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

Students may need more daily tutoring after COVID pandemic
Media Mention
WBEZ Reset
Nov 2023

Students may need more daily tutoring after COVID pandemic

In this episode of WBEZ’s Reset, Sadie Stockdale Jefferson, PhD and Luke Pardue, PhD, economic policy fellow at Aspen Economic Strategy Group sit down with Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss the Education Lab’s latest paper, released as part of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group’s annual policy volume.

Overcoming Pandemic Learning Loss: Bringing High-Dosage Tutoring to Students Nationwide
Event
Aspen Economic Strategy Group
Dec 2023

Overcoming Pandemic Learning Loss: Bringing High-Dosage Tutoring to Students Nationwide

The Aspen Economic Strategy Group (AESG) is hosting an event related to the publication of a new paper by the Education Lab’s faculty co-directors, Dr. Jens Ludwig and Dr. Jon Guryan, titled “Overcoming Pandemic-Induced Learning Loss.”

America’s Students Need an Operation Warp Speed
Op-Ed
The Hill
Oct 2023

America’s Students Need an Operation Warp Speed

The Education Lab’s faculty co-directors, Dr. Jens Ludwig, professor at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Jon Guryan, professor at Northwestern University, make the case for a large-scale tutoring program designed to compensate for pandemic-era learning loss and equalize educational opportunities in the long-term.