Mark Berends | Institute for Educational Initiatives

Jeff Denning, Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends

January 29, 2025

Three Notre Dame Faculty Recognized in 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings

Three University of Notre Dame faculty members have been named to the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings . This prestigious annual list recognizes the 200 scholars whose academic work has most influenced educational practice and policy nationwide. All three are faculty fellows in Notre...

Mark Berends

February 27, 2024

Advance Copy: Mark Berends

Welcome to Advance Copy, a look at the people, perspectives, and scholarship of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, home to the University of Notre Dame’s initiatives advancing its long-standing commitment to the future of K-12 schools. Meet: Mark Berends Just Launched: SAGE Handbook of the...

Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends

January 4, 2024

Two Notre Dame faculty placed on 2024 Edu-Scholar rankings

Two professors from the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives were among the 200 scholars selected for the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, an annual listing published by Education Week highlighting academics who had the year's biggest impact on educational practice...

Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends

January 5, 2023

Two Notre Dame faculty placed on Edu-Scholar rankings for 2023

Two professors at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives were ranked among the nation’s top 200 education scholars as selected by the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings , an annual listing published by Education Week, that highlights academics who had the year’s...

Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends

January 6, 2022

Two Notre Dame faculty placed on Edu-Scholar rankings

Two professors from the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives were among the 200 scholars selected for the Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings . Published by Education Week, the annual listing highlights academics who had the biggest impact on educational practice and...

Jeff Denning, Ernest Morrell, Mark Berends

Three Notre Dame Faculty Recognized in 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings

Three University of Notre Dame faculty members have been named to the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings . This prestigious annual list recognizes the 200 scholars whose academic work has most influenced educational practice and policy nationwide. All three are faculty fellows in Notre...

Mark Berends

August 23, 2021

Berends Writes "The Current State of School Choice in the United States" in Phi Delta Kappan

This article first appeared in Phi Delta Kappan. Over the last 30 years, the school choice movement has been one of the most prominent large-scale reform efforts in American education. Arguably, only the national movement to promote rigorous learning standards and test-based accountability has...

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Think. Pair. Share. with Dr. Mark Berends

From imagining running the Olympic 1500m to galvanizing the hearts and minds of those who believe in the power of education. Dr. Mark Berends , Director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at Notre Dame, talks about looking forward while reflecting on the incredible dedication and spirit of...

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Mark Berends appointed director of the Notre Dame Institute for Educational Initiatives

Mark Berends , a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame who currently directs the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity (CREO) and serves as an associate vice president for research, has been appointed director of the University’s Institute for Educational Initiatives...

Mark Berends and Ernest Morrell

January 13, 2021

IEI Fellows Mark Berends and Ernest Morrell named to 2021 Edu-Scholar rankings

Two professors from the University of Notre Dame and the Institute for Educational Initiatives are among the 200 scholars named to the 2021 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings , an annual listing published by Education Week of academics who had the year’s biggest impact on educational practice and...

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