Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Education Hard-to-staff centers: Exploring center-level variation in the persistence of child care teacher turnover High rates of teacher turnover in child care settings have negative implications for young children's learning experiences and for efforts to improve child care quality. Prior research has explored the prevalence and predictors of turnover at the individual teacher level, but less is known about turnover at the center level––specifically, how turnover varies across child care centers or whether staffing challenges persist year after year for some centers. This study tracks annual turnover rates for all publicly funded child care centers that were continuously operating in Louisiana from the 2015-16 to 2018-19 school years. Read More EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Education Waivers for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Who Would Benefit from Takeup? This research identifies more than $100 billion in loan forgiveness available to as many as 3.5 million borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) waiver program. Potential beneficiaries of this initiative are disproportionately employed in occupations like teaching and health care. However, the distribution of potential benefits of the PSLF waiver depends critically on the extent to which those with high income or advanced degrees are differentially likely to take-up benefits conditional on eligibility. Read More Education Enhancing educators’ skills for quality preprimary education in Bangladesh In a study for World Bank, Batten's Lucy Bassett and co-author share findings about teacher preparedness in Bangladesh's pre-primary education programs. Read More Humanitarian Policy, Research and Commentary, Global Policy Center, Education Can Education Be Standardized? Evidence from Kenya Isaac Mbiti and co-authors examine the impact of enrolling in schools that employ a highly-standardized approach to education, using random variation from a large nationwide scholarship program. Read More International Development, Education Small Students, Big Opportunities Working in partnership with policymakers, Professor Daphna Bassok aims to provide long-term solutions to real-world problems for America's youngest learners. Read More Research and Commentary, EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Education Sesame Workshop President is 2022 Jefferson Medalist in Citizen Leadership Sherrie Rollins Westin, president of Sesame Workshop and a 1980 graduate of UVA, has been named this year’s recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, an award selected by the Batten School. Read More Humanitarian Policy, Leadership, Education Coffey: We can’t afford not to fix child care Batten alum Maureen Coffey (MPP '21), a policy analyst on the early childhood policy team at Center for American Progress, says that lack of affordable child care costs families, employers and the entire economy. In an op-ed for MarketWatch, Coffey and co-author Hailey Gibbs outline how a comprehensive national approach could solve the problem. Read More Alum in Action, Education, Economics Progressivity of Pricing at US Public Universities New research describes recent shifts in net tuition by family income and institution type and assesses the role of changes in state funding in generating these shifts. Read More Education Professor Sarah Turner: The more tuition rises, the cheaper college gets — for some The Hechinger Report shares findings from Batten School Professor Sarah Turner's latest research on where, and for whom, college tuition costs are rising. Read More Research and Commentary, Education Why Fewer People are Enrolling in Community Colleges 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. Read More Research and Commentary, Education Pagination Page 1 Next page ›› Subscribe to Education Categories Faculty (1)Accelerated MPP(42) Personal Statement(2) Application(22) Recommendations(6) SE Minor(3) New Student(7) Curriculum(21) Essays(4) MPP(29) Policy Minor(27) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Admissions(35) Alumni (1)Student Life(21) Career Outcomes(5) Batten Ambassadors(18) BA(41) Events(9)