Resources from the Field
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This review from the Brady Education Foundation's staff examines research on early childhood efforts and finds that the research provides strong evidence concerning the effects of early care and education (ECE), however a review using antiracist framework reveals limitations not yet widely considered.
Because the OST sector is rooted in the principles of youth development including creating safe and welcoming spaces for all young people, the sector is primed to be a leader in using similar philosophies to enact equitable hiring and staff development practices.
A growing body of research underscores the importance of teacher diversity for student outcomes. This report is the teachers’ blueprint for change and zeroes in on what it would take to enact their vision for the profession.
Across all 50 states, there are different ways in which states allocate K-12 and special education funding to districts.
States can pull a number of policy levers to help school districts develop, support and maintain a large corps of effective school principals.
The United States needs an all-one-system approach to youth policy. The publication, If Not Now, When? The Urgent Need for an All-One-System Approach to Youth Policy, suggests major changes in programs for youth from early childhood through early career.
Are there widespread teacher shortages in U.S. public education? Recent headlines suggest there are. But a closer look at school staffing trends in recent years yields a different story, one with important consequences for education policymakers.
From May 2020 to September 2021, Mathematica partnered with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Catalyst:Ed, and nine K–12 education grantees to launch the Capacity Building for Strategic Learning initiative.
Between 2015 and 2018, the AFT Innovation Fund supported innovative career and technical education (CTE) efforts in four communities: Miami, Peoria, Pittsburgh and San Francisco.
A growing body of research underscores the importance of teacher diversity for student outcomes. At a time when our student population is increasingly more diverse and schools need more Black educators, the representation gap between teachers and students of color remains wide.