In new research published by @UrbanAffairsRev, Assistant Professor of Education @ProfJonCollins examines how teachers form assessments of schools and districts that motivate their political behavior https://t.co/LzlwVcriV7 pic.twitter.com/kJRPxaGKVb
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- | Boston GlobeFollowing the release of a highly critical report on Providence Public Schools, Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza attended a series of public forums across the city. The message was clear: The current school system has failed to provide parents with what they want for their children’s education. With support from the governor and the mayor, the commissioner has begun the process of running the city’s school system for at least the next three years. Now parents and other stakeholders want to know: By June 2022, will Providence schools become the first choice for an overwhelming majority of families across all zip codes and diverse communities in the city, as opposed to charter schools or private schools? And will today’s parental demand accelerate the supply of high-quality services that lead to significant school improvement?
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Welcome Nate Schwartz to @AnnenbergInst! As Professor of Practice @BrownUniversity, Nate is leading Annenberg's research partnerships with local districts and the state, and he is developing a model to guide this work more broadly. We are thrilled that he is joining us! pic.twitter.com/le7qkDGxNY
— Annenberg Institute at Brown (@AnnenbergInst) August 28, 2019 - | Annenberg Institute at Brown University
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Education Week included four members of the education faculty at Brown in its 2019 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings: Susanna Loeb, director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform; Kenneth Wong, chair of the education department; Matthew Kraft, an associate professor of education; and John Papay, an assistant professor of education. The annual ranking lists 200 scholars who were most influential in shaping educational practice and policy in the last year, taking into account scholars’ recent research, book releases, news mentions and web mentions, among other factors.
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Congratulations to @AnnenbergInst Kathleen Lynch!!! https://t.co/z1SQypBrMh https://t.co/ORktMi2iJ3
— Annenberg Institute at Brown (@AnnenbergInst) August 5, 2019 - | Providence JournalAlthough the vast majority of school committees in the United States are elected, most large East Coast cities — including Boston — have appointed boards. Ken Wong, director of Brown University’s urban education policy, said that’s because school spending consumes such a large share of the budget that both the public and the elected officials want close collaboration between the city side and the schools. (In Providence, however, 87% of the school budget comes from the state).
- | News from Brown
Elementary schools tend to discipline black students more harshly than white students, leading to a considerable racial gap in expulsion and suspension. That’s among the findings of a new data analysis led by researchers at Brown and Princeton universities.
The analysis found that teachers’ different treatment of black and white students accounted for 46% of the racial gap in suspensions and expulsions from school among 5- to 9-year-old children. It showed that about 21% of the gap could be explained by differences in the characteristics of schools that black and white children attend predominantly, while differences in student behavior accounted for 9% of the gap.
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- | Results for America
Susanna Loeb, Director of the Annenberg Institute and Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, joins the bipartisan Moneyball for Government All-Star team. She is one of 18 of our nation's top academics and policy experts. they believe that when Members of Congress, governors, mayors and other policymakers use data and evidence, we are more likely to accelerate progress on our toughest challenges.
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Roll Call! In a new preprint, @JingLiu28 & @SusannaLoeb study the relationship between teachers and school absence in teen students. Unsurprisingly, teachers who place a high value on attendance can increase a student's likelihood of finishing high school. https://t.co/48UkxLGUgP pic.twitter.com/03qtAwNEHK
— The JHR (@J_HumanResource) July 17, 2019 - | Education Dive
Teachers who are able to engage with students have more success with boosting attendance numbers in middle and high schools, according to a new study from Brown University researchers Jing Liu and Susanna Loeb focusing on attendance as a teacher evaluation metric, Chalkbeat reports.