News and Events

Maura Kraemer

June 17, 2025

Congrats to Sociology/CREO Graduate Student Maura Kraemer

Amy Langenkamp, O'Shaughnessy Associate Professor Chair of Education Studies

February 3, 2025

CREO Interim Director/Sociology Professor Amy Langenkamp interviewed on the "Experts Corner" of the ASA Sociology of Education Section

Mark Berends

January 23, 2025

Mark Berends placed on 2025 Edu-Scholar rankings

Dr. Mark Berends

October 29, 2014

Grant Goes to CREO for Indiana Vouchers Study

WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION’S GRANT BOOSTS CREO RESEARCH ON VOUCHER IMPACTS A nearly $300,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation will support the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) in a groundbreaking study of Indiana’s school voucher program. The...

October 10, 2014

CREO Hosts the 2014 Midwest Sociology of Education Conference

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...

October 1, 2014

CREO Hosts School Choice Conference on June 9-10

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...

September 29, 2014

When a Student is "Held Back": New Research on the Impact

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...

February 15, 2014

Mark Berends Named AERA Fellow

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...

Dr. Mark Berends

February 15, 2014

Berends Named AERA Fellow

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...

Dr. Mark Berends

January 25, 2014

Notre Dame Researchers Add Insights for Teacher Evaluations

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...

November 25, 2013

CREO Attends the Midwest Sociology of Education Conference

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...

Dissertation Award goes to Waddington

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...

Dr. Mark Berends

CREO to Build Global Scholarly Network

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...