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Education Curriculum
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Next Year's Freshman: How Corequisites Might Help Address COVID-19 Learning Loss
Lindsay Daugherty, Trey Miller
Jul 13, 2021
The RAND Blog
As states and colleges look to address learning loss due to COVID-19, it is important that they not turn to traditional models of remediation that prevent students from directly entering college coursework. Instead, they should look to new, effective models of corequisite support.
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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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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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Educational Program Evaluation
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Building an Evidence Base for High School Improvement Will Require Concerted Effort Among Policymakers, School Systems, Researchers, and Funders
Jonathan Schweig, Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner, John F. Pane @JohnFPane
May 12, 2021
The RAND Blog
The ultimate goal of every education intervention is to help enable students to achieve their fullest potential. Relatively few interventions suited for high schools are supported by evidence of positive effects. Research that is able to provide sound evidence about effectiveness is more important than ever.
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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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Imagery Intelligence
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China's Disappeared Uyghurs: What Satellite Images Reveal
Apr 29, 2021
At least one million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have vanished into a sprawling network of camps and prisons in China's far west. Satellite images show brightly lit compounds, wall after wall of barbed wire, and a sudden rush to build what appear to be fortified preschools.
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United States
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President Biden's First Address to Congress: Insights from RAND
Apr 29, 2021
President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, summarizing his administration's early COVID-19 response and outlining plans that aim to loosen the pandemic's year-long grip on a weary nation. The speech reflected the fact that the United States faces policy challenges across a wide range of domains.
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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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Public Health Preparedness
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Trust in the CDC, Teaching Students with Disabilities, Russian Mercenaries: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 9, 2021
This weekly recap focuses declining trust in the CDC, insights from educators about teaching students with disabilities, Russian mercenaries, and more.
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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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Emergency Preparedness
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How Schools Adjusted to Life Under COVID-19
Nov 2, 2020
In spring 2020, nearly every school in America had to figure out how to make distance learning work. Some handed out thick packets of homework for students to do on their own. Others handed out laptops. Most principals agree that better planning for future closures should be a priority.
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Mental Health Treatment
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College Students Need Mental Health Support
Lisa Sontag-Padilla
Oct 12, 2020
The RAND Blog
Rising mental health problems in the United States have long made health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling college students. The pandemic has only exacerbated this concern.
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Education Curriculum
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Parents: Why You Should Care About What Curriculum Materials Your Child Is Using This Year
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman
Oct 2, 2020
The 74 Million
K–12 students getting remote instruction this year may not receive the curriculum they need to master the academic standards they are expected to meet for their grade level. What can parents do to ensure their children are being exposed to standards-aligned, rigorous learning opportunities?
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Social and Emotional Learning
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Learning from School Leaders About SEL During a Time of Crisis
Laura S. Hamilton, Kai Fierle-Hedrick
Sep 4, 2020
The RAND Blog
It would be easy for social and emotional learning to fall by the wayside as school leaders work to address students' health, safety, and learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. Policymakers and funders should take seriously the perspectives and concerns that school leaders have shared.
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Educational Institutions
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To Reopen Schools Safely, Prepare for New COVID-19 Test Capabilities
Peter S. Hussey, John J. Rydzewski
Aug 28, 2020
The RAND Blog
Safely reopening K–12 schools for in-person instruction requires complicated protocols ranging from symptom monitoring to physical distancing, as well as containment of transmission in the community. State policymakers and school leaders could begin planning now to draft, pilot, and evaluate protocols for reopening schools that incorporate rapid testing.
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Education Facilities
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Engaging Learning Spaces Are Important, Even During a Pandemic
Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner
Aug 18, 2020
The RAND Blog
While considering new uses for and formations of school space, planners might also consider whether these spaces will be conducive to learning. Research links the physical condition of learning spaces to improved student physical health and academic performance.
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