Learning Loss
How to Think About Statewide Standardized Testing in 2022
With March Madness underway, students around the country will soon be taking their states’ standardized…
New Data: School Spending in the Time of Covid
Public school spending increased during fiscal year 2020 even as the coronavirus pandemic kept many schools closed,…
Designing Summer Programs That Students Want to Attend
As school districts and states scramble to use federal Covid relief aid to help students…
Perspectives on How Schools Should Spend Covid Relief Aid
Billions of dollars in federal Covid recovery funding are flowing to the nation’s schools: money…
Tennessee’s Impressive Response to Learning Loss
With President Biden’s signing of the American Rescue Plan, state policymakers are suddenly facing the…
The Pandemic Dims a Beacon of School Improvement
For the past decade, Washington, D.C. schools have shone as a success story, with achievement…
Why Small Classroom Interruptions are a Big Problem
Nearly four decades ago, school reform advocate and former dean of the Harvard Graduate School…