K-12 Education

Children attend first day of in-person learning at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York at Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx, New York on September 9, 2020. Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York Michael J. Deegan and Principal Amy Rodriquez greet children and parents at entrance. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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Low retention, diversity among school principals sparks need for long-term strategies

Maile Symonds and Michael Hansen

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

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Monday, November 21, 2022

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Cover image: Primary school students in a learning session, Delhi. Image credit: British Asian Trust.

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From evidence to scale: Lessons learned from the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Sarah Osborne, and Aditi Shankar

Monday, November 14, 2022

A teacher works with her students to learn math.

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Starting and sustaining community schools: 10 tips for district leaders

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, November 10, 2022

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Improving financial literacy skills for young people: Scaling the financial education program in Jordan

Molly Curtiss Wyss, Jenny Perlman Robinson, Maya Elliott, and Ghulam Omar Qargha

Monday, November 7, 2022

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Deepening education impact: Emerging lessons from 14 teams scaling innovations in low- and middle-income countries

Brad Olsen, Mónica Rodríguez, and Maya Elliott

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

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Systems thinking to transform schools: Identifying levers that lift educational quality

Bruce Fuller and Hoyun Kim

Monday, September 12, 2022

Blog Posts

Brown Center Chalkboard

Best practices in nudging: Lessons from college success interventions

Katharine Meyer and Lindsay C. Page

Thursday, November 17, 2022

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - AUGUST 18: Student is seen drop off to school by they parents and school buses as faculty greet them arriving for the first day of classes at Broward Public County school in Pembroke Pines, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. Florida State Board of Education said it would force defiant school districts to comply with Republican Governor Ron DeSantis executive order forbidding them from mandating students wear masks as a way to slow a surge in Covid-19 cases. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Brown Center Chalkboard

The potential role of instructional time in pandemic recovery

Sarah Novicoff and Matthew A. Kraft

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Education Plus Development

10 recommendations for superintendents to transform education systems into community school districts

Reuben Jacobson

Thursday, November 10, 2022

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Racial equity and inclusion in tech: Can apprenticeships help change hiring practices?

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Making schools work: How the science of learning can help students thrive

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Defining a culture of care for Black boys

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Rachel M. Perera

Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy - The Brookings Institution

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Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies

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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

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Computer science education builds skills for life

Michael Hansen, Emiliana Vegas, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 19, 2021

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S1 Ep26: Rebecca Winthrop, The Brookings Institution

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Remaking Tomorrow

Thursday, November 18, 2021

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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

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K-12 Education

Low retention, diversity among school principals sparks need for long-term strategies

De/reconstructing education as a space for transformative belonging and agency

School finance and educational equity

Let’s educate tomorrow’s voters: Democracy depends on it

Reports

From evidence to scale: Lessons learned from the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond

Starting and sustaining community schools: 10 tips for district leaders

Improving financial literacy skills for young people: Scaling the financial education program in Jordan

Deepening education impact: Emerging lessons from 14 teams scaling innovations in low- and middle-income countries

Systems thinking to transform schools: Identifying levers that lift educational quality

Blog Posts

Best practices in nudging: Lessons from college success interventions

The potential role of instructional time in pandemic recovery

10 recommendations for superintendents to transform education systems into community school districts

Events

Racial equity and inclusion in tech: Can apprenticeships help change hiring practices?

Making schools work: How the science of learning can help students thrive

Defining a culture of care for Black boys

Related Books

Digital Schools

Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century

Strife and Progress

Experts

Rachel M. Perera

Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy - The Brookings Institution

Michael Hansen

Senior Fellow - Brown Center on Education Policy

The Herman and George R. Brown Chair - Governance Studies

Multimedia

Computer science education builds skills for life

S1 Ep26: Rebecca Winthrop, The Brookings Institution

Building skills for life: How to expand and improve computer science education around the world

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