A difference-in-differences study finding that heightened federal immigration enforcement after January 2025 raised daily absence rates among foreign-born students by roughly a third, with effects largest in upper grades.
We conduct a nationwide assessment of U.S. PreK-12 public and private schools’ proximity to known environmental hazard sites tracked by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Superfund sites, Brownfields, and Toxics Release Inventory facilities.
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly visible across all aspects of the U.S. PreK-12 education system. Schools are both vulnerable to climate change and uniquely positioned to be part of the solution. We synthesize a broad body of interdisciplinary research and data to illustrate the bi-directional relationship between schools and our changing climate.
An Annenberg brief documenting how the pandemic reversed a decade of gains in Massachusetts college-going, with the class of 2020 enrolling at the same rate as the class of 2005.
Inside Climate News reports on how the L.A. wildfires disrupted schooling for Latino and low-income students, with Brown's Matthew Kraft on the scale of climate-driven learning loss.
The Hechinger Report covers schools scrambling as federal clean energy tax credits expire, citing Annenberg research on the emissions footprint of K-12 school infrastructure.
Education Week covers the launch of SustainableEd, an Annenberg initiative founded by Matt Kraft, and its first report on schools' emissions, climate risks, and lost learning time.
Coverage of SustainableEd's inaugural paper, which synthesizes existing research on schools and climate change and maps a five-part agenda for future work, from emissions to community resilience.
Brown News announces the launch of SustainableEd at the Annenberg Institute, a research hub on schools and climate change led by founding director Matthew Kraft.
Brown's Department of Education announces the launch of SustainableEd and its inaugural working paper, published through the Annenberg EdWorkingPaper series, on five intersections of schools and climate change.
NJ Today applies Brown’s national study of schools near hazardous sites to New Jersey, finding 64 schools within a quarter-mile of contaminated sites, with Matthew Kraft quoted on the findings.
