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Analysis about America's education system by researchers, leaders and educators

school finance
school finance

America’s Trillion-Dollar School System: 5 Trends Explain Where the Money Goes

Aldeman: Enrollment is down, spending has risen substantially and staffing has expanded, yet pay has stagnated and student outcomes remain uneven.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
podcast
podcast

Stamping the Moment in Time: The Evolving Challenges and Opportunities in Education

鈥業 think AI is forcing action in a way that even COVID didn鈥檛.鈥� Season 8 will explore tech making high school transformation more urgent than ever.

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn
Bright Spots
Bright Spots
Bright Spots

For Kids With Challenges, These Missouri Schools Are Bright Spots for Reading

Aldeman: At 15 schools statewide, literacy scores for low-income students, English learners & children with disabilities are much higher than expected.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
analysis
analysis
Spotlight Missouri

Even With Extra Funding, Missouri Charters Lag Behind Local District Schools

Griffith: It's time to recognize charter schools for the excellent education and options they provide and fund them accordingly.

David Griffith
Author: David Griffith
Analysis
Analysis

The Academic Year Is Getting Longer, But Students Aren鈥檛 Getting More School

Aldeman: With vacation breaks, long weekends and religious holidays, 180 days of instruction in Fairfax County, Virginia, stretch out over 297 days.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Coronavirus

Marar: With State Budgets in Crisis, Now Is the Time to Fix Public School Financing to Make It Fairer and More Effective

Satya Marar
Coronavirus

Analysis: Reopening Schools Will Be a Huge Challenge for Education Leaders. Here Is a Road Map to Help With Their Planning

Dr. Mario Ramirez & Andrew Buher
Coronavirus

Steiner & Weisberg: When Students Go Back to School, Too Many Will Start the Year Behind. Here鈥檚 How to Catch Them Up 鈥� in Real Time

David Steiner & Daniel Weisberg
Coronavirus

Aldeman: Teacher Pensions Took a Beating in the Great Recession and Passed the Costs on to New Employees. It鈥檚 Probably Going to Happen Again

Chad Aldeman
Coronavirus

Bouygues: Online Learning Is Here to Stay 鈥� but Don鈥檛 Abandon Pencil and Paper Just Yet

Helen Lee Bouygues
Coronavirus

Analysis: When It Comes to Remote Learning, Too Many States Are Telling School Districts, 鈥榊ou鈥檙e on Your Own鈥�

Bree Dusseault, Georgia Heyward & Ashley Jochim
Coronavirus

Analysis: The National Education Association Cancels Atlanta Assembly, Will Hold Limited Virtual Convention in July

Mike Antonucci
Coronavirus

Analysis: Restarting K-12 Schools Is Difficult Enough 鈥� Without Good Data About Their Students, It鈥檚 Much Harder for Pre-K. States Must Do Better

Elliot Regenstein & Chris Strausz-Clark
Coronavirus

Wilson: Meet 3 Indianapolis Charter School Networks That Are All In on Virtual Learning

Steven Wilson
Coronavirus

Analysis: A Month In, Districts and Charters Make Progress on Online Instruction and Monitoring Student Progress, Lag in Grading and Attendance

Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault
Analysis

Medler: By Applying for Federal Waivers, States Can Shake Loose Grant Funding to Help Schools During the Pandemic. Here鈥檚 How

Alex Medler
Coronavirus

Boser: Students Want Learning to Be Easy. But for Learning to Be Valuable, the Brain Has to Struggle

Ulrich Boser
Coronavirus

Analysis: Keeping Teachers at the Center of the Classroom 鈥� Physical or Virtual 鈥� Is Key to Learning, Especially for Low-Income Kids

Amber Oliver, Nirvani Budhram & Steve Azeka
Coronavirus

Gestson: My Arizona School District Contacts Every Student, Every Day, to Check on Families鈥� Physical, Mental & Emotional Health. Yours Can, Too

Chad Gestson
Coronavirus

Analysis: How 18 Top Charter School Networks Are Adapting to Online Education, and What Other Schools Can Learn From Them

Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault
Coronavirus

Laurens: 12 Million Kids Lack Internet Access. Now Is the Time for the Government to Step In and Close the Digital Divide

Dana Laurens
Coronavirus

Bradford: $13B in Stimulus Money for K-12 Schools Is a Good Start. But All Types of Schools Will Need More Help From the Feds in Order to Reopen

Derrell Bradford
Coronavirus

Analysis: Schools Are Making Slow Transition From Classroom to Cloud. What 82 Districts and 18 Charter Management Organizations Are Doing

Robin Lake & Bree Dusseault
Social-Emotional Learning

Tran: Math, Writing, Science History & SEL 鈥� Integrating Social-Emotional Learning Into Academics Sets Students on the Road to Success

Janet Tran
Analysis

Imagining a 2020 March Madness Bracket 鈥� for Social Mobility. Here Are the Colleges Best at Guiding Students Up the Income Ladder

Jorge Klor de Alva
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