Brookings Institution, Brown Center on Education Policy
Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, Director
Founded in 1916, the nonpartisan Brookings Institution conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development. The Brown Center on Education Policy examines the challenges facing the American education system and helps identify practical policy solutions. Russ Whitehurst, the former Director of the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education, is an expert on reading, teacher quality, student assessment, learning and instruction, education technology, and preschool programs. The following is from a February 5, 2014, hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce…
