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THE CONFERENCE SERIES WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THE FOUNDING CREO DIRECTOR MAUREEN HALLINAN IN THE 1980'S. CREO hosted the 2014 Midwest Sociology of Education Conference on October 16th and 17th. In attendance were faculty members and graduate students from several midwest universities: DePaul...

CONFERENCE INTENDS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND POLICY ON EDUCATIONAL CHOICE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA AND ACROSS THE UNITED The University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) and Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) hosted “Crossroads of America: The...

New research published by Megan Andrew , an assistant professor of sociology who is also on the faculty of Notre Dame's Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) , demonstrates that primary-grade retention likely affects a student's educational attainments well after that primary school...

CREO Director and Professor of Sociology Mark Berends has been named an AERA Fellow. CREO'S DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY HONORED Professor Berends will be joining the 2014 American Educational Research Association's Fellows in April. He is currently serving as the AERA Program Chair for the...

Mark Berends, the distinguished sociologist of education who directs the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) in Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives, has been named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The AERA says its Fellows Program...

New research led by the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) points a way forward to improve certain teacher performance evaluation systems. These systems look closely at the question: To what degree did the teachers add value, that is, did students of...

With support from Professor Emeritus and former CREO Director Maureen Hallinan, CREO faculty members and graduate students attended the Midwest Sociology of Education Conference on November 7-8, 2013 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The conference brings together faculty and graduate students...

Joe Waddington, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research associate with the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) has been named a recipient of the annual Dissertation Award from the Catholic Education Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. Waddington’s...

The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) has been designated an “international research network” by the World Education Research Association. This recognition of CREO’s leadership in the sociology of education will open new doors for international...

R. Joseph Waddington, an IEI Postdoctoral Research Associate, has received his Ph.D. in Educational Studies from the University of Michigan. His work supports the efforts of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO), as well as the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE)—two units of...