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Education Studies Concentration

Undergraduate concentrators study education in a rigorous, multi-dimensional way that allows them to investigate thorny questions of opportunity and equity in real-world settings.
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Urban Education Policy A.M.

Our immersive 12-month degree in urban education policy equips students with the essential skills they need to fight for more equitable urban schools at the policy level.
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Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

The intensive, yearlong Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) graduate program trains students to become impactful secondary teachers in English, social studies, math, or science (chemistry, biology, or physics/engineering).
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Alum Spotlight: Britt Ruiz '22, MAT'23

Britt Ruiz graduated from Brown's Master of Arts in Teaching program in 2023 and teaches U.S. History and AP U.S. Government at Paul Cuffee School in Providence, RI.
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Alum Spotlight: Sara Mickelson, UEP'12

Sara Mickelson graduated from Brown's Urban Education Policy master's program in 2012 and is the Deputy Cabinet Secretary for the New Mexico Early Childhood Education Department.
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Student Spotlight: Kiana Harriel, MAT'24

Kiana Harriel, a Rhode Island native, is a Master of Arts in Teaching student in Secondary Social Studies Education. She has a BA in Anthropology with a Minor in Education from Wheaton College in Massachusetts.
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Student Spotlight: Ramona Santos Torres, UEP'24

Ramona Santos Torres, a current Urban Education Policy master's student at Brown, is the Executive Director and one of the Co-founders of Parents Leading for Educational Equity (PLEE). PLEE is a parent-led, grassroots organization with a mission to fight for parent voice in education decision-making, and for access to a high-quality public school option for all children of color.
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Student Spotlight: Cuauhtemoc Arizpe '23, MAT'24 and Urban Education Fellow

Cuauhtemoc Arizpe comes from the City of San Antonio and is a current MAT student specializing in secondary mathematics education. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Public Policy from Brown University with a primary focus on education policy.
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Georgia State University

National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State Awarded $7.6M to Study Benefits of AI-Enhanced Classroom Chatbots

Professor Lindsay Page is working in partnership with the NISS and Georgia State University to study how chatbots can improve student outcomes in foundational college math and English courses.
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Alum Spotlight: Kate Donohue, UEP'18

Kate Donohue graduated from Brown's Master of Arts in Urban Education Policy program in 2018 and is a Senior Project Manager at Annenberg Institute at Brown University where she studies teacher pipelines and human capital processes.
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Fatou Diokhane honored as 2023 Ruth J. Simmons Urban Education Policy Scholar

The Board of Overseers of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University established the permanent annual scholarship in 2012 for an Urban Education Policy masters student who most epitomizes the former Brown University president’s commitment to educational equity and social justice.
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Teaching LGBTQIA History

Professor John Palella's undergraduate course examines what a high school U.S. history class could look, sound, and feel like when taught through the experiences of LGBTQIA people and communities.
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Urban Education Policy Master's Students Present Capstone Research

The presentation integrates all facets of the graduate learning experience and provides an opportunity to demonstrate the ability to apply the tools of education policy research by examining a contemporary policy issue.
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Student Spotlight: Abigail McClain, UEP'24 and TFA RI Corps Member

Abigail McClain is an educator and Teach for America RI Corps Member who enrolled in the Urban Education Policy program to gain a better understanding of the systems and policies that impact her students' educational experiences.
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Kappan Magazine

What should we make of book bans?

Since last year, there have been 1,400+ instances of book bans across 37 states. In his latest column for Kappan, Professor Jonathan Collins digs into the issue and presents a clear path forward.
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The Valley Breeze

Robert McCarthy MAT'89 wins RI Principal of the Year in first-time honor for Central Falls

For the first time in its 20-year history, the Rhode Island Principal of the Year award has been awarded to a school leader in Central Falls for 2023. Robert McCarthy MAT'89 received the honor from the Central Falls School District and Rhode Island Association of School Principals (RIASP) for his outstanding leadership and service to the school community as principal of Central Falls High School.
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Alum Spotlight: Charlie Fisher, Urban Education Fellow and MAT'21

As a Biology major, Charlie Fisher intended to go into a health career. He learned early on that his passions were better suited to teaching, and Brown's intensive MAT program helped him to make the switch.
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BrownConnect Conversations | Ep 7: John Goncalves '13, MAT'15, Government

An educator and Councilman of Ward 1 in Providence, John talks about the best ways to prepare for the role of “teacher.” And his best advice for students looking for a career in public service? Get involved and take that first step towards your goal by doing something—big or small. That first step can often set you on a path of impactful work.
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Student Spotlight: Patrick Mignanelli '23 MAT

Patrick Mignanelli is an MAT candidate in the social studies cohort. Having previously taught in a rural public school, he joined the Brown MAT program to become a better teacher and learn how to create a student-centered classroom.
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Rhode Island PBS

David Upegui Named 2022 Rhode Island PBS Digital Innovator All-Star

David Upegui, Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Teacher Residency Site Leader at Central Falls, and science teacher has been named among the 2022 nationwide class of PBS Digital Innovator All-Stars for his work encouraging students to be innovative thinkers and future community leaders.
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Faculty Spotlight: Professor Tricia Kelly

Dr. Tricia Kelly has extensive experience working with Multilingual Learners as a teacher, program consultant, and curriculum specialist. Her current teaching and research interests include ways to infuse asset-based and culturally-affirming practices into integrated programs for Multilingual Learners in K-12 school settings.
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Combined Baccalaureate/MAT Degree Program

Brown undergraduate students have the opportunity to begin working on a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree while completing their baccalaureate in a subject field (English, history, math, science, or allied concentrations).
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Social Sciences

“I’ve Lived Everything They Are Trying to Teach Me”: Latinx Immigrant Youth’s Ambivalent Educational Mobility in White Evangelical Universities

Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Professor Andrea Flores demonstrates how DACAmented and undocumented youth struggle with the hidden personal costs of educational access and the upward mobility it promises.
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Kappan Magazine

It’s more than money: Supporting the Black school

What does Deion Sanders' decision to leave HBCU coaching have to do with K-12 education policy reform? Professor Jonathan Collins ties the two together in his latest column for Kappan Magazine.
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Brookings

Examining college enrollment gaps: A discussion with leading scholars

On January 23, the Brookings Center on Children and Families hosted an event where leading education experts, including Professor Lindsay Page, discussed the factors that contribute to college enrollment disparities and ways to improve access to higher education.
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February 8, 2023: Affirmative Action: Past, Present, and Future

Join Brown's Tracy L. Steffes, Associate Professor of Education and History, and Chair of Education; Lindsay C. Page, Annenberg Associate Professor of Education Policy; David E. Rangel, Assistant Professor of Education; and Logan Powell, Associate Provost for Enrollment, as they discuss the past, present, and future of affirmative action and the potential impact of the recent Supreme Court cases on higher education.
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Journal of Urban History

Disciplining Our Own: Politicizing the Image of the Strict Black Principals, 1970-1985

Between the 1970s and 1980s, a bipartisan group of philanthropists, educational researchers, and eventually the Ronald Reagan administration politicized the image of the strict Black school disciplinarian as the key to urban school turnaround. In this article, Professor Mahasan Chaney writes about this image became a substitute for (more expensive) structural urban school reforms and how this idea demonstrates that discipline became a dominant focus of school reform after 1970.
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In Memoriam: Carl Kaestle, University Professor Emeritus, Brown University

Carl F. Kaestle, University Professor and Professor of Education, History, and Public Policy emeritus, passed away on January 5, 2023, in Bloomington, IN. Carl was a towering figure in the history of American education whose scholarship, service, and leadership helped to build and shape the field.
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Alum Spotlight: Ally Wright, '13 MAT

Meet Ally Wright, '13 MAT, who specialized in Secondary English Education while at Brown. She began her teaching career as an English instructor before transitioning into her new role as a Founding Principal of South LA College Prep, a public charter school in Los Angeles, CA.
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Ed Faculty Flash Talk: John P. Papay

Professor John Papay is an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University. His research focuses primarily on two major areas: policies that affect teachers and the equitable distribution of effective teachers across schools, and how educational institutions affect student success from K-12 to college and beyond.
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Roosevelt Saifa Brown, Urban Education Policy

Meet Roosevelt Saifa Brown '23 A.M., Urban Education Policy! After nearly a decade of working in urban school districts, Roosevelt joined UEP to learn how to improve structural and systemic issues in urban public education.
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Ed Faculty Flash Talks: Mahasan Chaney

Mahasan Chaney is an Assistant Professor of Education. Her research and teaching focus on education policy and the history of education, and center on three related policy areas: the racial politics of education, the politics of school punishment, and the ideologies and discourses of education reform.
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Student Spotlight: Celenah Watson '23, Education Studies

Meet Celenah Watson '23, a Brown undergraduate concentrating in Education Studies. Celenah is also a co-leader of our Departmental Undergraduate Group (DUG), which plans events and activities to build a sense of community within the concentration.
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Alumni Answer: What Keeps You Coming Back to Teach?

Alums of Brown University's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program and former Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) answer the question: what keeps you coming back to the classroom each year to teach?
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Ed Faculty Flash Talk: Emily Kalejs Qazilbash

Professor Emily Kalejs Qazilbash is a Professor of Practice in Education at Brown University. Before coming to Brown, she served as Chief Human Capital Officer in the Boston Public Schools but began her career as a teacher in Baltimore and Boston. Her research and teaching focus on how to create policies that help to diversify the teacher workforce, address issues of teacher quality, and ensure that students have an effective teacher in every classroom.
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Ed Faculty Flash Talk: Diane Silva Pimentel

The Brown Department of Education's Faculty Flash Talk Series highlights the research and teaching practices of our faculty, with a particular focus on how their work addresses educational inequality and makes a positive impact on society.
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Alum Spotlight: Stephanie Sowin '22 MAT

For Stephanie Sowin, Brown's MAT program was the pathway to a fulfilling career as a teacher, mentor, and track and field coach at Central Falls High School.
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Student Spotlight: Grace King '23 MAT

Meet Grace King '23 MAT, a future social studies teacher with a passion for spotlighting Rhode Island’s diverse history! 
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Gisell Rodriguez honored as 2022 Ruth J. Simmons Urban Education Policy Scholar

The Board of Overseers of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University established the permanent annual scholarship in 2012 for a UEP student who most epitomizes the former Brown University president’s commitment to educational equity and social justice.
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Student Spotlight: Mamadou Fofana, MAT'22

Meet Mamadou Fofana, MAT'22, a future social studies/history teacher who enjoys Rhode Island beaches, creating music, and drawing upon his undergraduate experience as an African American studies concentrator when at the front of the classroom.
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Professor Andrea Flores and Colleagues from Brown, UConn awarded NSF Grant

Andrea Flores, Assistant Professor of Education, and her colleagues at Brown University and UConn have been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to address the impact of COVID-19 on first-generation college students and their families in the U.S.
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Student Spotlight: Ayana Bass, UEP A.M.'22

Meet Ayana Bass, a Rhode Island native who joined the UEP program so that she could learn critical skills to make a long-term impact in advancing teacher diversity and educational equity.
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Student Spotlight: Lauren Zeffer, MAT'22

Lauren Zeffer MAT'22, a future biology teacher, shares what drew her to Brown University's program and what her experience has been like so far.
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Emerging Victorious: Nari Kato '21, MAT'22

In the article "Emerging Victorious," Brown Alumni Magazine features seven exemplary students who received their bachelor's or advanced degrees in 2021. Despite having a final year at Brown so challenging that it’s literally one for the history books, they’ve created, achieved, and helped others. Among those students is Nari Kato '21, who earned his bachelor’s in education studies and is an MAT candidate this year.
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Connecting Classrooms to Congress

Professor Jonathan Collins is part of a team that has been awarded a $2 million research grant from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The grant is to support the development of a new curricular module that will help kids learn civics through having virtual dialogues with members of Congress.
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Student Spotlight: Sarosha Hemani MAT'21

For Sarosha Hemani MAT'21, connecting the dots of her passions in social work, teaching, and science, led her to the Master of Arts in Teaching program and pursuing a career in teaching science.
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Student Spotlight: Jordan Ecker MAT'21

Jordan Ecker MAT'21 shares her favorite part about the Master of Arts in Teaching program, and how the pandemic has made this cohort extremely prepared for online teaching.
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Student Spotlight: Myci Atkinson UEP'21

After hearing stories from alumni about their program experiences and close classmate relationships, the decision for Myci Atkinson UEP'21 to enroll in the Urban Education Policy program was a no-brainer. A few months in, she shares her excitement and dreams for the future.
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Student Spotlight: Raekwon Grace UEP'20

Having always been passionate about education, Raekwon Grace UEP'20 explains what drew him to the UEP program and his plans following graduation.
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Navigating Online Learning with MAT Student Teachers

When the sudden transition from classroom learning to virtual learning occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic, our Master of Arts in Teaching candidates found new ways to ensure students of the greater Providence community had access to their education.
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Student Spotlight: Faith Carbon UEP'20

Faith Carbon UEP'20 shares her favorite part about the Urban Education Policy program and her dreams for the future.
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Student Spotlight: Nari Kato '21

Education Studies concentrator and DUG leader Nari Kato '21 describes his favorite part about the concentration and why he was drawn to study it.
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