Curriculum and the Classroom
Learning Curve: Lessons from the Tutoring Revolution in Public Education
The report details how to scale and sustain high-quality tutoring beyond federal pandemic-relief funding, profiling three different school models from across the country.
Excellence with Equity: The Case for Rethinking Gifted Education
The report outlines a new vision of advanced education that embraces both academic rigor and equity.
The Reading Revolution: How States are Scaling Literacy Reform
The report assesses the efforts that states have made to improve reading instruction and the challenges to implementing evidence-based practices
Unfinished Agenda: The Future of Standards-Based School Reform
This essay describes the evolution of the standards movement in American education and the need to align standards with curriculum.
Trends in Education
Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Absenteeism Post-Pandemic
The playbook provides more than two dozen proven strategies to help schools bring students back to school regularly.
The New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schools, Explained
The explainer describes the legislative push to expand private-school choice to all students, with an emphasis on empowering parents to choose their children’s school.
Changing the Narrative: The Push for New Equity Measures in Education
The report examines the movement to introduce new equity indicators and its implications for students, educators, and policymakers.
The Teaching Profession
Teachers Like Us: Strategies for Improving Educator Diversity
This report examines the barriers to teacher diversity and the most promising steps needed to recruit and retain more teachers of color.
In Demand: The Real Teacher Shortages and How to Solve Them
This report analyzes teacher supply-and-demand trends and offers policy recommendations for states and school districts post-pandemic.