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K-12 education
Johns Hopkins education research boosts middle school civics bee
Published Oct 24, 2025
Backed by research from the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, the National Civics Bee is building civic engagement among the next generation of Americans
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Education
The homeschool trend
Published Fall 2025
With homeschooling on the rise, Angela R. Watson, director of the Homeschool Research Lab at Johns Hopkins, discusses her pioneering research / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Film+Media Studies
Learning by moving pictures
Published Fall 2025 Video
The eclectic collection of more than 7,600 vintage 16 mm classroom films represents an unsung genre that offered engaging new ways to teach the tales of humankind / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Hope Jackson, left, and Nam Nguyen
Alumni honors
Two alums named Schwarzman Scholars
Published Jan 15, 2025
Hope Jackson Nam and Nguyen are among 150 scholars from 38 countries to receive all expenses for year at Beijing's Tsinghua University
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Q+A
Why some schools are banning cell phones
Published Sept 23, 2024
Hopkins experts explain the research and weigh in on the controversial policies
A rendering of the upgraded interior of the School of Education building
Facilities
School of Education renovation
Published June 25, 2024
An array of planned changes embraces the promise of an innovative future powered by modern technology while also celebrating the school's long-standing tradition of excellence
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Community
Henderson-Hopkins solar panels bring power to East Baltimore homes
Published June 10, 2024 Video
150 low- to moderate-income households will receive discounts on their electricity bills thanks to new solar project
Panelists at the Elevating the Teaching Profession: A National Convening on the Future of Teaching
K-12 Education
Solving for teacher shortages
Published March 27, 2024
Educators discussed how to tackle the chronic, nationwide shortage of K-12 teachers at a two-day event co-hosted by the School of Education at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.
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Education
A 'tsunami' of chronic absenteeism
Published Feb 29, 2024
Since the pandemic, the percentage of students missing about one month of class time per year has more than doubled, Johns Hopkins researchers say
James McPartland speaks from a podium
In memoriam
Education researcher James McPartland dies at 84
Published Feb 6, 2024
As co-director of JHU's Center for Social Organization of Schools, he helped develop novel approaches to supporting school improvement and student outcomes