Teachers College, Columbia University, is the first and largest graduate school of education in the United States, and also perennially ranked among the nation's best.

The number and percentage of students receiving special education services in schools has increased since 2000, and this trend has continued in recent

How New York City’s education budget became an untouchable money pit

🏙️ Association for Education Finance and Policy Conference 2026 (#AEFP2026) Christopher Cleveland, Ph.D. & Collaborators Sessions & Papers: I’m proud to share research with 🌟 collaborators built on...

Currently, 18 percent of K-12 students in the United States receive additional supports through the identification of a disability. Socioeconomic status is viewed as central to understanding who gets ...

Currently, 6.1 percent of K-12 students in the United States receive gifted education. Using education and IRS data that provide information on students and their family income, we show pronounced dif...

As you’re hunkered down for the winter storm, here’s a new, policy-relevant U.S. Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies working paper to read, written by a great team. School-Based Disability Iden...

If you're looking for something to tune into after the Super Bowl, here's a new working paper! Gifted Identification Across the Distribution of Family Income Currently, 6.1 percent of K-12 students ...

A New America report argues that states can improve educational equity by redrawing school district boundaries to reduce fiscal and demographic disparities. It models three approaches: blank-slate dis...

Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission

The search term that garnered the most inquiries in Axios' analysis was Charlie Kirk.

There are 26,000 students receiving special education services in Rhode Island.

The school enrolls a smaller proportion of Hispanic students than the district at large, which is 68% Hispanic

7.5 million (15%) U.S. public school students have Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) that guide $14 billion in special education services. However, the content of IEPs remains unexplored, prima...

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ALT: a man says wherever you go there we are

The Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in the Education Sciences (Predoctoral Training Program) was established by IES to increase the number of well-trained PhD students who are ...

Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American democracy, and our country’s diversity is one of our greatest strengths. However, in recognition of the fact that many Americans still face systemic barrie...

Examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with these lesson plans and videos

An illustration of what the teacher experience looks like now for many teachers, and what it could look like instead by making teaching a more dynamic, rewarding, collaborative, and sustainable profes...

Today, the Council of Economic Advisers under the leadership of Chair Jared Bernstein released the 2025 Economic Report of the President, the 79th report since the establishment of CEA in 1946. The 20...

High marks reward excellence, not grit.

Despite the large and growing population of students with disabilities (SWDs), there is little quasi-experimental evidence that evaluates the efficacy of policies impacting these students (O'Hagan & S...

Currently 15 percent of U.S. students receive special education services, a widespread intensive intervention with variable effects on students. Spurred by changes in federal policy, many states and d...

Christopher Cleveland is an Assistant Professor of Education and Education Policy, holding a joint appointment in the Education Department and Annenberg Institute. His research and teaching focus on q...

BU education policy researcher Christopher Cleveland weighs in on the national struggle to manage behavior and keep kids safe at school