About News News Subscribe Leadership Advocacy Democracy Economics Political Science Domestic Policy & Politics Health Policy Racial Justice and Equity (-) Education Facet Area of Focus - News Benjamin Castleman Daphna Bassok Ian H. Solomon David Leblang James H. Wyckoff Brian N. Williams Gerald Warburg John Holbein Craig Volden Eileen Chou Frederick P. Hitz Jay Shimshack Steve Hiss Allison Atteberry Brendan J. Boler Brooke Lehmann Daniel W. Player Gabrielle Adams Gerard Robinson Harry Harding Kimberly Jenkins Robinson Kirsten Gelsdorf Lucy Bassett Paul S. Martin Peter Johannessen Sophie Trawalter Timothy L. Davis Todd S. Sechser (-) Sarah Turner (-) Andrew S. Pennock Facet People - News EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Facet UVA Partner - News Accolades Research and Commentary Facet News Type - News May 11, 2023 Jefferson Scholars Foundation Honors Six Outstanding UVA Faculty Members Economics Education Batten Professor of economics, education and public policy Sarah Turner was selected as this year's recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Faculty Prize. Learn more May 08, 2023 Batten Professor Andy Pennock has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award Education Batten Professor Andy Pennock has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in leadership education to Slovenia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Learn more Jan 06, 2023 UVA Has 5% of Education Scholars Ranked as 'Most Influential' Education Four Batten School faculty members affiliated with the EdPolicyWorks research center once again placed in the national rankings of influential education scholars. Learn more Mar 29, 2022 Professor Sarah Turner: The more tuition rises, the cheaper college gets — for some Education The Hechinger Report shares findings from Batten School Professor Sarah Turner's latest research on where, and for whom, college tuition costs are rising. Learn more Mar 9, 2022 Why Fewer People are Enrolling in Community Colleges Education Batten School Professor Sarah Turner and co-author Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach found that high unemployment during COVID diverged from prior downturns and enrollment at community colleges dropped, with the drop larger among men. Learn more Jan 14, 2022 Four Batten Professors Ranked as Nation’s Most Influential Education Scholars Education Batten School professors Daphna Bassok, Ben Castleman, Sarah Turner and Jim Wyckoff were among 200 scholars nationwide to rank as highly influential in education policy, according to Education Week. Learn more Feb 19, 2021 Scrap the Syllabus: In This Batten Course, Students Take the Lead Education Advocacy Tackling everything from the death penalty to affordable housing, the students in Batten professor Andy Pennock's Virginia Politics and Policy don’t just participate in the course—they design it themselves. Learn more Jan 31, 2019 Professor Spotlight: Andy Pennock Advocacy Education Andy Pennock is not your typical breed of professor. The father of four young boys (two sets of fraternal twin boys, aged three and five), teaches five courses per year and yet somehow finds the time and energy to publish a leading textbook on writing for public policy and an op-ed on education policy. Learn more Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
May 11, 2023 Jefferson Scholars Foundation Honors Six Outstanding UVA Faculty Members Economics Education Batten Professor of economics, education and public policy Sarah Turner was selected as this year's recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Faculty Prize. Learn more
May 08, 2023 Batten Professor Andy Pennock has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award Education Batten Professor Andy Pennock has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in leadership education to Slovenia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Learn more
Jan 06, 2023 UVA Has 5% of Education Scholars Ranked as 'Most Influential' Education Four Batten School faculty members affiliated with the EdPolicyWorks research center once again placed in the national rankings of influential education scholars. Learn more
Mar 29, 2022 Professor Sarah Turner: The more tuition rises, the cheaper college gets — for some Education The Hechinger Report shares findings from Batten School Professor Sarah Turner's latest research on where, and for whom, college tuition costs are rising. Learn more
Mar 9, 2022 Why Fewer People are Enrolling in Community Colleges Education Batten School Professor Sarah Turner and co-author Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach found that high unemployment during COVID diverged from prior downturns and enrollment at community colleges dropped, with the drop larger among men. Learn more
Jan 14, 2022 Four Batten Professors Ranked as Nation’s Most Influential Education Scholars Education Batten School professors Daphna Bassok, Ben Castleman, Sarah Turner and Jim Wyckoff were among 200 scholars nationwide to rank as highly influential in education policy, according to Education Week. Learn more
Feb 19, 2021 Scrap the Syllabus: In This Batten Course, Students Take the Lead Education Advocacy Tackling everything from the death penalty to affordable housing, the students in Batten professor Andy Pennock's Virginia Politics and Policy don’t just participate in the course—they design it themselves. Learn more
Jan 31, 2019 Professor Spotlight: Andy Pennock Advocacy Education Andy Pennock is not your typical breed of professor. The father of four young boys (two sets of fraternal twin boys, aged three and five), teaches five courses per year and yet somehow finds the time and energy to publish a leading textbook on writing for public policy and an op-ed on education policy. Learn more