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Education

Classroom
Urban education
Ripple effect of neighborhood violence
Published June 12, 2018
Study shows how urban violence and school choice programs contribute to negative learning outcomes for students in Chicago
Nancy Karweit
In Memoriam
Nancy L. Karweit dies at 77
Published May 9, 2018
A groundbreaking researcher in early childhood education, she worked at Johns Hopkins for 36 years
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Center for Talented Youth
Meeting of the minds
Published May 8, 2018
Experts in gifted education discuss the groundbreaking research started at Hopkins in the 1960s and continuing in many forms today
Carl Wieman
Undergraduate education
Nobel laureate touts 'active' science learning
Published April 12, 2018
Stanford physicist Carl Wieman speaks at event hosted by Second Commission on Undergraduate Education
Illustration of pencils at a starting line
Report: Support lacking for low-income, high-ability students
Published April 4, 2018
Johns Hopkins researchers issue report card for states on gifted education
Seheri Swint
Student scholar
Shining her light
Published March 6, 2018
Grad student Seheri Swint, who aims to highlight diverse stories through film, earns prestigious Luce Scholarship
Melissa R. Hyatt
Melissa R. Hyatt named vice president for security
Published Feb 23, 2018
20-year veteran of Baltimore Police Department will oversee security at university, Hopkins Medicine
Two little girls smile in brand new glasses
Education
Mission for vision
Published Jan 12, 2018
At the halfway mark, Vision for Baltimore has distributed more than 3,000 free pairs of glasses to city students
Robert Slavin and Jonathan Plucker
Two education scholars recognized
Published Jan 11, 2018
Robert Slavin, Jonathan Plucker included on list of 200 whose work is shaping U.S. educational policy, practice
A little girl wearing safety goggles inspects a model of a molecule
Education
Helping gifted students thrive
Published Jan 5, 2018
In NPR podcast, Jonathan Plucker discusses how to help bright kids make the most of their academic abilities