Sixth graders in the poorest school districts score an average of more than four grade levels below their peers in the richest districts, according to new research by CPI research group leader Sean Reardon and his coauthors.
Explore the brand new Stanford Education Data Archive! The archive includes test scores from 200 million standardized math and reading tests given from 2009-2013. The publicly available data allow anyone to obtain detailed information about American schools, communities, and student success.
In a new book, CPI research group leader Kathryn Edin and her coauthors highlight the resiliency of some of the youth in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods and show how the right public policies might help break the cycle of disadvantage.
University of Toronto professor Anna Chmielewski considers how educational attainment in the U.S. stacks up against that of peer countries in the sixth installment of our “State of the Union” video series.
CPI research group leader Sean Reardon examines the relationships among family socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, segregation patterns, and inequality in educational outcomes.
This panel explores how the Bay Area can nurture its colleges and universities to make the region’s economy resilient and opportunity widely available.
Tufts University professor Natalie Masuoka argues that Americans increasingly accept the idea that individuals can choose identities that were once seen as immutable.
Wednesday, May 18, Brandon Room, Black Community Services Center, 12pm