Overview
This initiative focuses on evaluating and understanding a range of programs in New York City, with the goal of guiding implementation and informing education policy. Selected projects include:
- Examining progress in integrating students with disabilities with general education students, and how spending on special education services has changed over time.
- Assessing the impact of neighborhood institutions, such as NYC's Urban Advantage program, in supporting educational achievement and teacher retention.
- Measuring racial, ethnic, and other disparities in the rates of gifted-and-talented admissions test taking.
Grants and Projects
An online professional development platform for math teachers
Dr. Joseph Cimpian and collaborators investigate how teachers learn within an online, asynchronous professional development context.
Race and gender in STEM education
Dr. Joseph Cimpian is part of a team of researchers seeking to understand how gender gaps in STEM fields develop over time, focusing on their intersections with race and ethnicity.
COVID-19 vaccines’ impact on children’s health and education
Dr. Meryle Weinstein and an interdisciplinary team of researchers analyze the lasting, disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children