About News News Subscribe Education Environmental Policy Health Policy Crime and Justice Domestic Policy & Politics Economics Racial Justice and Equity Facet Area of Focus - News Daphna Bassok Benjamin Castleman James H. Wyckoff William Shobe Larry Terry Sarah Turner Allison Atteberry Facet People - News Center for Effective Lawmaking UVA Humanitarian Collaborative National Security Policy Center UVA Center for Politics Karsh Institute of Democracy Miller Center School of Education and Human Development School of Law School of Nursing Social Innovation @ UVA Center for Social Innovation Darden School of Business Department of Economics School Engineering College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences McIntire School of Commerce School of Medicine (-) EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness (-) Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Facet UVA Partner - News Research and Commentary Accolades Faculty In Action Racial Justice and Equity Facet News Type - News Feb 03, 2024 Shobe Receives Research Award for Climate Work William Shobe, a Batten professor and director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, has received UVA’s “Public Impact Focused Research Award” for his significant contributions in Virginia and beyond in the field of decarbonization and emissions markets. Learn more Jan 08, 2024 3 Batten Professors Among Most Influential Education Scholars in U.S. Education Three professors at the UVA Batten School were named as among the top 200 most influential education scholars in the U.S. in an annual ranking by the American Enterprise Institute: Sarah Turner, Daphna Bassok and Jim Wyckoff. Learn more Nov 30, 2023 Batten Students Help Drive Virginia’s Clean Energy Transition Thanks to a gift from David and Joy Peyton to UVA's Cooper Center, two Batten School students are contributing vital research to help Virginia transition to cleaner energy. Learn more Oct 12, 2023 $1.5 million for Research on Appalachian Renewable Energy Batten professor Christine Mahoney and her team secured a $1.5 million grant to study renewable energy and resilience in Appalachia, building on the Batten School’s growing Tadler Program on Impact Investing in Appalachia. 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 Dec 05, 2022 Batten Faculty Member Tapped to Lead Outreach at Penn State Larry D. Terry II, executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and faculty member at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has been selected as the vice president for outreach at Penn State University. Learn more Sep 12, 2022 Professor Allison Atteberry Appointed Director of EdPolicyWorks Education EdPolicyWorks welcomed Allison Atteberry, associate professor of education and public policy, as its new director in August. Learn more Apr 27, 2022 Small Students, Big Opportunities Education Working in partnership with policymakers, Professor Daphna Bassok aims to provide long-term solutions to real-world problems for America's youngest learners. 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 Dec 01, 2021 How behavioral science could get people back into public libraries Education What keeps someone from activating their library card or returning a book? Brooklyn Public Library worked with behavioral science experts including Batten professor Benjamin Castleman and alum Katharine Meyer (MPP '16) to find out. Read in Fast Company Nov 12, 2021 How Public Preschool Can Help, and How to Make Sure It Doesn’t Hurt Education Congress is considering universal pre-K and subsidies for child care. Batten's Daphna Bassok and other researchers spoke to The New York Times about how these policies can benefit children, and when they can backfire. Read in The New York Times Mar 16, 2021 Coronavirus and Schools: Reflections on Education One Year into the Pandemic Education One year ago, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. Batten's Daphna Bassok and fellow experts examine how the pandemic upended the education landscape in the past year, what it’s taught us about schooling, and where we go from here. Read in Brookings Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Feb 03, 2024 Shobe Receives Research Award for Climate Work William Shobe, a Batten professor and director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, has received UVA’s “Public Impact Focused Research Award” for his significant contributions in Virginia and beyond in the field of decarbonization and emissions markets. Learn more
Jan 08, 2024 3 Batten Professors Among Most Influential Education Scholars in U.S. Education Three professors at the UVA Batten School were named as among the top 200 most influential education scholars in the U.S. in an annual ranking by the American Enterprise Institute: Sarah Turner, Daphna Bassok and Jim Wyckoff. Learn more
Nov 30, 2023 Batten Students Help Drive Virginia’s Clean Energy Transition Thanks to a gift from David and Joy Peyton to UVA's Cooper Center, two Batten School students are contributing vital research to help Virginia transition to cleaner energy. Learn more
Oct 12, 2023 $1.5 million for Research on Appalachian Renewable Energy Batten professor Christine Mahoney and her team secured a $1.5 million grant to study renewable energy and resilience in Appalachia, building on the Batten School’s growing Tadler Program on Impact Investing in Appalachia. 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
Dec 05, 2022 Batten Faculty Member Tapped to Lead Outreach at Penn State Larry D. Terry II, executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and faculty member at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has been selected as the vice president for outreach at Penn State University. Learn more
Sep 12, 2022 Professor Allison Atteberry Appointed Director of EdPolicyWorks Education EdPolicyWorks welcomed Allison Atteberry, associate professor of education and public policy, as its new director in August. Learn more
Apr 27, 2022 Small Students, Big Opportunities Education Working in partnership with policymakers, Professor Daphna Bassok aims to provide long-term solutions to real-world problems for America's youngest learners. 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
Dec 01, 2021 How behavioral science could get people back into public libraries Education What keeps someone from activating their library card or returning a book? Brooklyn Public Library worked with behavioral science experts including Batten professor Benjamin Castleman and alum Katharine Meyer (MPP '16) to find out. Read in Fast Company
Nov 12, 2021 How Public Preschool Can Help, and How to Make Sure It Doesn’t Hurt Education Congress is considering universal pre-K and subsidies for child care. Batten's Daphna Bassok and other researchers spoke to The New York Times about how these policies can benefit children, and when they can backfire. Read in The New York Times
Mar 16, 2021 Coronavirus and Schools: Reflections on Education One Year into the Pandemic Education One year ago, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. Batten's Daphna Bassok and fellow experts examine how the pandemic upended the education landscape in the past year, what it’s taught us about schooling, and where we go from here. Read in Brookings