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.

Issue Focus

Pivoting and Planning: STRIVE’s Pandemic Progress

Brief

Pathways to the Post-Pandemic Workforce

Career and Technical Education Connects the Dots

Report

Strengthening the Transition from Pre-Service to In-Service Training for New Teachers

Findings from a Study of Teach For America’s Handoff Program

Issue Focus

Lessons from Drive to Write

Supporting Teachers’ Use of Technology for Remote Instruction

Issue Focus

Does Technology-Based Advising Promote Equity in Career and Technical Education?

Report

The Impact of an Intensive Year-Round Middle School Program on College Attendance

Report

Aiming Higher

Assessing Higher Achievement’s Out-of-School Expansion Efforts

Mentor assisting female student with circular saw

Podcast

What Happens When You Combine an Accelerated Academic Program with Workplace Exposure and Career Skills?

Report

Building on the GED

Promising Results from a Bridge-to-College Model

Report

Bridging the School-to-Work Divide

Interim Implementation and Impact Findings from New York City’s P-TECH 9-14 Schools

Issue Focus

Resources for Virtually Advising High School Students Seeking Their College Match

Brief

Voices from the Field

How Community Colleges Are Advancing Equity in Career and Technical Education

Project

City Year Evaluation

Issue Focus

MDRC’s Research Agenda for Families & Children

Home Visiting and Coordinated and Integrated Early Childhood Systems

Issue Focus

High School Reform in Perspective

Past Successes, Enduring Challenges, and Future Considerations