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The Future of Smart: Episode 28
Dr. Temple Lovelace, executive director of Assessment for Good, and Dr. Susan Lyons, co-founder and executive director of Women in Measurement, join The Future of Smart podcast to talk about thinking differently about measurement and systems of learning and education.
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New Data on Racial Justice Grants Should Alarm—and Motivate—Education Philanthropy
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March 2021
15 Million Infrastructure Jobs: An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession
A $1.5 trillion infrastructure program from the Biden-Harris administration would be good medicine to nurse the economic wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new report, 15 Million Infrastructure Jobs: An Economic Shot in the Arm to the COVID-19 Recession, finds that an infrastructure stimulus would create or save 15 million jobs over 10 years. A majority of the jobs would be for workers with no more than a high school diploma and some non-degreed short-term postsecondary training, while the remaining quarter of infrastructure jobs would require an associate’s degree or higher.
March 2021
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March 2021
Tough Test: The Nation's Troubled Early Learning Assessment Landscape
At a time when the nation is investing significantly more resources into early learning, policymakers have scant information on whether these investments are paying off because of a dearth of dependable information about how much students are learning and developing from preschool through grade 2.
March 2021
The Acceleration Imperative: A Plan to Address Elementary Students’ Unfinished Learning in the Wake of Covid-19
In school districts and charter school networks nationwide, instructional leaders are developing plans to address the enormous challenges faced by their students, families, teachers, and staff over the past year, with their eyes on the moment when everyone can safely be back in classrooms full time.
March 2021
State Funding for Student Mental Health
This policy brief explores and describes common sources of funding that states use to support K-12 school-based mental health programming. It includes a 50-state scan that displays how each state funds student mental health services.
March 2021
Missing Out: Arkansas' Teacher Shortage and How to Fix It
Teachers inspire, build perspective, and ultimately prepare their students for success in life. And research shows that teacher quality is the most important in-school factor affecting student achievement. Unfortunately, Arkansas has faced a massive shortage of certified teachers for decades.
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