass shooting, greets the police officer Brad Griesinger in front of the school, after the police security perimeter was removed, in Parkland, Florida, U.S., February 18, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins - RC1735C2F100

Brown Center Chalkboard

Does more policing make middle schools safer?

Kenneth Alonzo Anderson

Thursday, November 8, 2018

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on as his choice for U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a "Thank You USA" tour rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX2UD61

Brown Center Chalkboard

New report on ESSA Accountability regulation examines agency responsiveness and rule durability

Diana Quintero

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Reports

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

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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

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

Four-year old Tom (R) and his six-year old sister Lisa from Offenbach show Serbian refugee Dragan (2nd L) and his sister Tamara (L) how to play on the climbing frame at a refugee camp in Hanau, Germany, August 18, 2015. Tom and Lisa learned from her mother that a lot of refugees come to Germany and most of them, especially the children, don't have much clothes or toys to play with. The two German youngsters than decided to visit the refugee camp to donate from their own wardrobe and toys and "make friends" with the kids from abroad. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach - GF10000175689

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Learning Landscapes: Can urban planning and the learning sciences work together to help children?

Brenna Hassinger-Das, Andres S. Bustamante, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Susan Magsamen, Jenny Perlman Robinson, and Rebecca Winthrop

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Teacher Jenna Rosenberg speaks to her first grade class at Walsh Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, March 1, 2013. According to officials in U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, possible consequences of impending across-the-board U.S. government budget cuts, Illinois will lose approximately $33.4 million in education, putting around 460 teacher and aide jobs at risk that would receive funding. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E9320AA101

Early Childhood Education

Accountability for early education–a different approach and some positive signs

Susanna Loeb

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Blog Posts

Smoke rises from a coke factory in the village of Lukavac near Tuzla, Bosnia, October 30, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica - RC1B6001ACA0

Brown Center Chalkboard

Climate confusion: Content and strategies, not controversy, are the biggest challenges for science teachers

David Devraj Kumar and Michael Hansen

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Students cross a street to enter for the first day of classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S. August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper - RC1EFE4D0510

Brown Center Chalkboard

Schools need to educate our sons and daughters that no means no

Andre M. Perry

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard (R) speaks with Disney II Elementary School principal Bogdana Chkoumbova (C) in Chicago, September 26, 2011. Disney is one of 13 Chicago public schools which have decided to be early adopters of a plan to add 90 minutes to the school day, a scheme pushed hard by new Mayor Rahm Emanuel who says it is necessary to improve the city's K-12 education. Picture taken September 26, 2011. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E79T05FP01

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Strong principals retain effective teachers—and don’t retain ineffective ones

Jason A. Grissom

Friday, September 28, 2018

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