Education

Students listen to their teacher during a lesson at the Islamabad College for girls in Islamabad, Pakistan, October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz SEARCH "FIROUZ EDUCATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC15B45AD320

Education Plus Development

Lessons from a girls’ education advocacy initiative in Pakistan

Jamila Razzaq

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Students use computers in the technology lab at the Headstart private school in Pakistan

Brown Center Chalkboard

Tech or no tech, effective learning is all about teaching

Saro Mohammed, Ph.D.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

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The future of free college

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Brown Center Chalkboard

As kids go back to school, these are the education story lines experts are watching

Louis Serino

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Reports

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

Early Childhood Education

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

Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at a middle school in San Diego, California March 7, 2011. San Diego's Healthy Works Project received the country's largest grant, 16 million dollars, from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 to help combat wellness and the obesity epidemic. Picture taken March 7, 2011. To match Special Report USA-FOODLOBBY/ REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E84R1FJZ01

Education

A promising alternative to subsidized lunch receipt as a measure of student poverty

Matthew M. Chingos

Thursday, August 16, 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

A student take a test in the hallway outside the classroom

Education

Evidence on New York City and Boston exam schools

Susan M. Dynarski

Thursday, July 19, 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

K-12 Education

Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It’s complicated

Richard V. Reeves and Nathan Joo

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Blog Posts

Teachers walk the picket line as they strike outside Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington September 9, 2015. Classes were cancelled for 53,000 students as Seattle teachers and support staff marched in picket lines on Wednesday on what was supposed to be the first day of school, waging their first such strike in three decades after contract talks between the school district and the teachers' union failed. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight - GF10000199643

Brown Center Chalkboard

Teachers aren’t getting younger, we’re just paying them less

Michael Hansen

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Children getting off the bus at the cross walk.

Up Front

First Look: Where chronic student absence is a problem and strategies to make progress

Lauren Bauer and Becca Portman

Friday, August 31, 2018

Oct 14, 2017; Lincoln, NE, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer looks at the scoreboard during the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the second half at Memorial Stadium. Ohio State won 56-14. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports - 10347589

Brown Center Chalkboard

The dangers of tribalism and callousness in college sports

Jon Valant

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

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Events

2018

Sep

Past Event

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Development Seminar | No free lunch: Using technology to improve the efficacy of school feeding programmes

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Citizens of the future: Innovations to leapfrog global education

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Leapfrogging Inequality

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The Transformation of Title IX

By R. Shep Melnick

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Making College Work

By Harry J. Holzer and Sandy Baum

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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

Education

Arming teachers won’t improve school safety

Michael Hansen

Friday, August 24, 2018

Education

A progress report on Betsy DeVos’ education agenda

Elizabeth Mann Levesque and Fred Dews

Friday, August 24, 2018

College graduate with her cap at a commencement ceremony.

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The transformation of Title IX

R. Shep Melnick and Bill Finan

Friday, June 29, 2018

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Education

Lessons from a girls’ education advocacy initiative in Pakistan

Tech or no tech, effective learning is all about teaching

The future of free college

As kids go back to school, these are the education story lines experts are watching

Reports

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

A promising alternative to subsidized lunch receipt as a measure of student poverty

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

Evidence on New York City and Boston exam schools

Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It’s complicated

Blog Posts

Teachers aren’t getting younger, we’re just paying them less

First Look: Where chronic student absence is a problem and strategies to make progress

The dangers of tribalism and callousness in college sports

Events

Why doctors and mayors will be the next playful learning advocates

Development Seminar | No free lunch: Using technology to improve the efficacy of school feeding programmes

Citizens of the future: Innovations to leapfrog global education

Related Books

Leapfrogging Inequality

The Transformation of Title IX

Making College Work

Multimedia

Arming teachers won’t improve school safety

A progress report on Betsy DeVos’ education agenda

The transformation of Title IX

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