By . Weeks ago, researchers Matthew Kraft and Allison Gilmour released a new study demonstrating the “Widget Effect” is alive and well in our schools. Their study is a re-examination of TNTP’s influential 2009 study that coined the phrase, referring to the tendency to treat teachers as interchangeable widgets when they are known not to be. More...
By . High school dropout rates are higher in cities and states with greater income inequality. This does not just reflect the different demographics across places. More...
By Fred Dews. When it comes to staying in school, many economists talk about the "aspirational effects" of income inequality. When students look around them and see a better life, they are incentivized to invest in their own human capital—such as investing in their own education. More...
By Ben Castleman. America’s community colleges offer the promise of a more affordable pathway to a bachelor’s degree. Students can pay substantially less for the first two years of college, transfer to a four-year college or university, and still earn their diploma in the same amount of time. More...
The conventional thinking among economists has been that income inequality would provide incentives for individuals to invest in their potential human capital to climb up the income ladder. More...
By . Today 10 percent of all students attending public schools in the US are classified as English Language Learners (ELLs)—the number of students with this classification has increased by 14 percent over the past decade. More...
By Ken Zeichner. On January 28th Thomas Arnett published an essay here on the Brown Center Chalkboard on changes to teacher preparation programs brought on by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). More...
By Brad Hershbein. There is plenty of soul-searching going on about the state of public debate in America right now. But here’s a small reason to be hopeful: my recent blog post, “A college degree is worth less if you are raised poor,” has generated lots of attention in both traditional and social media, and also dozens of thoughtful comments and questions. More...
By Rebecca Winthrop and Homi Kharas. By now, most of the world has heard of Malala, the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban and survived. She has since been raising her voice — from the halls of the United Nations to the sets of late night talk shows — on behalf of the 63 million girls who are out of school worldwide and the vast majority of school girls in the developing world who will not get to finish secondary school. More...
By Thomas J. Kane. They say never judge a book by its cover. We need to start judging textbooks and other instructional materials using student achievement instead. More...
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