Publications

A brief on summer melt — when college-intending graduates never enroll — identifying four evidence-based models districts can use to keep students on track: nudges, counselor outreach, peer mentoring, and summer bridge programs.

Decisions about who is in charge of school systems often make the news. High-profile cases such as the recent takeover of the Houston Independent School District by the State of Texas – where one of the first steps by state leaders was to replace the superintendent – highlight the central importance of district leadership as well as the public perception of superintendents as critical contributors to the quality of a school system.

A brief on how schools can help students navigate college choices — what raises enrollment, what guidance on where to apply matters most, and which common strategies the evidence doesn't support.

A large-scale study of text message campaigns encouraging low-income students toward college, finding no overall effect nationally — but meaningful gains in Texas, where messages came from senders students already knew.