This second edition policy brief revisits the long and storied literature on whether money
matters in providing a quality education. It includes research released since the original brief …

Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002, this study examines the
association between high school socioeconomic segregation and student attainment …

This paper describes a national, school-based professional development intervention in
which large student achievement gains were previously signaled using single-level …

It is commonly assumed that experienced teachers are more proficient than beginners.
However, evidence supporting this premise is complicated by diverging research traditions …

Background/Context The 1954 US Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education
concluded that segregated schools were inherently unequal and therefore unlawful. That …

Over three decades ago, a book by British researchers laid out the powerful role of schools
in the life course. Its title, Fifteen Thousand Hours (Rutter, Maughan, Mortimer, & Ouston …

The vast differences in summer learning activities among children present a substantial
challenge to providing equal educational opportunity in the United States. Most initiatives …

Despite decades of educational reforms, the achievement gap based on socioeconomic
status (SES) persists in the United States. Not only does the SES-based achievement gap …

Research Findings: As policymakers expand access to preschool, the sociodemographic
composition of preschool classrooms will become increasingly important. These efforts may …

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree to which Opportunity to Learn (OTL), is
associated with students' achievement in US History. Opportunity to Learn stems from the …