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  • Not Like Us: An Exploration of Urban Educators’ Motivation During a State Takeover in Texas

    Peer-Reviewed Research Article

    Author: John A. Williams III, Virginia Redwine Johnson

    Johnson, V. R., & Williams, J. A., III. (2026). Not Like Us: An Exploration of Urban Educators’ Motivation During a State Takeover in Texas. The Teacher Educator. Advance online publication. 

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  • De-siloing Federal Data Repositories with Care: Toward a Data Integration Ethical Framework

    Peer-Reviewed Research Article

    Author: Danielle R. Harrell, John A. Williams III, Kayla Burrell-Craft, Sonyia C. Richardson, Virginia Redwine Johnson

    Williams, J. A., III, Richardson, S. C., Harrell, D. R., Johnson, V. R., & Burrell-Craft, K. (2026). De-siloing federal data repositories with care: Toward a data integration ethical framework. The Urban Review, 58(19). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-025-00801-4

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  • Into DEEP: Pinpointing and Profiling Disciplinary Excellence and Exemplary Performance in Texas Urban Schools

    Peer-Reviewed Research Article

    Author: Chance W. Lewis, John A. Williams III, Sonyia C. Richardson

    Williams, J. A., III, Richardson, S. C., & Lewis, C. W. (2026). Into DEEP: Pinpointing and profiling disciplinary excellence and exemplary performance in Texas urban schools. Urban Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859261433904

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  • Can Intensive Advising Open Doors to Selective Colleges? Evidence from the EMERGE Fellowship

    Research Briefs

    Holzman, B., Chukhray, I., & Thrash, C. (2026). EMERGEing Educational Opportunities: The Effects of Social Capital on
    Selective College Outcomes. Education Finance and Policy, 21(1), 71–96. https://doi.org/10.1162/edfp.a.19

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  • Tracking Eighth Graders’ Post-Secondary Outcomes in Texas

    Research Briefs

    Author: Brian Holzman

    Holzman, B., Wu, J., Zhang, M., Martinez, M., & Stice, K. (2020). Tracking Eighth Graders’ Post-Secondary Outcomes in Texas. Policy Brief.

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  • EMERGEing Educational Opportunities: The Effects of Social Capital on Selective College Outcomes

    Research Publications

    Author: Brian Holzman

    Holzman, B., Chukhray, I., & Thrash, C. (2025) EMERGEing educational opportunities: The effects of social capital on selective college outcomes. Education Finance and Policy. 1-44.

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  • Summer Melt and Free Application for Federal Student Aid Verification

    Research Briefs

    Author: Brian Holzman

    Holzman, B., & Hanson, V. S. (2020). Summer Melt and Free Application for Federal Student Aid Verification. Houston Education Research Consortium. Houston, TX: Houston Education Research Consortium, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University

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  • Supporting Displaced Students in US Higher Education: Examining Institutional Policy and Practice.

    Research Publications

    Author: Ishara Casellas Connors

    Casellas Connors, I., Unangst, L., & Barone, N. (2023). Supporting displaced students in US higher education: examining institutional policy and practice. Race Ethnicity and Education, 27(4), 519–537.

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  • Uniform Admissions, Unequal Access: Did the Top 10% Plan Increase Access to Selective Flagship Institutions?

    Research Publications

    Author: Kalena Cortes

    Klasik, D., & Cortes, K. E. (2022). Uniform admissions, unequal access: Did the top 10% plan increase access to selective flagship institutions?. Economics of Education Review, 87, 102199.

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  • Match or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and High-Income Students

    Research Publications

    Author: Kalena Cortes

    Cortes, K. E., & Lincove , J. A. (2018). Match or mismatch? Automatic admissions and college preferences of low- and high-income students. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 41(1), 98-123.

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