K–12 Education | MDRC

We study approaches that promote academic success, support social and emotional well-being, and respond to the differing challenges students face—all with the goal of improving the pathway from elementary through secondary school in preparation for postsecondary education and employment.

Toolkit

Establishing Effective Employer-School Partnerships

Lessons from Employers and Schools in NYC's Original P-TECH Grades 9-14 Schools

Project

An Experienced School Support Organization on a Large Scale: A Study of the Urban Assembly Network

Project

ReSolve Math Study

Brief

A New Approach to Sustaining Pre-K Impacts

Leveraging Naturally Occurring Lotteries to Examine a District-Wide Rollout of Instructional Alignment Across Pre-K and Kindergarten

Teacher instructs high school student over her shoulder, looking at a computer together

Brief

On Ramp to College

Dual Enrollment Impacts from the Evaluation of New York City’s P-TECH 9-14 Schools

Brief

Implementation Lessons from a Pilot Career-Planning Partnership for Recent High School Graduates in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Brief

Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Head Start’s Family Support Services

Commentary

To Build a Pipeline of Workers for the Economy of the Future, High School Students Need CTE Training in Green Jobs

Issue Focus

Short-Term Training Programs Are Increasingly Popular, but Do They Work?

Toolkit

Tools for Implementing Evidence-Based Early Childhood Curricula

Issue Focus

Learning from the Past: The Evolution of Vocational Education

Issue Focus

Inequity in Work-Based Learning During COVID-19

Project

Educational Equity: Solutions Through Social and Emotional Well-Being

Issue Focus

Postsecondary Career and Technical Education: A Training Ground for a Greener Future

Issue Focus

Promoting Equity: Employer Partnerships Strengthen Career Education Programs