Capacity Building

We help our partners maximize their impact by providing technical assistance and evidence-based recommendations to inform program design, implementation, and scaling.

The complex challenges facing students can’t be solved by research alone – it takes government agencies, community-based organizations, and community members working together to put research findings into practice. That’s why the Education Lab partners with agencies and organizations to build their capacity by embedding analysts in-house, conducting independent project evaluations, and providing data-driven tools and recommendations.

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Latest Updates

Why tutoring is a logistics problem worth solving
Op-Ed
District Administration
Oct 2025

Why tutoring is a logistics problem worth solving

The National Student Support Accelerator’s (NSSA) Susanna Loeb and the Education Lab’s Monica Bhatt highlight the ways districts can stay the course on using high-dosage tutoring as a research-backed lever for strengthening teaching and learning.

Months After Deep Cuts, Education Researchers See Reason for Cautious Optimism
Media Mention
The 74
Oct 2025

Months After Deep Cuts, Education Researchers See Reason for Cautious Optimism

In a recent piece from The 74 Media’s Greg Toppo, Education Lab Senior Research Director Monica Bhatt discusses why continued investment in education R&D matters: To drive better outcomes for students and to strengthen America’s global competitiveness.

Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic. The results? ‘Sobering’
Media Mention
The Hechinger Report
Aug 2025

Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic. The results? ‘Sobering’

The Hechinger Report’s Jill Barshay speaks with Education Lab Senior Research Director Monica Bhatt about the Personalized Learning Initiative’s latest interim findings from the 2023-24 school year.