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…

Education Lessons from New Orleans, Two Decades After Katrina

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.