Many districts, like Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), are using ESSER funds to invest in high-dosage tutoring programs as a way to combat learning loss caused by the pandemic. We sat...
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Brizard currently serves as President and CEO of Digital Promise, a global, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused on accelerating innovation in education.
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This new initiative is designed to support evidence-based spending, analyze the impact of COVID recovery funds, and provide a platform for the field to learn from one another and reflect...
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School districts across the country have been strategically allocating their ESSER funds to address immediate student need AND invest in long-term sustainability.
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Here are five ways state policymakers and advocates can take advantage of ESSER funding to shape the path for meaningful change in schools and school districts.
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In most K-12 school districts across the country, the beginning of the 2021-22 school year has been different — in some ways, wildly different — from what school and district...
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Collectively, Angela King Smith and Ventura Rodríguez, Jr., bring to the ERS team more than four decades of experience driving equity and excellence in public education
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