Department of Education

Research & Practice

In their teaching, scholarship, program partnerships, and community-based work, our faculty contribute to strengthening public education and improving equity in education, especially in Providence and Rhode Island’s urban core.

20

Full-Time Faculty

11

Adjunct Faculty & Affiliates

$110M

Research Funding Received in 2023

Scholarship

Our faculty's cutting-edge research answers questions of educational quality, opportunity, and inequality by examining education through the lens of public policy, economics, psychology, sociology, history, and more.

Community Engagement

Our faculty often conduct research in partnership with community organizations and public agencies to advance knowledge and inform real-world policy and practice.

Brown researchers are working to understand and confront the most pressing challenges facing Providence schools, from English and reading proficiency to teacher retention.
At the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, researchers are collaborating on a collection of white papers that use Providence Public School District data to confront and fix challenges — including teacher recruitment, retention, and diversity — in the city’s public schools and are working with district leaders to identify solutions.