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What Is Really Polarizing Schools Right Now?
Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl
Mar 14, 2022
Education Week
Political polarization that rises to the level of interfering with schooling isn't simply a headache; it's a fundamental problem for public education. When there is deep disagreement over the essentials—what schools teach, how they keep children safe—schools are at risk of becoming ungovernable.
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Russia
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Putin's State of Mind, the Digital Skills Gap, International Women's Day: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 11, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on deterring Russian President Vladimir Putin, understanding America’s gun policy debate, improving teacher diversity, and more.
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Teachers and Teaching
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'Grow Your Own' Prep Programs Can Improve Diversity of the Teaching Workforce
Benjamin K. Master, Christopher Joseph Doss @Chris_J_Doss
Mar 9, 2022
The 74 Million
Black and Hispanic educators are much more likely than white educators to say they plan to leave the profession, threatening to exacerbate an already overwhelming lack of diversity. Local, “grow your own” alternative teacher preparation programs can help to strengthen the diversity of the teaching workforce, as well as enable districts to address broader staffing challenges.
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Refugees
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Refugees, Women's Health Research, Supporting Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap
Feb 18, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on the humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in women’s health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.
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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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Teachers and Teaching
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Problems in U.S. Schools, Conflict with Russia, Opioid Trafficking: RAND Weekly Recap
Feb 11, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on what America's school district leaders are worried about, how to break the cycle of conflict with Russia, a new report on synthetic opioid trafficking, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021
Dec 22, 2021
As another extraordinary year draws to a close, we continue to believe that objective, nonpartisan research and analysis has a key role to play in navigating what continues to be a difficult time. Here are the 10 research projects that resonated most with rand.org readers in 2021.
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Civic Education
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How State Critical Race Theory Bans Could Trickle Down to the Classroom
Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman, Alice Huguet
Aug 31, 2021
The 74
Given the potential blowback to teaching anything related to race or gender, avoiding lessons on the experiences of women or people of color will be the path of least resistance in many schools. But discussing racism and sexism in a safe environment is crucial for students to become active, knowledgeable citizens.
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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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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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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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Teacher Incentives
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What Factors Affecting Retention Matter Most to Teachers?
Hui Lu, Peter Burge
Apr 5, 2021
Schools Week
Maintaining an adequate supply of teachers is a challenge and an area of significant concern. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, a set of interventions developed to target the preferences and expectations of specific groups of teachers is likely to be most effective.
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Teacher Training
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Teachers Lost Out on Professional Learning During the Pandemic. Here's How Summer Programs Could Help
Elizabeth D. Steiner @ED_Steiner, Laura Stelitano
Mar 5, 2021
The RAND Blog
For thousands of teachers across the United States, 2020 was a year of uncertainty. Many lacked access to their usual professional learning activities. Summer programs for students that also offer learning opportunities for teachers might help make up for lost time.
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Education Curriculum
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The Overlooked Support Teachers Are Missing: A Coherent Curriculum
Morgan Polikoff, Elaine Lin Wang, Julia H. Kaufman @juliahkaufman
Mar 3, 2021
Education Week
America is still too far off from the classrooms envisioned by standards advocates, and it will take sustained effort from educational leaders to reach these ambitious goals. States and districts could prioritize efforts to support teachers to understand and implement standards both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teachers and Teaching
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Teachers Quit Due to Stress, Peace in Yemen, America's Middle Class: RAND Weekly Recap
Feb 26, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how stress leads teachers to quit their jobs, U.S. strategy in the Middle East, America's shrinking middle class, and more.
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