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Outcomes-based Tutoring Contracts Get Results, Save Money

This piece originally appeared in The 74 Anyone who sells products to public schools can tell you education is a huge market. Schools spend billions of dollars…

Baton Rouge Students Fast-Track College — in High School

This commentary originally appeared in The 74. Though increasing the number of Black Americans earning postsecondary degrees has been a goal of education policy…

Three Keys to Successful High-Dosage Tutoring

This commentary originally appeared in The 74. In the wake of the pandemic and its devastating impact on student learning, tutoring has been having a moment.

Testimony: Addressing Chronic Absenteeism in the District of Columbia

FutureEd Policy Director Liz Cohen delivered testimony to the Council of the District of Columbia on December 12, 2023, focusing on chronic absenteeism and…

Testimony: How to Retain Teacher Talent in the District of Columbia

FutureEd Director Thomas Toch presented written testimony to the Council of the District of Columbia on December 8, 2023, addressing principal and teacher…

Outdated Absenteeism Data Is Slowing Pandemic School Recovery

Student testing at the national, state and local levels has given policymakers a clear, up-to-date picture of learning loss during the pandemic.

A Long-Term Strategy for Funding High-Quality Tutoring

With millions of students struggling academically in the wake of the pandemic and a raft of research pointing to high quality tutoring as an effective way to raise student achievement, it’s not surprising that upwards of 80 percent of public schools offered some form of tutoring in the 2022-23 school year.

The Looming Medicaid Crisis for Children—and Schools

With the end of the Covid-created federal public health emergency, millions of students are losing access to health care.