Research & Development
The Peabody Center for Education Policy undertakes three types of activities.
- Academic research
- Policy development
- International capacity-building
Academic Research
Academic research projects include the analysis of:
- state and city school district takeovers
- educational resources and achievement gaps in high poverty schools: a study of the Longitudinal Evaluation of School Change and Performance (LESCP) in ESEA Title I schools
- the association between media efforts and public opinion regarding education
- the effects of 50 years of racial desegregation
- the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) secondary school system
Policy Development
Policy development projects include:
- a twenty-year reappraisal of the report A Nation at Risk
- charter schools development projects
International Capacity-Building
International capacity-building projects include the analysis of:
- higher education policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan
- higher education policy in South Africa