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That’s What Friends Are For (To help shed light on critical policy issues in alternative education)

This is part three of a three-part blog series on alternative education. Please read the first and second posts, found here. I am lucky to call all the participants on AYPF’s recent study tour to Denver, Colorado friends. They are

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How Evidence-Based Strategies Can Help Struggling Schools

For the final post of our eight-part “Using Research Evidence Under ESSA” blog series, Laurie Lee shares resources developed by the Florida Center for Reading Research, and Steve Fleischman discusses Evidence4Ed, an online tool currently being developed. Laurie Lee: The Every Student

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Are We Doing Enough to Build the Evidence and Learning Systems That Will Improve State Practices?

This is the seventh post in our eight-part blog series on using research evidence under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Check back every week for the latest installment. Also, be sure to sign up for our March 7 webinar, ESSA and Research Evidence:

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Intermediaries as Brokers of Knowledge in Education

This is the sixth post in our eight-part blog series on using research evidence under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Check back every week for the latest installment. Also, be sure to sign up for our March 7 webinar, ESSA and Research Evidence:

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Programs Versus Practices: What’s the “What” in What Works?

This is the fifth post in our eight-part blog series on using research evidence under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Check back every week for the latest installment. Also, be sure to sign up for our March 7 webinar, ESSA and Research

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Learning Systems: Improving Education in States and Districts

This post, co -authored by Vivian Tseng and Anu Malipatil, is the first in our eight-part blog series on using research evidence under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Check back every week for the latest installment. Also be sure to sign

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The Pendulum Swings Again, and Students Win

I’ve worked in education policy long enough to have seen many pendulum swings. We are seeing a big pendulum swing now, as we pull back from the era of No Child Left Behind and what I would call the technocratic

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Why the Buzz Around ESSA’s Fifth Indicator Worries Me as a Teacher

Imagine telling a child (or a school for that matter) that they failed because they weren’t gritty enough. As a teacher, I fail students when they do not master academic content. It doesn’t matter how gritty or empathetic or

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5 Best Practices for Youth in Foster Care Post-ESSA

On June 23rd, 2016 the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released non-binding guidance on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and children in foster care. This guidance is meant to help education and

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What Do the ESSA Proposed Regulations Mean for At-Risk Students?

The newly proposed draft regulations for the Every Student Success Act (ESSA), released by the U.S. Department of Education on May 26th, not only give clarity to states about how to interpret the law—they also provide a clearer picture of

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