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2 months ago | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Sofoklis Goulas |Michael Hansen |Katharine Meyer

Editor's note: This is part of the “Why we have and need a US Department of Education” series which seeks to examine the role of the U.S. Department of Education at a time when the president of the United States has called for the Department’s demise. It considers what the Department does to shape education policy and practice in the United States. It also addresses misconceptions about the Department’s role and the president’s authority to dismantle it.

Jun 27, 2024 | brookings.edu | Sofoklis Goulas

Learning empowers individuals to pursue their dreams and reach their potential in a wide range of measurable ways. As an economic elevator, quality education fuels pathways to greater opportunity and progress. Higher educational attainment is associated with higher earnings, longer productive lives, better physical and mental health, resilience and adaptability, and personal development and fulfillment.

Mar 20, 2024 | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Eloise Burtis |Wendy Edelberg |Sofoklis Goulas

Rental housing in the United States has become less affordable in recent years due to several factors, including a shift in demand for housing in the wake of COVID-19 (Mondragon and Wieland 2022). The result is low vacancy rates (i.e., the share of units available for rent without a tenant), high rent inflation, and housing expenditures that strain the budgets of lower-income households.

Mar 13, 2024 | brookings.edu | Sofoklis Goulas

AbstractThe newly released enrollment data from the National Center on Education Statistics for the 2022–23 school year point to moderate enrollment gains for traditional public schools. The recent enrollment gains though are smaller than the cumulative enrollment losses since 2019–20 and are not uniform.

Oct 12, 2023 | brookings.edu | Sofoklis Goulas |Eloise Burtis

The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on the learning experiences and academic performance of children as well as on parents, teachers, and schools. Recent investigations have documented large declines in K-12 student enrollment in public schools at the state and district levels after the COVID-19 pandemic (Dee and Murphy 2021, Musaddiq et al. 2022, Dee 2023).