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Good decisions are based on reliable scientific evidence.  EdLabs provides reliable scientific evidence to support good decisions in education in the United States , particularly the education of minority students and students living in poverty.  Our ultimate goal is to close the achievement gap and put ourselves out of business.

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  • Educational achievement drives life outcomes.

    Educational achievement drives life outcomes.

    Equalizing racial differences in eighth-grade test scores dramatically reduces racial disparities for a range of life outcomes.

  • The achievement gap is not detectable at birth.

    The achievement gap is not detectable at birth.

    There are no discernible differences in mental ability among infants simply by virtue of their different racial backgrounds.

  • There is a startling relationship between zip code and school quality.

    There is a startling relationship between zip code and school quality.

    Six decades after Brown vs. Board of Ed., access to a quality education is still dependent upon a student’s neighborhood income.

  • Great schools can close the achievement gap.

    Great schools can close the achievement gap.

    Schools alone have the power to overcome the learning obstacles of children in poverty and to close the racial achievement gap.

  • Improving achievement is not just about resources.

    Improving achievement is not just about resources.

    Five key tenets that high-impact charters share, and that explain roughly half of their difference from low-performing charters.

EdLabs in the News

 

  • Los Angeles Times - L.A. Unified gets a chance to clone good schools, but what are the necessary ingredients?
  • The 74 - What If Every Struggling Student Had a Tutor?
  • The Economist - After freedom, what?
  • The Washington Post - How a Controversial Study Found That Police Are More Likely To Shoot Whites, Not Blacks
  • The New York Times - Roland Fryer Answers Reader Questions About His Police Force Study
  • The NYT - Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings

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