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Education

Civil Rights Week

Experts explore school-to-prison pipeline

Published Oct 4, 2019

School of Education, Urban Health Institute host symposium focusing on complex issues surrounding school policing, employment, and concentrated poverty in Baltimore and beyond

Illustration of books and a house in the clouds

Education

Knock knock, teacher here

Published Fall 2019

Home visiting program shown to improve school attendance and standardized test scores for elementary and middle schoolers / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Kelly Harper teaches a group of students

Alum Kelly Harper named Washington, D.C.'s teacher of the year

Published Fall 2019

For Kelly Harper, education is a hands-on way of dismantling the school-to-prison-pipeline / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Education

Report urges shift in gifted education

Published Aug 9, 2019

Using local norms instead of national standards to identify academically gifted students will reduce racial, socioeconomic disparities, researchers say

Education policy

Informed insights for struggling schools

Published July 11, 2019

Founded in 2015, the Institute for Education Policy at the School of Education has earned a reputation for unbiased, pragmatic research

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Teacher's fête

Published May 29, 2019

D.C. elementary school teacher Aaron Cardwell gets a hero's welcome from his third-grade students after JHU School of Education graduation ceremony

Students file into school on the first day

Education

Center will help schools address health, safety challenges

Published May 6, 2019

Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, led by the School of Education, brings together experts from across the university to develop holistic approaches to school health and safety