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Ukraine
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State of the Union 2022: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Domestic Policy
Mar 2, 2022
In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden rebuked Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, aimed to turn a page on the pandemic, and covered a wide range of domestic issues, including mental health care, prescription drug prices, and supporting veterans.
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Education Administration
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Finding Teachers and Bus Drivers Is a Big Problem, but a Different Staffing Challenge Is Looming in School Districts
Michael DeArmond, Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl, Paul T. Hill
Feb 17, 2022
Center on Reinventing Public Education
The majority of school districts report they don't have enough staff to hire, particularly substitutes, bus drivers, and special education teachers. A recent survey also revealed a major challenge for the superintendency. Only half of superintendents said they were likely to stay in their jobs for the long term.
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Information Operations
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News Manipulation, the Risk of Civil War, Russia and Ukraine: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 19, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on tracking news manipulation during the pandemic, the threat of another civil war, preventing health insurance loss, and more.
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North Korea
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North Korea, Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military, America's Labor Shortage: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 5, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how to deal with a nuclear North Korea, preventing sexual violence in the military, supporting immigrant children in U.S. schools, and more.
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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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Preschool Children
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Parenting During the Pandemic: Communicating with Children About COVID-19
Lucy Gilder, Emma Leenders
Sep 20, 2021
The RAND Blog
School and nursery closures, lockdowns, and ongoing pandemic restrictions brought huge changes to children and families. The way parents communicated with their children about these events was vital in helping children to cope.
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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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