Report

How Inequality Works: The Public Policy Barriers to Social Mobility in Urban America

Education is a powerful engine of opportunity, but it often cannot overcome the broader structural barriers that shape children’s lives. Across the nation…

Lessons From New Orleans for the New Federal Tax-Credit Program

Amid the churn of school-improvement efforts in the United States, the unprecedented educational experiment in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina…

Directional Signals: A New Analysis of the Evolving Private School Choice Landscape

An analysis of the 10 states with universal private school choice programs in 2024-25

Skill Building: The Emerging Micro-Credential Movement in K-12 Education

Micro-credentials—qualifications awarded to students and workers who complete short, often skills-based courses—have become increasingly popular in higher…

Quality Check: The New, Best Way to Measure School Performance

This report presents a new model for measuring school performance, grounded in what research shows matters most for learning.

Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling

An analysis of the eight states operating universal programs in the 2023–24 school year

Team Sport: Rhode Island’s Statewide Strategy for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism

Report on Rhode Island’s successful strategy for addressing chronic absenteeism

Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education

Reforms around college remediation programs, or developmental education, have stalled, leaving many underserved students stuck. This report explains how to revive the “dev-ed” movement.