Archived articles

Education
Curbing absenteeism
Published Feb 22, 2016
Education researcher to aid White House effort on chronic school absences
Education
School-to-industry pipeline for Md. students
Published Nov 23, 2015
Johns Hopkins shows interest in serving as corporate partner for P-TECH program in Baltimore
Every student, every day
Targeting absenteeism
Published Oct 7, 2015
JHU expert Robert Balfanz contributes to White House initiative
Neighbors, not classmates
Dynamics of school choice
Published Sept 2, 2015
Sociologist Julia Burdick-Will challenges notion that students in low-income neighborhoods become trapped in failing schools
Expert advice
Easing back-to-school jitters
Published Aug 18, 2015
Parents should know difference between normal anxiety, behavior that warrants clinical attention, child psychologist says / Hopkins Medicine
Education policy institute
Published May 18, 2015
Institute will be led by former New York education commissioner David Steiner
Long shadow of a poor start
Published Winter 2014
For 25 years, Hopkins sociologist Karl Alexander and his colleague followed the lives of 790 children growing up in a variety of Baltimore neighborhoods. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Commentary
Smart is not a dirty word
Published Oct 23, 2014
CTY director: Grit, talent are 'mutually reinforcing, not innately opposed' / The Baltimore Sun
School of Nursing initiative supports early childhood parenting
Published Aug 22, 2014
Program aims to improve outcomes, reduce costs to Baltimore City Schools
Testing testing
A new, improved SAT?
Published March 20, 2014
With revamped test, College Board aims to level playing field for students from low-income families