Jun 2021
Seizing the Opportunity to Advance Education Equity
2021 Education Lab report on barriers to education faced by CPS students.
UChicago Education Lab – Seizing the Opportunity to Advance Education Equity 6.2021
Scaling Promising Practices in Youth Mentoring
This case study by Results for America highlights the Crime Lab and Education Lab’s role in the City of Chicago’s bold initiative to expand the evidence-based Becoming a Man group mentoring model to serve thousands of young men.
Randomized evaluation of a school-based, trauma-informed group intervention for young women in Chicago
Science Advances journal publication.
Working on Womanhood- Research Brief
Research brief for the Working on Womanhood project.
The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program
This National Bureau of Economic Research paper investigates the impact of a structured student monitoring and mentoring program called Check & Connect (C&C), aimed at mitigating the effects of reduced resources for school attendance enforcement in urban school systems.
Latest Updates
Schools stare down fiscal cliff as federal pandemic aid runs out
Politico’s Mackenzie Wilkes spoke with Senior Research Director Monica Bhatt about the Education Lab’s preliminary research showing the use of pandemic aid on intensive tutoring during the school day resulted in improvements to student learning in Chicago Public Schools and schools in Fulton County, Georgia.
With $8.5M Investment, New Mexico Tries Once Again to Get Tutoring Right
Linda Jacobson of The 74 cites the Education Lab’s work to help scale high dosage tutoring in New Mexico as part of our Personalized Learning Initiative.
NYC expands restorative justice programs: ‘This is for them to come feel safe’
The Gothamist’s Samantha Max cites Education Lab research that found using restorative practices to address student behavior can reduce arrests and suspensions.
