A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

In August 2026 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the 2023–24 Civil Rights Data Collection , the mandatory biennial survey of all public schools and districts in the United States. It include...

Penn State faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing, in a closely watched decision that could have sweeping implications across the university.

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) recently announced that Jennifer Van Hook, distinguished professor of sociology and demography, will become the new director of its Data…

The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) has opened applications for its 2026–2027 Mid-Career Research–Practice Partnership Fellows Program, a new initiative designed to strengthen collaborative…

"... If one person can come and change everything, then we (as a nation) are in serious trouble," said Gray.

Research on Disparities in Early Childhood Education

More than $6.8 billion will flow in the coming days.

The justices overruled a lower court that had paused the Trump administration’s plan to fire over 1,300 workers.

Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) has been awarded a three-year, $650,000 Institutional Challenge Grant from the William T. Grant Foundation (WT Grant Foundation) to strengthen…

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

In 1955, the U.S. Supreme Court instructed the states to implement desegregation plans with “all deliberate speed.” This episode of Justice Above All highlights the complexities of realizing equal edu...

The School Diversity Notebook is excited to offer a guest post from Dr. Liz Nigro (she/her)!  Liz is a former public elementary school teacher, who worked for four years as a general and speci…

The Supreme Court on Thursday, in a 4-4 ruling, said Oklahoma cannot create the nation's first religious charter school funded directly with taxpayer dollars.

Drawing on Boddie’s adaptive discrimination framework, this article analyzes changes in demographic trends from 2002–2021. Our findings reveal a continuation of...

A federal court ruling in Alabama could mean another new congressional map for the state, part of a long legal fight over district lines.

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

Corporal punishment has been present in public schools for decades. While certainly a diminished presence in 2025, it is still enshrined in state education statutes in at least 14 states as a legal wa...