This article was originally published on research.nd.edu . Mark Berends , professor of sociology and director of the Center for Research on Educational Opportunity , has been named an associate vice president for research at the University of Notre Dame effective July 1, 2020. Berends will be...

A new interdisciplinary fellowship program launched by the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI) will train graduate students in state-of-the-art quantitative methods, allowing them to examine the impact of educational policies, programs, and practices. “This is a...

Indiana’s school choice program is one of the largest in the United States. Until now, little has been known about how this initiative to increase parents’ educational options for their children is affecting either the schools or the students. The Spencer Foundation has announced a $1 million grant...

A comprehensive review of research assessing charter schools as the fastest growing area of school choice reforms has uncovered a need for studies that take a different tack, according to Mark Berends , a distinguished sociologist of education at the University of Notre Dame. The question of whether...

Julie Turner, associate professor of psychology and Fellow of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, has been named the new lead editor of the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) American Educational Research Journal . Two other Institute Fellows—Mark Berends, distinguished...