Oct 2023

2023 Video- University of Chicago Education Lab: Looking Back and Forward

Watch our latest video about the Education Lab’s history and vision for the future.

See shorts below.

Video Shorts

Education Lab Executive Director Sadie Stockdale Jefferson, PhD discusses the Education Lab’s mission.

Saga Education Co-Founder AJ Gutierrez talks about the Education Lab’s data-driven approach.

Hope Chicago CEO and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, EdD talks about the value of partnership with the Education Lab.

Watch a 45-second promo of the video.

Latest Updates

A restorative approach to student discipline shows promise in reducing suspensions and arrests
Op-Ed
Brookings
Feb 2025

A restorative approach to student discipline shows promise in reducing suspensions and arrests

Suspensions are a common form of official discipline implemented in American schools, but can alternative approaches prove effective in reducing harmful student behavior?

UChicago Education Lab leaders on NAEP scores: It’s worse than you think but there is a solution
Press Release
UChicago Education Lab
Feb 2025

UChicago Education Lab leaders on NAEP scores: It’s worse than you think but there is a solution

The latest NAEP scores are devastating—but as bad as they are, the real problem is even bigger. Test scores have been declining since 2013 and then got exponentially worse during the pandemic. What is going on?

Jens Ludwig: Parents of private school students like the Lab School are also worried about the future of education
Op-Ed
The Chicago Tribune
Jan 2025

Jens Ludwig: Parents of private school students like the Lab School are also worried about the future of education

Education Lab faculty co-director Jens Ludwig pens and op-ed about parents’ concerns with America’s public schools.