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ICYMI: The pandemic exacerbated a problem that has been growing for decades: students lacking foundational reading skills. Today's fourth-graders are paying the steepest price. Dr. Brown discusses what works to put them on the path to literacy -- and doesn't -- in her recent blog series. Start with part 1: https://hubs.li/Q02yHPxc0

I am proud to have co-authored “Accelerate Learning Now: Strategies for Sustaining High-impact Tutoring Post-ESSER” for Saga Education. High-Impact Tutoring has some of the strongest evidence-based research for improving student achievement. This paper provides a suite of strategies that state and district leaders, policymakers, and education advocates can use to continue supporting students with high-impact tutoring when federal funding expires. https://lnkd.in/eK534rKn

New Research: Exploring the audience-narrative landscape for education in the U.S. Most people don’t always draw the connection between “my school” and how the government, and their role as voters, helps shape education policy. We recently teamed up with murmuration to establish a narrative foundation that can connect these “big” and “little” stories about education and schools and point us toward a future where the public education system in the U.S. works for every student. Highlights include:  • Education is a “daylight” issue, one that separates substantially from partisanship, likely because education affects so many of us every day as students and as parents. Values define audiences, not policies. • Voters who say that education is their top “political issue” are also the least likely to turn out to vote. • “Culture war” narratives around education and schools appeal mostly to politically engaged audiences. • The stories less political audiences seek out about education are about its characters: teachers and students. • Audiences have specific narratives of education, and bring their personal school stories to “education” messaging. Curious to learn more? Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e2YvjnjZ

Assessing student literacy skills just got smarter! ✅ Dive into our blog post to explore how #scienceofreading principles can revolutionize your assessment methods: http://spr.ly/6040uI0qg

Looking for a course that discusses the components of evidence-based, structured literacy instruction? Check out the #Neuhaus Structured Literacy Modules! The modules provide an in-depth explanation of the ways research grounded in the science of reading informs structured literacy, why the components of structured literacy are necessary for developing skilled readers, and how these components can be practically applied during direct instruction. https://bit.ly/44csH0G #LiteracyForAll

Students first, always. You can refute the data that clearly outlines the need for student-centered decision-making. As you plan for next year, how do you ensure your decisions honor students’ needs over adult wants? What are your checks and balances?

#ESSER funds can get you short-term fixes or long-term, sustainable changes for students and educators. State and district leaders, learn how to get long-term change: Register today for "Introduction to School Staffing Design with Results: Unlocking the 5 Opportunity Culture® Design Principles!" https://loom.ly/_3_VcxE

The K12 Research for Equity Hub (The Hub) launched its second research cycle and is accepting #research proposals until December 15, 2023! 🔗 Access the research agenda and RFP at edudream.org/thehub. Cycle 2's Scope of Work explores: 🔹 State and local #accountability systems' measures of student achievement and school quality, 🔹 how families and communities understand and use the measures, and 🔹 how the systems inform school improvement. The research aims to understand how the federal #education policy, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), encourages or impedes the development and use of alternative accountability systems. #RequestforProposals #CallforProposals

Students' needs are diverse, and we all must be evolving to meet them where they are. Equity, accessibility, and affordability are at the forefront of every decision we make. How are you reaching every student? Uncover more in the EDUCAUSE Top 10: https://hubs.ly/Q028mB_x0

🔦 💡 ICYMI: Education Reimagined published a new report with a comprehensive 50-state landscape analysis of education policy through a non-partisan lens to better understand the conditions learner-centered leaders are facing. This is an astounding resource for understanding how we can create flexible and adaptable learning systems based on a community's needs that support an equitable and learner-centered future. Add it to your summer reading list! 🏖