Week 164
“When students fall behind, they don’t just catch up naturally … It is magical thinking to expect they will make this happen without a major inc...
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Week 162
“The shortcomings of the U.S. education system are clear in terms of the inequity you end up with: the kind of jobs, salaries, mobility you’d like...
Week 160
It is week 160 of our new reality, and we are thinking about how much progress we are making as a country in putting the focus on the science of readi...
Week 158
It is week 158 of our new reality, and Geoffrey Canada is stunned that our leaders aren’t more fired up about the crisis in our schools.
Week 156
It is week 156 of our new reality, and state legislative sessions are heating up across the country while advances in AI are upending how teachers tea...
Week 154
This week, we look at a successful summer proof point and the need to replicate it widely and share promising work in supporting English language lear...
Week 152
It is week 152 of our new reality and David Brooks is asking why our nation’s leaders seem so “blissfully unaware” of the crisis in our schools.
Week 150
It is week 150 of our new reality. “To what extent has the learning progress of school-aged children slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic?” as...
Week 148
Today, in this Special Edition, we take a closer look at 50CAN’s build and spark initiatives with a focus on the year ahead.
Week 146
It is week 146 of our new reality, the first for this roundup in the new year.
Week 142
It's week 142 of our new reality and it's also the last week of the year for this roundup in 2022. So in this edition we are looking back on what we l...
Week 140
It is week 140 of our new reality and across the country analysts and advocates are trying to make sense of last week’s elections.