Education Policy

Philip "Uri" Treisman, founder and executive director of the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin, has dedicated his career to improving mathematics and science education on a national scale, leading to measurable gains in student performance in these subjects and improvements in course success for elementary school children through university undergraduates. Now he is the recipient of one of the most prestigious awards in American education, the 2020 James Bryant Conant Award from the Education Commission of the States.

Treisman's work has helped UT Austin reach its goal of boosting four-year graduation rates from 52% to 70%

Left: LBJ/Dell faculty member Dr. Abigail Aiken presents her research findings to Irish Parliament ahead of a historic referendum on abortion in 2017.

The pandemic has presented us with some of the biggest problems of our generation, and scientists, data analysts, disease modelers, communicators and humanists are working overtime to understand and solve it. Today, The University of Texas at Austin kicked off a first-of-its-kind two-day conference, showcasing groundbreaking COVID-19 work from researchers from across campus. The virtual event includes keynote speakers, panels, lightning talks and networking opportunities and will cover topics ranging from mental health and the future of education to drug therapeutics, among many others.

The pandemic has presented us with some of the biggest problems of our generation, and scientists, data analysts, disease modelers, communicators and humanists are working overtime to understand an

As schools across the country rethink online education, the LBJ School has already discovered new strategies to engage students through its Summer Stretch online learning program for incoming students. Summer Stretch, which took place June to early August, fostered community, stymied "summer melt" — when some students get detoured from college between acceptance and the first day of classes — and prepared students for their upcoming experience at the school. Summer melt affects up to 40 percent of students and disproportionately impacts low-income students.

UT Austin's public policy school gets online learning right

Experts say school systems will need to be flexible whenever schools restart and should be willing to allow some children to repeat a grade. LBJ's Paul von Hippel sees the potential problems that...

Experts say school systems will need to be flexible whenever schools restart and should be willing to allow some children to repeat a grade.

Prolonged school closures associated with the coronavirus pandemic are likely to have a major and negative affect on children’s learning, according to a wide range of experts — leaving some students...