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Education
Closing the excellence gap
Published Oct 27, 2016
JHU talent development expert Jonathan Plucker explores how to remove barriers for low-income and minority students
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Coleman Report at 50
An enduring legacy
Published Sept 30, 2016
JHU to welcome leaders, policymakers for conference marking 50th anniversary of study that changed the conversation on education equality
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20/20 in the classroom
Published Fall 2016
To a striking degree, children's school performance—and how they feel and behave in class—is affected by vision / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Education
U.S. fails curriculum test
Published Aug 16, 2016
Study: Popular curriculum emphasizes teaching to grade level, leaves millions of students unchallenged in the classroom
Tracy Foster poses for a portrait in a hallway at the Henderson-Hopkins School
Community
Foster to lead Henderson-Hopkins
Published July 7, 2016
Longtime educator Tracy Foster will oversee school, early childhood center in East Baltimore
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Lunchtime layups
Published Summer 2016
Dwight Watkins finds community on a Homewood basketball court / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Community partnership
Vision for Baltimore
Published May 10, 2016
Vision for Baltimore includes three-year study of how eyeglasses affect reading skills, academic performance
Teacher Turnover
Classroom chaos theory
Published March 1, 2016
PhD candidate wants to use chaos theory to predict whether teachers will leave their jobs / School of Education
JHU President Ron Daniels speaks at podium
Police partnership
An evidence-based approach to fighting crime
Published Feb 22, 2016 Video
Hopkins researchers, Baltimore police to work together to study, reduce violent crime
David Andrews
Andrews named president of National University
Published Jan 6, 2016
He joined Johns Hopkins in 2010 as School of Education dean