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As schools nationwide prepare for the new academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty researchers from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to comment on trends in K-12 and higher education. Read More

Research on the evolving role of principal supervisors from Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development was included in two of three reports released July 21 by the Wallace Foundation, a national philanthropy that seeks to improve learning for marginalized children. Read More

The Independent School Leadership master’s program, launched six years ago, includes instruction from Peabody faculty and industry experts to advance independent school leaders and their schools. Read More

Faye and Joe B. Wyatt Center at Peabody College. U.S. News & World Report has announced its annual rankings of graduate schools, including graduate schools of education. Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development moved up to the No. 4 spot and continues to be… Read More

Peabody College students Ryan and Jazira Boyette have a goal of improving the lives of Sudan’s Nuba people through the power of education. Read More

Peabody College faculty will be among a cohort of experts to produce reports on key leadership issues in K-12 education. Read More

Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Peabody College have established a transinstitutional Policies for Action Research Hub to better understand and develop recommendations to address the needs of some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable children, including those in immigrant families and with prenatal exposure to opioids. Read More

Researchers evaluated Tennessee's online course that students complete during high school to avoid taking remedial math in college. Read More

Principals and districts benefit when principal supervisors move beyond the role of administrator to coach and mentor, according to a new Vanderbilt University report. Read More

Student achievement gains are higher in schools where principals’ leadership practices are rated more positively by their supervisors, according to a new brief. Read More

Jason A. Grissom, associate professor of public policy and education, will lead the enterprise. Read More

Seven professors on the faculty at Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development are once again included in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Read More

Mark Lipsey presented a pre-K consensus report, a joint effort by several institutions to inform lawmakers and other education thought leaders. Read More

Teacher merit pay programs have been associated with a statistically significant positive effect on student outcomes. Read More

Loan aversion is more common in prospective college students than previously documented and may be affected by gender, age and race. Read More

The SLLA may not be the right measure for hiring principals. Read More

Both ASD and IZone schools are recruiting effective teachers, but the iZone schools are doing a better job of retaining them. Read More

Tennessee Tennessee teachers who received higher performance ratings reported higher job satisfaction than their peers. Read More

Vanderbilt researchers helped re-write the guidelines for America's Juvenile drug treatment courts. Read More

Since it was created in 1949, the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) has been one of the most widely used requirements for admission to U.S. graduate schools. As a predictor of performance and success in graduate school, however, the exam is not without its critics. Read More