PIRL associate director Nicholas Papageorge was awarded a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences for a new study on how teachers learn racial competency and how they become more effective over time for all of their students.  Prof. Papageorge will work in collaboration with Seth Gershenson (American University), Constance Lindsay (University of North Carolina), and PIRL director Stefanie DeLuca to conduct both quantitative and qualitative phases for the study.

The 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University has announced its 2021 grantees of the award for doctoral research on urban issues.  PIRL doctoral student Kiara Nerenberg was among those awarded the grant to help fund her research activities in support of her dissertation.  Kiara's dissertation focuses on the informal school-choice market and out-of-zone enrollments among K-12 students in Baltimore City, seeking to understand the causes and consequences of out-of-zone enrollment.