Susanna Loeb

Jun 4, 2024 | brookings.edu | Carly D. Robinson |Katharine Meyer |Susanna Loeb

For many college students, working while enrolled is necessary to finance their education and cover their basic needs. Many students do it—about. College work experiences can also offer non-financial benefits to students. Working while in school can help students identify career interests, build skills and knowledge, and establish networks of peers and supervisors who could help with their post-graduation career trajectories.

May 24, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Susana Claro |Susanna Loeb

Having a growth mindset, that is, believing that one’s current capabilities can be developed (Dweck, 1999), helps to maintain motivation for learning (Blackwell et al., 2007; Dweck & Leggett, 1988; see also Hong et al., 1999; Nussbaum & Dweck, 2008) and may promote academic achievement (Aronson et al., 2002; Blackwell et al., 2007; Good et al., 2003; Paunesku et al., 2015; Yeager et al., 2016).

Jan 11, 2024 | nber.org | Kalena E. Cortes |Susanna Loeb |Carly Robinson |Karen Kortecamp

We thank Melissa Gentry, Danila Serra, Sara White, seminar and conference participants at Texas A&M University, the Association for Education Finance and Policy, the American Educational Research Association for helpful feedback. Institutional support was provided by Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Texas A&M University, and Stanford University.

Dec 7, 2023 | districtadministration.com | Susanna Loeb

Transformative change in education often begins with a powerful story. Increasingly, high-impact tutoring is that story, where students find both significant academic success and personal confidence in their abilities. Rhyne Richards—a 6th-grade student in Washington, DC.—met several times each week with a tutor, Ms. Burns, to overcome math challenges. Rhyne’s journey speaks volumes. “I get distracted a lot [in class],” Rhyne admitted.