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.

Dan Marcelle is a social studies teacher and Lacrosse coach at La Salle Academy in Providence, RI.

Building a strong “tutoring infrastructure” — curricula, coaching, scheduling — can expand the pool of possible tutors, says Professor Matthew Kraft.

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.

The Foundation's Large Research Grants on Education Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education.

The Providence Public School District and Rhode Island’s major teacher preparation institutions, including Brown University, have come together to improve educator experiences and build stronger connections with local schools.

Professors Tracy L. Steffes, Lindsay C. Page, David E. Rangel, and Logan Powell, Associate Provost for Enrollment discussed the implications of the Supreme Court decision and possible solutions for Brown.

Jada Wooten '24 had an opportunity to study and experience the rich history and culture of Mississippi over Winter Break as part of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Program's Civil Rights Trip sponsored by the Swearer Center.

The award will support her Spring 2023 course, EDUC 0560: Cultivating STEM Identities: Teaching for Equity in the Math and Science Classrooms.

The Cobb Teaching & Learning System (CTLS) is a digital learning initiative developed for and by the Cobb County School District (CCSD) in Georgia. Adopting a mixed-methods approach, this case study by Professor Kenneth Wong and UEP alum Spencer Davis '22 AM seeks to analyze CTLS’s design and implementation, focusing on digital transformation and professional collaboration within CCSD.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Professor Kenneth Wong, an authority in governance redesign of school systems, and other leading education professionals comment on the crisis of confidence in the North Kingstown, RI school system operations and offer suggestions to kick off recovery efforts.

Public discourse at school board meetings has grown more heated and more politicized, leading some boards to limit sometimes lengthy public comment time in favor of expediency. This choice breeds distrust amongst constituents and closes opportunities for accountability and transparency. Professor Jonathan Collins offers ideas for how boards can change routines to build trust with parents.

A recent study by John Papay of Brown University and Heather Hill of Harvard University on successful professional development strategies offers a promising path forward for teachers to avoid burnout.

School boards around the country have sought to limit public comment at their meetings in recent months, many in response to overheated debates on issues like COVID-19 precautions and equity for LGBTQ students. “If they don’t have conversations with the public, they might be making decisions more efficiently, but they are also opening themselves up to a lot of distrust,” says Professor Jonathan Collins.

Professors Matthew Kraft, Lindsay Page, Jonathan Collins, and faculty affiliate Susanna Loeb have been recognized by Education Week as being among the nation's 200 most impactful university-based scholars in education policy in 2022.

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.

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.

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.

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.