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Educational Equity

Immigrants and Emigrants
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Addressing Immigration Doesn't End at the Border—Schools Need Help
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman, Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson
Nov 1, 2021
Houston Chronicle
All children in the United States have a right to a public education, regardless of their immigration status. But schools are not funded or staffed adequately to support a growing student population or to handle sudden surges in enrollment due to large numbers of displaced children arriving at the border.
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Education Administration
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Four-Day School Weeks, Domestic Terrorism, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 8, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the trade-offs of a four-day school week, how to counter domestic violent extremism, racial disparities in who is convicted of more-serious speeding charges, and more.
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Immigrants and Emigrants
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Supporting Undocumented and Asylum-Seeking Children, L.A. Housing, Veterans: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 1, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on educating and supporting undocumented and asylum-seeking children in U.S. schools, what drives America's adversaries to use military forces, and measuring the compounding effects of racism.
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Racial Discrimination
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The Compounding Effects of Racism: Q&A with James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña
James M. Anderson, Rachel Perera, Heather Gomez-Bendaña, Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
Sep 10, 2021
RAND's James Anderson, Rachel Perera, and Heather Gomez-Bendaña are working to create an interactive tool that illustrates how the effects of bias compound over time. Their aim is to improve understanding of how seemingly small disparities can add up to create significant inequality.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Pandemic-Era Parties, China's Global Influence, Reducing Infant Mortality: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 2, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on assessing the risk of small gatherings during the pandemic, China's ability to exert influence around the world, using big data to reduce infant mortality, and more.
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Educational Institutions
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The Remote Learning Paradox: Some Educators, Parents Want to Keep Online Classes Option Even Though Instruction Suffered
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman, Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl, Melissa Kay Diliberti
Jun 24, 2021
The 74
Despite remote learning not going particularly well during the pandemic, about one-third of U.S. schools are keeping it as an option. Is remote learning a pandemic blip or a permanent feature of public education moving ahead?
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Teachers and Teaching
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Stress Among U.S. Teachers, Russia's Global Interests, Investing in Equity: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 18, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on job-related stress among U.S. public school teachers, Russia's global interests, promoting social equity through infrastructure investments, and more.
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Preschool
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Making Preschool Investments Count Through the American Families Plan
Lynn A. Karoly, Jill S. Cannon
Jun 3, 2021
The RAND Blog
The American Families Plan would address disparities in preschool access by adding $200 billion for high-quality preschool for all three- and four-year-olds. How can we make sure that this historic investment, if approved by Congress, counts?
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Reopening the U.S. Economy, Geoengineering, 5G: RAND Weekly Recap
May 28, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the potential effects of reopening the economy before the White House's vaccination goal is met, students' learning experiences during the pandemic, competition in the 5G era, and more.
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Educational Equity
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Pandemic Education, Working Mothers, Predicting Cyber Threats: RAND Weekly Recap
May 14, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the urban-rural divide in pandemic education, supporting working moms, what makes a good COVID-19 reopening plan, and more.
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Students
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The American Rescue Plan Is a Chance to Support Students with Disabilities. Here Are Some Investments Worth Considering
Laura Stelitano, Melissa Kay Diliberti, Katie Feistel, Heather Gomez-Bendaña
May 5, 2021
The 74
National surveys of K–12 teachers provide insight into challenges for effectively educating students with disabilities during the pandemic and beyond. Understanding these challenges can help identify important funding options to address gaps.
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Emerging Technologies
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The Power of Invention—and the Value of Diversity and Inclusion
May 4, 2021
Inventions benefit society and improve lives. Their economic impacts show the value of investing in more young people and their opportunities for learning. Policymakers could support programs that encourage more women, racial/ethnic minorities, and people from lower-income families to become inventors.
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Summer Learning
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Commit Now to Get Summer Programming Right
Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl, Catherine H. Augustine, Jennifer Sloan McCombs
Apr 15, 2021
The RAND Blog
When summer programs are targeted to needs, intentionally designed, and well attended, they produce positive outcomes in math and reading. But these programs need federal support, and they require early planning.
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Students
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Unpacking COVID-19's Long-Term Effects on Students
Jonathan Schweig, Andrew McEachin, Megan Kuhfeld
Dec 29, 2020
The RAND Blog
The pandemic has created an unprecedented set of obstacles for schools and exacerbated existing structural inequalities in public education. It may take years to understand how COVID-19 affected student learning and social and emotional development and to identify any lasting effects on low-income communities and communities of color.
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Educational Equity
commentary
Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic Highlights Educational Inequity
Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward
Dec 23, 2020
The RAND Blog
The ability to telework is associated with both reduced risk of COVID-19 infection and with significantly lower risk of job loss. There are large disparities in who is able to telework by race and ethnicity—but even larger ones by educational attainment.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Most Popular RAND Research of 2020
Dec 21, 2020
Here are the RAND research projects that resonated most in 2020, a year unlike any in living memory. Topics include remote learning, election disinformation, income inequality, and more.
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