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Institute for education policy

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Education
U.S. textbooks miss opportunities to teach Latino history
Published May 16, 2023
Analysis of how Latinos are portrayed in U.S. history textbooks reveals lack of authenticity, failure to cover seminal events in the Latino experience
David Steiner
Education
A case for reimagining our public schools
Published March 27, 2023
In his new book, David Steiner, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, impugns a broken educational system and argues for a return to the fundamentals of wisdom, ethics, and beauty
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Education
COVID-19 and the new school year
Published Aug 9, 2021
As a new school year begins, Johns Hopkins education experts stress the high value of in-person learning balanced by mitigating community spread of the virus
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Education
To catch students up, don't remediate. Accelerate.
Published May 6, 2021
To counteract the learning loss associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, one School of Education expert is urging schools to keep students working at grade level rather than repeating lessons they may have missed.
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Perspective
Education in focus
Published March 25, 2021
As the first full school year since the beginning of the pandemic draws to a close and the U.S. government prepares an infusion of funding into the American education system, experts weigh in
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Analysis
Most U.S. schools teach Black history, but few do it well
Published Feb 10, 2021
Johns Hopkins education policy expert says poor materials and lack of rigor preclude schools from offering rich lessons on the African American experience
Ashley Rogers Berner
An informed citizenry
Published Oct 30, 2020
We must do more to foster in young people the skills, knowledge, and tolerance they need to be better citizens, writes School of Education expert Ashley Rogers Berner
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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
Education policy institute
Published May 18, 2015
Institute will be led by former New York education commissioner David Steiner