Closing the Achievement Gap by Providing Poor and Minority Students Access to Suburban Schools

Led by TC's Amy Stuart Wells, the first comprehensive study of the nation's eight remaining inter-district school desegregation programs - which were expressly created to enable disadvantaged, black and Latino students cross school district boundary lines and attend affluent, predominantly white suburban public schools - has found that these programs help close black-white and Latino-white achievement gaps, improve racial attitudes and lead to long-term mobility and further education for the students of color who participate.  Published: 11/12/2009

Designing a Game for Smoking Cessation

Want to quit smoking? Video game designers at Teachers College hope that some day you will reach not for a cigarette, but a mobile game. TC announced Thursday that it has received a $150,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), through the foundation's Health Games Research national program, to explore how digital games can improve health.  Published: 11/5/2009

Can Community Colleges Rise to the Occasion?

In an article appearing in the November issue of American Prospect, CCRC director Thomas Bailey and Macomb Community College president Jim Jacobs discuss President Obama's recent $12 billion proposal to increase community college graduation rates. They sketch out the role two-year public colleges can play in promoting both educational equity and long-term economic prosperity.  Published: 10/27/2009

Summer Research Program for Science Teachers Boosts Regents Exams Pass Rate

Participants in Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers boosted their students' pass rate on the state science Regents exams by 10 points, according to a report in the Oct. 16 issue of Science. The program was developed in consultation with O. Roger Anderson, professor of natural sciences at Teachers College.  Published: 10/16/2009