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Children's understanding of math equivalence in elementary school predicts their algebra readiness in middle school. Unfortunately, most children struggle to understand this foundational concept. Dr. Nicole McNeil , an IEI Fellow and Director of the Cognition, Learning, and Development (CLAD) Lab...

Dr. Pam Grossman, the Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, visited the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, March 4, 2020, to deliver a talk entitled, "Exploring Core Practices in Teacher Education".

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...