CERP3 has been helping schools and students across St. Louis with educational research insights since 2024. Here are our findings from faculty and partners below:

Education and Social Mobility

Intersectional Inequalities in College Savings and Educational Outcomes across Race/Ethnicity, Immigrant Status, and Gender: A Quant-Crit Analysis (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari and Somalis Chy Jabbari, Jason; Habiba, Ibrahim; Despard, Mat; and Chy, Somalis (2026) “Intersectional Inequalities in College Savings and Educational Outcomes across Race/Ethnicity, Immigrant Status, and Gender: A Quant-Crit Analysis,” Journal of Student Financial Aid: Vol. 55 : Iss. 1 , Article 4.DOI: https://doi.org/10.55504/0884-9153.1864 Read here As families use savings to further their […]

The Connective Tissue of Partnership: Understanding University-Based Brokers in Collaborative Education Research (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Rachel Ruggirello. Ruggirello, R., Day, E., Bontrager, B., & Wright, K. (2026, April).The connective tissue of partnership: Understanding university-based brokers incollaborative education research (A NNERPP University Brokers Subnetworkresearch brief). https://doi.org/10.25613/HA8B-5G82 Read here The Subnetwork identified a significant evolution in the role of brokers and their engagement in activities that fall outside the current […]

‘We’re being erased. And Nobody’s talking about it’: Race-Conscious versus race-evasive perspectives on school board takeovers and policy termination recommendations (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Kelly Harris.  Marcucci, O.,Park, A., Yoo, M., & Harris, K. M.(2025). “We’re being erased. And nobody’s talking about that”: Race-conscious versus race-evasive perspectives on school board takeovers and policy termination recommendations.Education Policy Analysis Archives, 33(66). ttps://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.33.9115 Read here State takeover of school boards is a controversial policy choice aimed at reforming “underperforming” districts. […]

BEYOND EARNINGS PREMIA: DEBT-ADJUSTED RETURNS TO POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari and Yung Chun.  Zhang, Guangli and Jabbari, Jason and Despard, Mathieu and Mei, Xueying and Chun, Yung and Roll, Stephen, Beyond Earnings Premia: Debt-Adjusted Returns to Postsecondary Education (August 01, 2025). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5375794 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5375794 Read here The rising burden of student debt calls for a reassessment of the economic returns to […]

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Neighborhoods, Housing and Education

Does School Academic Context Moderate the Relationship between Student Mobility and Academic Performance? Longitudinal Evidence from Missouri (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari and Somalis Chy Powers, M.K., Cohen, P., Chy, S. et al. Does School Academic Context Moderate the Relationship between Student Mobility and Academic Performance? Longitudinal Evidence from Missouri. Urban Rev 58, 43 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-026-00815-6 Read Here  Student mobility is highly prevalent in the U.S. and often has negative impacts on students’ academic performance. Within-year mobility […]

Emotional Impact of State Takeovers: What Do We Accept as Collateral Damage of Emergency Management School Governance? (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Kelly Harris Yoo, M. G., Marcucci, O., & Harris, K. M. (2026). Emotional Impact of State Takeovers: What Do We Accept as Collateral Damage of Emergency Management School Governance? Education and Urban Society, 58(5), 547–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245261416496 Read Here We investigate policy actors’ experiences of the implementation of state takeover policy in three primarily Black school districts […]

Who Transfers and Where Do They Go? Identifying Risk Factors Across Student, School, and Neighborhood Characteristics (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun and Maggie Wood Terada, T., Jabbari, J., Chun, Y., Hall, R., Greenstein, E., Powers, M. K., & Chy, S. (2025). Who Transfers and Where Do They Go? Identifying Risk Factors Across Student, School, and Neighborhood Characteristics. Education and Urban Society, 57(6), 573–608. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131245251333062 Read Here Research demonstrates that student mobility, or students […]

Can Neighborhood Redevelopment Initiatives Improve Educational Outcomes? Novel Evidence From the Choice Neighborhood Initiative (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari and Yung Chun Jabbari, J., Chun, Y., Foell, A., Jenkins, D. A., Johnson, O., Jr., & Kastelman, A. (2026). Can Neighborhood Redevelopment Initiatives Improve Educational Outcomes? Novel Evidence From the Choice Neighborhood Initiative. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 0(0). Read Here Mixed-income initiatives provide critical investments in neighborhoods, including investments to improve schools, […]

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Student Health

Understanding multi-level policy implementation in the national school lunch and breakfast programs: A mixed-methods and agent-based modeling protocol (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari.  Moreland-Russell, S., Jabbari, J., Allen, P. et al. Understanding multi-level policy implementation in the national school lunch and breakfast programs: a mixed-methods and agent-based modeling protocol. Implement Sci Commun 7, 37 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-025-00843-5 Read here The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (2010) improved the nutritional quality of school meals in the U.S. by aligning the National […]

Statewide Academic Performance of High School Students With Sickle Cell Disease (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Kelly Harris A. M.Heitzer, M.Ray, A.Wiese, K. Harris, et al. “Statewide Academic Performance of High School Students With Sickle Cell Disease.” Pediatric Blood & Cancer72, no. 10 (2025): 72, e31947. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31947 Read Here Among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), poor academic attainment in adolescence is associated with a greater frequency of acute […]

Instruction Based on Feedback (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Andrew Butler Read Here Feedback is a critical component in the process of learning because it provides information to the learner and the teacher about the gap between actual and desired performance. This chapter provides an overview of research on the effective use of feedback in instruction. The literature on feedback is voluminous […]

The Role of Motivational Regulation and Cost on Motivational Conflicts and Emotions (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Andrew Butler Kim, Y. eun, Zepeda, C. D., Martin, R. S., & Butler, A. C. (2025). The Role of Motivational Regulation and Cost on Motivational Conflicts and Emotions. The Journal of Experimental Education, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2025.2565178 Read Here As students pursue multiple goals across the domains of their everyday lives, they inevitably experience motivational conflicts. […]

STEM Education

Early Impact of Teacher Leaders in a Networked Improvement Community on Middle School Mathematics Performance (2025)

CERP3 contributors: Jasob Jabbari, Rachel Ruggirello and Yung Chun. Rachel M. Ruggirello, Abbey M. Loehr, Takeshi Terada, Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun, Maia Elkana & Alison Brockhouse (25 Apr 2025): Early Impact of Teacher Leaders in a Networked Improvement Community on Middle School Mathematics Performance, The Educational Forum, DOI: 10.1080/00131725.2025.2488506 Read Here Networked improvement communities (NICs) […]

Pinpointing persistence in computer science pipelines: evidence from a novel coding and apprenticeship program (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari and Yung Chung Huang, W., Palmer, D., Udoh, E., Chun, Y., & Jabbari, J. (2026). Pinpointing persistence in computer science pipelines: evidence from a novel coding and apprenticeship program. Computer Science Education, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2026.2665181 Read Here U.S. demand for computer science (CS) talent remains high, yet participation in CS education and […]

Are Work-Based Professional Skills Associated with Postsecondary Entrance and Persistence? Novel Evidence from the Cristo Rey Network (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari Russell, L. C., Jabbari, J., Mei, X., Jimenez, F., & Dougherty, S. M. (n.d.). Are Work-Based Professional Skills Associated with Postsecondary Entrance and Persistence? Novel Evidence from the Cristo Rey Network. Read Here Professional skills such as initiative, communication, and adaptability are thought to shape postsecondary success, but most evidence comes from […]

Can Technology Education Programs in Prisons increase Computing Attitudes? Evidence from the LaunchCode Program (2026)

CERP3 contributors: Jason Jabbari Jabbari, J., Terada, T., Santhanam, M., & Huang, W. (2026). Can Technology Education Programs in Prisons increase Computing Attitudes? Evidence from the LaunchCode Program. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 27(1), Pages 14–20. https://doi.org/10.63504/jstem.v27i1.2746 Read Here STEM education in prisons has recently gained the attention of policy-makers, practitioners, and researchers. Although studies […]

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