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How districts can keep high-impact tutoring going after ESSER money expires
The ESSER cliff is coming. Most districts and states that initiated high-impact tutoring using federal ESSER dollars are scrambling. Many believe they must eliminate or reduce the scope of their programs; but this is not the case. Here are six durable funding streams that could replace the ESSER dollars to help provide highly effective tutoring...
By Susanna Loeb & Alan Safran | July 10, 2024
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Do skills taught in K-12 schools really lead to upward mobility? $3 million in grant money aims to find out
One of the challenges schools face is that there’s very little evidence directly connecting most pre-K-12 skills to measures of success in adulthood such as economic mobility. This means school and district leaders must rely on instinct and guesswork when faced with decisions about how much to prioritize teaching math (and which specific aspects), fostering...
By Matt Chingos | June 12, 2024
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For stronger readers in third grade, start building knowledge in preschool
In joyful preschool classrooms, three- and four-year-olds play and pretend together. They sing and dance, listen eagerly at story time, and ask endless questions. Nearly everything is new, which fuels an intense enthusiasm for learning. High-quality preschool supports social skills, fosters friendships, and builds a sturdy foundation for kindergarten and beyond. As researchers specializing in...
By Susan B. Neuman & Lily Wong Fillmore | May 30, 2024
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How does a school district go broke with $1.1B in revenues? When it spends $1.3B
Question: How does a school district go broke with $1.1 billion in revenues? Answer: When it spends $1.3 billion. This macabre joke is all-too real for San Francisco Unified, where this spring a state oversight panel took control of all budget decisions until the district balances its spending. After reviewing the district’s budget, the oversight...
By Chad Aldeman | May 28, 2024
Studies: Pandemic Aid Lifted Scores, But Not Enough To Make Up for Lost Learning
‘Astonishing’ Absenteeism, Trauma Rates Root of Academic Crisis
Reinventing Report Cards: Reading, Writing, Collaboration and Other Work Skills
Older Immigrant Students Say High School Admission Bettered Their Lives in U.S.
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How well do schools, families communicate? Study sees parent-district disconnect
A few weeks ago, many were pointing out the four-year anniversary of the last “normal” week of our lives. Some pandemic-era reflections acknowledged the “silver linings” like more time with family, flexible work arrangements, gratitude for one’s health. With respect to education, however, it’s harder to find such perspectives, as stunted K-12 academic achievement poses...
By Jon Deane | May 6, 2024
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Study: Lengthy school closures were especially hard on high-achieving students
To gauge the magnitude of global learning loss during the pandemic, a team at the World Bank examined data from the Program for International Student Assessment, which tests 15-year-olds in math, reading and science, from 2018-22. Among the report’s many notable insights is a counterintuitive finding about outcomes: In countries with the longest closures, high-achieving...
By Brandon L. Wright | April 26, 2024
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189 innovative school leaders: Teacher staffing, AI, mental health top ed issues
A common set of problems are keeping education leaders up at night: Will there be enough teachers to staff America’s schools? Can artificial intelligence enhance learning without deepening inequality? How can educators address the mental health crisis among young people? None of these have easy answers. New data confirm that these issues are top of...
By Chelsea Waite | April 25, 2024
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Why school’s new normal post-COVID must emphasize attendance, tutoring, summer class
Four years after the global COVID shutdowns, the pandemic’s effects are still being felt. Within education, a variety of data sources — including NWEA’s MAP Growth and state, national,and international tests — all show that students today are well behind their peers from four years ago. However, focusing on that type of COVID recovery framework...
By Lindsay Dworkin | April 4, 2024
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If March Madness women’s tourney colleges won for boosting students’ social mobility, UC-Irvine would be champion
It’s a challenge to capture the excitement surrounding this year’s NCAA Division 1 women’s basketball tournament. In the first round, Iowa’s future WNBA star, Caitlin Clark, scored 27 points and had 10 assists to lead the Hawkeyes to victory over the Crusaders of Holy Cross. Not to be outdone, Kiki Iriafen led the Stanford Cardinals...
By Jorge Klor de Alva | April 1, 2024
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March Madness: If the tournament celebrated colleges for moving grads up the income ladder, both California State University Long Beach & San Diego State would make the Sweet 16
With all that’s going wrong around the world, and given the nation’s increasing disillusionment with higher education, it is a special treat for basketball fans to be able to turn their attention to March Madness. For us, it’s time to celebrate athletes and their schools by turning our attention to our alternative bracket to the...
By Jorge Klor de Alva | March 21, 2024