The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at Brown University held a professional development day for teachers from Providence-area schools who mentor Brown MAT students in year-long classroom placements.

Dr. Jin Li, a Professor of Education and Human Development at Brown University, recently completed a book titled The Self in the West and East Asia: Being or Becoming. The book synthesizes philosophical ideas with psychological research to explore how the self is understood and functions in these two cultural systems.

Meet Sofia Fontaine, a member of the MAT English cohort, hailing from Los Angeles, CA. Sofia completed her undergraduate studies at Barnard College, where she majored in English and minored in Education Studies.

Education Faculty members Christopher Cleveland and Kenneth Wong weigh the potential impacts of both Republican and Democratic party platforms on U.S. education policy.

The Education Department is pleased to announce that Professors Kenneth Wong, David Rangel, and Matthew Kraft have been awarded funding to support innovative research projects aimed at improving educational opportunities for students.

John Papay, associate professor of education and economics and the director of the Annenberg Institute, weighs in on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) policy discussion.

Faculty members Christopher Cleveland and John Papay have received prestigious research grants as part of the Student Upward Mobility Initiative. They will join 16 other research teams nationwide exploring how PK–12 education can enhance students' future economic mobility.

Professor Tricia Kelly's fall 2024 course, EDUC 0425: "The Power of Translanguaging: Sustaining Multilingualism in Schools," was designed to equip students and teachers with the tools and insights needed to support multilingual learners in educational settings.

The Board of Overseers of the Annenberg Institute 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.

Our new "Insight to Impact" series invites faculty from the Education Department to share how their recent research can be applied in practical ways that improve education systems. Here, we look at Professor Cleveland's research papers, "Understanding Individualized Education Program (IEP) Goals at Scale" and "The Effects of Response to Intervention on Disability Identification and Achievement."

Bilena Dabalen ‘25 and Morgan Isabell ‘26 both spent this summer researching the history of for-profit companies affecting public education as UTRA Research Assistants for Professor Tracy Steffes, Chair of the Department of Education.

Professor Katie Rieser and UTRA students Meg Henning ‘25 and Eliana Lopez ‘25 worked together this summer to research and create a teacher induction program to support MAT alumni.

Ryan McCray MAT’25, who attended Brown Summer High School as a high school student, returned to teach Social Studies this summer as her first step in earning her Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree from Brown.

In her new book, Professor Jin Li explores the philosophical origins of the concept of self in both Eastern and Western cultures and synthesizes her findings with cutting-edge psychological research to reveal a fundamental contrast.

Professor Laura Snyder, Senior Lecturer in Education, takes on undergraduate research assistants each fall and summer through the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRA) program. This summer, Harris Galvin ‘26 and Happy Ruth Jara ‘25, MAT’26 assisted Professor Snyder’s work of creating accessible and diverse high school English curricula.

This summer, MAT alums Cuauhtemoc Arizpe and Elliana Reynolds served as the principals for Brown Summer High School, guiding the high school enrichment program and a new cohort of MAT students.

Professor Matthew Kraft will serve a one-year term on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). The CEA advises the President on economic policy based on data, research, and evidence.

Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) contain detailed information about students’ experiences receiving special education services in schools. Using rigorous quantitative methods, Christopher Cleveland and co-author Jessica Markham (Boston University) are using digital IEPs from Indiana to identify statewide patterns in evaluations, goals, services, and placements.

Christopher Cleveland is an Assistant Professor of Education and Education Policy, holding a joint appointment in the Education Department and Annenberg Institute. His research and teaching focus on quantitative policy analysis in school finance, gifted and special education, and human capital.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Education, Jacques P. Lesure, shares about his recently-defended dissertation research on nonprofit leadership programs for “high-achieving” Black men, plans for future research projects, and courses he will teach at Brown.

The Brown Department of Education is happy to announce that faculty members Tracy L. Steffes and Diane Silva Pimentel have received promotions. Effective July 1, 2024, Professor Steffes has been promoted to Professor of Education and History and Professor Silva Pimentel has been promoted to Distinguished Senior Lecturer.