Claire Smrekar

By Jenna Somers Claire Smrekar (center), associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations, and Ron Zimmer, former associate professor of public policy and education (left), took part in the panel discussion “Options in Education: School Vouchers—What Research Shows.” Claire Smrekar was well acquainted with Cleveland, Mississippi. She had traveled… Read More

In May, the Peabody Journal of Education released a special themed issue on seven studies conducted by the Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA), a research-practice partnership between Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development and the Tennessee Department of Education. TERA houses Tennessee’s K-12 public school… Read More

By Jenna Somers In November 2023, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee proposed the Education Freedom Scholarship Act to establish a new statewide education scholarship account (ESA) program. ESAs—also called education savings accounts—are a type of voucher program that support not only private school tuition but other education-related expenses. As… Read More

Faculty at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College are available to comment on trends in K-12 and higher education. Read More

Peabody researchers can speak on a wide array of topics, including talent retention, school turnaround and administrative leadership. Read More

As Tennessee lawmakers begin the 2016 legislative session Jan. 12, Peabody College has a wealth of experts available to speak to the press. Read More

Situated 20 miles southwest of Denver, and nestled between two state parks that offer stunning views of the Rocky Mountains, Sterling Ranch doesn’t look like much now. But during the next 20 years, the five-square-mile, $4.3 billion planned community will take shape as a futuristic city. Read More

Topics range from pre-K to post-secondary education. Read More

Vanderbilt experts from a variety of fields are available to help explain issues surrounding Nashville's transformation into the latest “it” city. Read More

As schools nationwide prepare for the new academic year, education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews on a variety of topics. Read More

Peabody experts are available to talk to media regarding the bill known as No Child Left Behind. Read More

Peabody professors Claire Smrekar and Ron Zimmer weighed in on school vouchers during a panel discussion sponsored by the League of Women Voters in collaboration with Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College and The League of Women Voters of Nashville will host a panel discussion on school vouchers, featuring industry experts on the subject on Feb. 7. Read More

Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available to speak about merit pay, No Child Left Behind, school choice, immigration, pre-K, reading, gifted education, financial aid, ESL, bullying and more. Read More

Public education is fundamental to the aims of promoting democracy, social efficiency, and social mobility, writes Claire Smrekar, associate professor of leadership, policy and organizations at Peabody. Read More

Peabody researchers Claire Smrekar and James Fraser comment on the economic and social problems created by high housing and transportation costs for low-income workers. Read More

Peabody faculty will present research on the nation’s key issues in education at the AERA conference April 13-17. Read More

Education experts from the Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Read More

Matthew Springer, director of the National Center on Performance Incentives, is one of the Peabody researchers who will be presenting new research at the American Educational Research Association Conference in New Orleans April 8-12. (Anne Rayner / Vanderbilt) The latest research on the nation’s key education issues, from incentive pay… Read More

Charter schools and mayoral control are both hot topics in education reform.  Indiana combined these reform strategies when enacting a new charter school law in 2001.  Under the law, the mayor of Indianapolis was granted authorizing authority to charter schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district, as well as 10… Read More