Unit: Center for the Study of Education Policy

The logic was simple: if students know they will pay more per credit hour if they take excess credits more of them will graduate on time.

The Kindergarten Individual Development Survey new site is live now!

Erika Hunt, Erika Hunt, senior policy analyst at Illinois State’s Center for the Study of Education Policy, participated on a panel titled “Improving Educator Effectiveness Through Partnership and Collaboration” May 12 at the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Summit.

Erika Hunt, senior policy analyst at Illinois State’s Center for the Study of Education Policy, and Geralyn Lawler, principal at St. Norbert School, presented IL-PART and Principal Preparation in Illinois, at the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Summit in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 12.

Erika Hunt, senior policy analyst at Illinois State’s Center for the Study of Education Policy, along with Darlene Ruscitti, regional superintendent, and Geralyn Lawler, principal at St. Norbert School, spent time in Washington, D.C., last week talking with policymakers about the importance of leadership development for all schools: public, private, and charter.

Be sure to check out Evidence in Action: Leadership Changes Everything, a blog post highlighting School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP).

Lisa Hood, Ph.D., presented on a panel at the National Head Start Association annual conference in Chicago on Sunday, April 9.

Sustained and aligned early childhood programs, birth through third grade (B-3), have the potential to be an educational game-changer. To support this work, the Illinois Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development (OECD), the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), and the Center for the Study of Education Policy (CSEP), is pleased to announce an opportunity