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Released this week, “A New Narrative: How Unlocking the Power of R&D through Inclusive Innovation Can Transform Education," is a culmination of years of deep collaboration with school district and community teams engaged in education R&D, and a reflection of the efforts of our dedicated team at the Center for Inclusive Innovation. This new white paper points to the ingenuity of schools and communities as being central not only to education R&D, but also to truly transforming educational opportunities for our nation's learners. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/eUEpbFAd

Reimagining Title II: Building Sustainable Educator Pipelines with ACE A recent EdWeek Market Brief article highlights the untapped potential of Title II funding in supporting our nation's educators. With nearly $2 billion annually available for teacher development and class-size reduction, districts have a significant opportunity to invest in their most valuable asset: their people. However, many districts need to fully leverage these funds to build sustainable, academically, and financially competitive educator pipelines. It's time to reimagine how we use Title II dollars. At the American College of Education (ACE), we believe in fostering collaborative environments that promote growth and expansion, ensuring that your team continues to thrive. We recognize the importance of investing in credit-bearing professional development of educators, as those who feel supported and empowered are more likely to stay engaged for the longer term. Our comprehensive approach includes: 🔹 Targeted pathways that help paraprofessionals gain the competencies to fill critical shortages. 🔹 Specialized skills training with the latest literacy, mathematics, STEM, Content Area Instruction, and cultural competence practices. 🔹 Leadership development programs that prepare talented teachers who aspire to step into being coaches, aspire to be site leaders, or lean into central office administration roles. 🔹 Affordable bachelor's, master's, and doctoral-level degree programs that allow educators to refine their expertise while optimizing existing professional development budgets. By partnering with ACE, districts can ensure they are making smart, sustainable investments in their people that pay dividends for years to come. Read the full EdWeek Market Brief article here: https://lnkd.in/g_BgZq5r To learn more about how ACE's Education Solutions division can help you reimagine your Title II funding strategy, visit: https://lnkd.in/gsCFqPWW #TitleII #EducatorPipeline #AdministratorPipeline #InvestInPeople #ReimagineEducation #EdChat #Education #ACE

Championing the importance of a diverse higher education sector - a new GuildHE manifesto. The higher education sector is made up of a huge range of providers - including conservatoires, smaller universities and specialist institutions - delivering a wide variety of learning environments, course types and qualification routes. The UK higher education sector is stronger for being diverse providing choice for students and education often in remote parts of the UK. However, the financial pressures facing higher education place this diversity at risk. We make a number of recommendations to protect and enhance this diversity to enable both students and higher education institutions to thrive. #universities #highereducation #highered #GE2024 #GeneralElection

ICYDK: It's #CollegeCompletionDay! 🎓🎓🎓 We're joining Third Way and fellow advocates to elevate the need for evidence-based #college completion strategies and increased investment and support of programs proven to increase #StudentSuccess. 📄 Learn here how our #HigherEd team is shaping public policy to help students successfully navigate to—and through—education beyond high school: https://lnkd.in/e2pfZgVS

Though I’m not yet formally in post, I’m happy to share the GuildHE manifesto containing key recommendations for the next government. Our focus must remain on championing the diversity of our sector. It’s richness is derived from its wide variety of providers; some large, some medium-sized, some small; some more traditional, some very new; some providing on-campus, off-campus, blended learning or all 3; all delivering to towns, cities and regions across the devolved nations, enabling students of all ages to undertake lifelong learning that improves their lives, careers and experiences. There is no one-size fits all, and unless we think creatively, we risk losing the diversity that makes UK HE so attractive to both domestic and international students. Not only that, a less attractive, strong and robust system would weaken the UK’s soft power around the world at a time we need to be showing ourselves as deep and meaningful collaborative partners to tackle global challenges. I look forward to working with my GuildHE team and many of you in (and outwith) the sector to secure the strength and diversity of our sector!

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Sit down with NORC’s James R. (Jim) Neumeister and Chandria Jones for a conversation on equity and education as part of our NORC EquityCorps video series. Jim shares his journey from law to education to research and discusses how equity and justice are integral to his work in higher education research. Jim and Chandria discuss: 🏫 The inseparable link between education and equity 🏫 Ensuring research questions address community needs 🏫 Making data actionable for real-world impact 🏫 Higher education's role in sociopolitical discourse The importance of holistic, realistic approaches to educational research. Watch the full interview to learn how NORC is working to promote equity through education research and data-driven insights.

Our exploration of evidence-based practices (EBPs) continues. In this second blog post, we look at the roles and responsibilities of school leaders when it comes to implementing EBPs—and how these tasks can be shared with others to promote school and student success. https://lnkd.in/eDDgXspH

As a multi-year recipient of our Ecosystem grant, Education Evolving is radically rethinking how learning is designed to prepare students for a changing 21st-century world. They make education more relevant and equitable for students by centering WHO the student is, HOW they learn and WHERE they want to go in life. This approach is called student-centered learning, and we believe it prepares kids for greater success. Read more: https://bit.ly/3TrelaY

Every student deserves a great public school that fosters a love of learning and prepares them for a bright future. Discover the seven key areas that make a public school truly great and how we can achieve this vision together. 🌟📚 #GreatPublicSchools #EducationForAll 🔗 Read the full article written by the National Education Association to learn what they recommend: https://lnkd.in/da3HxQmY