In this course, we will focus on 10 topics that have recently been conducted in the economics of education and are familiar to students, and learn the theory behind them and the methods of empirical analysis. In addition to this, students will learn about the importance of "data" in order to realize research, and the characteristics of such data (e.g., long-term longitudinal surveys and administrative record information) and their utilization. In the last three sessions, we will discuss how some policy topics that have generated a great deal of public debate in Japan's current education policy should be organized in light of past research in economics and overseas experience.