States and school districts nationwide have reported higher student absenteeism during the pandemic, with schools shuttered and families struggling with the often devastating consequences of Covid-19.
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Research Brief Series: Twenty Years of Education Funding in the U.S.
Explore this series of research briefs that share information on giving patterns in education over the past twenty years among foundations and grantmakers. The briefs cover funding by education levels, regional funding, and funding by topical areas.
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May 2021
Coggins: With COVID-19 and a Need to Attract New Teachers, a 4-Day in-School Work Week Might Be an Idea Whose Time Has Come
May 2021
Present Danger: Solving the Deepening Student Absenteeism Crisis
May 2021
Out-of-School Time Programs This Summer: Paving the Way for Children to Find Passion, Purpose & Voice - Parent, Teacher & OST Provider Perceptions
New research sheds light on how parents, teachers and OST providers perceive the value of out-of-school time (OST) in children’s social, emotional and academic development.
May 2021
Grappling with Covid’s Impact on Education: Labor and Management Confront the Crisis
Labor-management collaboration is not an absence of conflict or disagreement. It is the ability to work together, lifting up diverse experiences and perspectives, and persevering until we address the issue at hand.
May 2021
COVID-19 School Closures: Long-run Macroeconomic Effects
In this brief, the authors look at labor productivity effects from reduced in-person learning resulting from school closures and remote learning. They estimate that the learning loss from school closures reduced GDP by 3.6 percent in 2050.
May 2021
Accelerate, Don't Remediate
Research suggests more students have experienced more unfinished learning over the last year than ever before. With the COVID-19 pandemic waning, school systems are facing a critical choice about how to respond.
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