New Research on KIPP Shows That Charter Middle Schools Can Improve Early College Outcomes

Attending a KIPP school led to a 10-13 percentage point improvement in the likelihood of enrolling in college.

Home-Delivered Food Boxes Reduced Food Insecurity Among Adults, but Not Children

On this episode of On the Evidence, we talk about a federal experiment using home-delivered boxes packed with fruit, vegetables, and other shelf-stable foods selected by registered dieticians to address food insecurity among children in a rural part of the Chickasaw Nation territory in Oklahoma.

Research Agenda on School Choice, Part 2: Questions on Charter Schools

We explore some of the key questions about research on the effectiveness of charter schools.

Why Is the Achievement Gap So Large? It’s Not the Teachers

The academic achievement gap in the United States is large. A low-income child has less than a 1 in 10 chance of graduating from college, compared to nearly 8 in 10 high-income children.

A Quarter Century Later, What Have We Learned from Charter Schools?

Have charter schools succeeded in serving as an educational laboratory for testing and sharing effective new approaches? Even after a quarter century, there is no simple answer.