Professor Lindsay Page and other authors discuss the potential impact of research funding cuts on education effectiveness and efficiency.

Meet Ellie Jurmann, a passionate future educator dedicated to making math both engaging and empowering for middle school students. Ellie shares her journey through Brown’s Bacc/MAT program, the joys of student teaching, and her hopes for creating a classroom where students feel supported, challenged, and valued.

Professor Andrea Flores argues that proposed Tennessee legislation allowing public schools to deny enrollment to undocumented students threatens the state's future by undermining the 1982 Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe.

Niyanta’s project merged her passion for engineering with her deep commitment to social justice

Professor Palella contributed an essay on queer comics to the forthcoming book, Teaching LGBTQ+ History: Practical Strategies and Voices of Experience

In this chapter, Professors Yoko Yamamoto and Jin Li, along with their co-author, examine East Asian immigrant parents' involvement in their children's education, with a particular focus on family-school relationships. Their research highlights the diverse models of family-school engagement that shape immigrant families’ motivations and approaches to supporting their children's learning both at home and in school.

In this paper, Professors Yoko Yamamoto and Jin Li, along with their co-authors, examine young children's perspectives on parental support for children's learning (PSCL) within Chinese immigrant families. While extensive research has explored PSCL in these communities—primarily from the parents' perspective—there is little insight into how young children themselves perceive and experience this support.

Nina’s capstone explored the ethical complexities of working within entrenched systems

Teacher training is costly and sometimes ineffective, especially if teachers are not fully engaged. In this paper, Professor Pierre de Galbert and his co-authors present findings from a randomized evaluation of an incentivized online teacher training program implemented in Bangladesh during COVID-related school closures. One treatment group received training and the other also received a moderate financial incentive.

Grace's capstone explored how strengthening alumni connections can create meaningful support systems for first-generation, low-income Black students at Brown

Developed by Professor Matthew Kraft, EDUC 0120: K-12 Education Systems and Climate Change aims to empower future educators to combat the climate crisis

Professor Rangel is working with undergraduate student researchers to investigate how Latinx students and their families navigate educational contexts and understand how differences in identity, such as immigration status and social class, impact their experience and outcomes.

Current UEP Student, Nasia Norris, on her internship with Parents Leading for Educational Equity

“At its core,” she explains, “it's about building relationships with students and leveraging their ‘funds of knowledge.’ This asset-based approach recognizes that all students bring valuable knowledge to the science classroom.”

Daysha graduated from the Master of Arts in Teaching program in 2023 and is currently a mathematics instructor at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto, CA

The Education Department was a sponsor of the conference, which brings first-generation and low-income students together through panels, workshops and community-building activities.

The MAT's new teacher induction program is designed to support local graduates in the first five years of their teaching careers.

Developed by Jacques Lesure, EDUC 1015: Reimagining Power: Community-Driven Evaluation and Education, will explore how to use culturally responsive approaches to evaluate the effectiveness of social programs in partnership with three organizations serving young people in Providence.

Rachel Palumbo graduated from Brown's UEP Program in 2021 and is currently the Development Director at Providence Promise