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OpEd: Tutors/Mentors Supporting Students
Robert Balfanz wrote an OpEd piece for The74 that New Survey Shows 440,000 More Tutors, Mentors Supporting Students – But It’s Not Enough From tutoring to mental health to wraparound services, more schools are supporting students but still can’t meet all the needs. Five years after the height of the pandemic, students are still experiencing […]
Join the Attendance Solutions Network
The Partnership for Student Success is excited to invite you to join the Attendance Solutions Network. The Network is a dynamic, no-cost opportunity designed to support districts in reducing chronic absence, strengthening student engagement, and advancing prevention strategies for the 2025-2026 academic year and beyond. The Partnership for Student Success, located at the Johns Hopkins […]
A Rising Tide of Graduation Rates
John Bridgeland, former Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council & CEO of Civic Enterprises, and Robert Balfanz, Director of the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, are co-authors of an Executive Brief on high school graduation rates and trends. The pair authored an op/ed on Huffington Post Education March 17, 2015. Recent […]
Fixing No Child Left Behind: Innovation to Better Meet the Needs of Students (Roundtable)
Dr. Robert Balfanz testified before the US Senate HELP Committee on February 3, 2015. The hearing was a roundtable on Fixing No Child Left Behind: Innovation to Better Meet the Needs of Students. The hearing was live streamed via the HELP website. It can be found here. Read a transcript of Dr. Balfanz’ testimony, available […]
Harnessing Penny Power to Learn What Works
Teachers and principals are always looking for ways to better teach and support students—including searching for reliable information about interventions that have been proven to work in classrooms similar to their own. Unfortunately, these searches often come up empty, and education policy discussions on how to invest limited taxpayer dollars are too often driven by […]
Omarina’s Story – An Update on Middle School Moment
How has Omarina Cabrera fared since her Middle School Moment? Frontline checked in. NARRATOR: It’s the last day of the semester at the Brooks School, an exclusive private academy in North Andover, Massachusetts. Omarina Cabrera is halfway through her sophomore year. OMARINA CABRERA: I remember first getting here, it definitely was an adjustment. A lot […]
Stop Holding Us Back
This month, more than three million high school students will receive their diplomas. At more than 80 percent, America’s graduation rate is at a record high. More kids are going to college, too. But one-third of the nation’s African-American and Latino young men will not graduate. In an era when there is virtually no legal […]
CNN Op/Ed: What You Won’t Hear at Graduation
(CNN) — Graduation season is in full swing, bringing with it a lot of discussion about life and opportunity. Inevitably there will be news stories about graduation ceremonies or a new YouTube video sensation focusing on commencement words of wisdom. While inspiring, those stories never give a full portrait of this rite of passage in […]
Robert Balfanz named “Champion of Change” by White House
Robert Balfanz, a senior research scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, is among 10 education leaders named White House “Champions of Change” for their commitment to furthering education among African Americans. See more information at the White House website. Robert Balfanz, a senior research scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, is among 10 education leaders […]
Schools Battle Chronic Absenteeism – CNN
(CNN) – Millions of students are chronically absent. CNN’s Athena Jones looks at what schools are doing to increase attendance. See the video, including EGC’s own Dr. Robert Balfanz, here on CNN.com.
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