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.

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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.

Today, we introduce and release the H-CRDC-V2.0 a harmonized dataset spanning the universe CRDC collections from 2011-12 to 2021-22.

Today, we introduce and release the H-CRDC-V2.0 a harmonized dataset spanning the universe CRDC collections from 2011-12 to 2021-22.

Research on Disparities in Early Childhood Education

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

Last month, President Trump ordered Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to move forward with plans to close the Department of Education (ED). While this move is illegal and has been met with litigati...

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