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Mark Berends, the director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research on Educational Opportunity and a professor of sociology, has been elected to the National Academy of Education. The Academy advances high-quality research that improves education quality and practice. Members are...

A recent study, co-authored by a University of Notre Dame professor, shows how educators’ racial and gender biases affect their assessments of students’ academic skills based on noncognitive skills, which include behavior, class participation, self-discipline and interpersonal skills. Using a...

What would happen if we granted access for some of the most impoverished children in our communities to attend society’s best, most elite schools? Would it benefit them? How would they fit in, and how would they be treated by their classmates? What would be the long-term impact on their lives, and...

This story was originally posted on the College of Arts and Letters website. Student engagement has long been recognized as key to academic success. Most research, however, has focused on engagement generally, across the school setting. Quantitative psychologist Ying “Alison” Cheng is working to...

Don Shalvey, the Deputy Director of US Programs for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, visited campus on Friday, October 11, 2019 for "Building Bridges, Empowering Educators, and Naming That Tune: A Conversation with an Education Reform Warrior"

Notre Dame, IN (October 9, 2019) - The Fostering Resilience Initiative , a part of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives, will host a sports workshop for local youth this fall in Mugunda, Kenya, in conjunction with Notre Dame’s track and cross country teams. Over the...