K-12 Education

A teacher reads with a student

Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

A girl plays at a Lego store in Beijing, China January 13, 2018. Picture taken January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee - RC1E40F51250

Why a gender perspective is important for early childhood educators in China

Monday, August 13, 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

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

Thursday, August 9, 2018

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Strengthening the social studies teacher workforce in America

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Trainee math teacher Mia Shaw from the Teach for America program teaches a class at George Washington Carver Middle School in Los Angeles, California July 18, 2012. This fall Teach for America will send a record 10,000 teachers into classrooms from New York to California. The nonprofit boasts $300 million in assets and collects tens of millions a year in public funds, even at a time of steep cuts to education budgets. But critics, including a handful of disillusioned alumni, contend that policies promoted by TFA-trained reformers threaten to damage the very schools they once set out to save. They argue, too, that TFA's relentless push to expand has betrayed its founding ideals. Picture taken July 18, 2012. To match Feature USA-EDUCATION/TEACHFORAMERICA REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION SOCIETY POVERTY WEALTH) - RTR36W0M

School policies and the success of advantaged and disadvantaged students

David Figlio and Krzysztof Karbownik

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Children listen to their teacher on the first day of the new school year in a primary school in Nice

Tax credits can help high-poverty schools attract more teachers

Dick Startz and Kate Walsh

Monday, July 30, 2018

Iana Williams, 8, reads a book

Can schools commit malpractice? It depends.

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Elementary school children are seen in a classroom on the first day of class in the new school year in Nice, September 3, 2013.

What does civics education look like in America?

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Monday, July 23, 2018

Students attend classes after the city was recaptured from the Islamic State militants in Qayyara, Iraq, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - D1BEUNJJSIAB

We studied 3,000 new education ideas—here’s how to choose the best

Rebecca Winthrop

Friday, July 20, 2018

The American flag is changed for a new one on the Capitol building during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar - HT1ED1K1E2RCE

Civics education should be about more than just facts

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Thursday, July 19, 2018

A student take a test in the hallway outside the classroom

Evidence on New York City and Boston exam schools

Susan M. Dynarski

Thursday, July 19, 2018

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX306ZX

Why Trump is trying to reduce the status of the Department of Education

Mona Vakilifathi

Monday, July 16, 2018

School children attend class at Waterstone College

Student learning gaps persist in several subjects—including civics education

Diana Quintero and Jon Valant

Friday, July 13, 2018

A student exits a bus as he arrives at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California December 16, 2015. Classes resume today in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the United States, after they were closed on Tuesday after officials reported receiving an unspecified threat to the district and ordered a search of all schools in the city. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn - GF10000267926

Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It’s complicated

Richard V. Reeves and Nathan Joo

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Kindergarten teacher Esenogwas Jacobs tidies her classroom

How gender diversity among the teacher workforce affects student learning

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

3rd grade class from the W.R. O'Dell Elementary School recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Grading America’s civics education

Fred Dews and Michael Hansen

Friday, July 6, 2018

A woman wears a sticker in multiple languages after voting in the primary election at a polling station in Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1BF5D43BD0

One charter school network’s positive impact on registration and voting

Friday, June 29, 2018

Students arrive for class at Mahnomen Elementary School in Mahnomen, Minnesota

A portrait of civics education in the United States: The 2018 Brown Center Report

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Children holding little American flags

The 2018 Brown Center Report on American Education

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Children walking into school from a bus

2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: Appendices

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018