Jun 22 2020 13 mins
Professor Min Sun, director of Education Policy Analytics Lab at the University of Washington, discusses why investing in disadvantaged schools as a key strategy for economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Sun has studied the impact of $7 billion spent on School Improvement Grants following the Great Recession and shares lessons for policymakers. Read Professor Sun's recent commentary for The Brookings Institution at https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/06/12/reinvesting-in-school-improvement-as-a-strategy-for-economic-recovery/.