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During COVID, Teachers Looked Beyond the Classroom to Meet Students’ Social-Emotional Needs. That Type of Innovation Must Continue
This is an opportunity to do better for students, to find the rich, transformative learning experiences that arose during the COVID-19 crisis and help them take hold, writes Dr. Vicki Phillips.
School Districts Are Starting to Spend COVID Relief Funds. The Hard Part Is Deciding How
District leaders and school business officials are scrambling to allocate significant, and in some cases unprecedented, sums of money while navigating complex bureaucratic hurdles and a public health crisis that continues to bear down on people and institutions across America.
8 ways urban schools are accelerating learning in the wake of COVID
Many administrators have lengthened the school year or school day and expanded summer school programs.
Being Black in Education: Where is the system going wrong?
Evidence demonstrates Black leaders can strengthen achievement and culture — if they get the chance.
States supplement ESSER funds with additional federal aid
Thirty nine states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have appropriated over half of their federal relief funds from the American Rescue Plan, using the aid largely to replace state revenues, including for education budgets, a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows.
American Student Assistance Announces Second Annual "Solve Together" Career Exploration Competition for Middle School Classrooms and Students
American Student Assistance(ASA), a national nonprofit that helps to foster students' understanding of postsecondary education and career pathways, announced today the second annual ASA Solve Together: Tomorrow's Leaders Tackling Today's Challenges competition.
42% of stopped-out young adults cited financial reasons for leaving college, survey finds
A new survey of "disengaged learners" — students who have stopped out of college — found financial reasons to be the top cause for stepping away. Among surveyed adults ages 20-34 who have college credits but are no longer enrolled, 42% cited financial reasons for leaving, 32% blamed family or personal commitments, and 30% said the college wasn't the right fit.
U.S. Department of Education Launches Two Communities of Practice to Help States Address Impact of the Pandemic on Students
The U.S. Department of Education haslaunched two new multistate communities of practice to support states in addressing the impact of lost instructional time from the pandemic on students’ social, emotional, and mental health, and academic well-being.
4 Ways To Build Better Education-Workforce Partnerships
If U.S. employers are seeking workers to fill 10.9 million jobs, how can 8.4 million workers be unemployed? The answer, of course, is found in the myriad disconnects facing the education-workforce system, writes Amy Wimmer Schwarb.