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Testimony presented before the Florida House of Representatives Education & Employment Committee on January 26, 2021.
Testimony presented before the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee on April 25, 2018, and the Pennsylvania House and Senate Education Committees on April 30, 2018.
Testimony submitted before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on May 16, 2012.
Testimony presented before the Council of the District of Columbia, Committee of the Whole on February 16, 2012.
Testimony presented before the House Education and Labor Committee on February 7, 2007.
Testimony presented to the Oregon State Senate and House Judiciary Committees on March 17, 2005.
Testimony presented before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness Committee on Education and the Workforce U.S. House of Representatives on October 16, 2001.
Testimony presented to the California State Assembly Select Committee on School Safety.
Testimony presented to the California Select Committee on the Master Plan for Education on August 1, 2006.
Testimony presented to the California Little Hoover Commission on June 23, 2005.
Testimony submitted to the California State Senate Education Committee on April 24, 2002.
Testimony presented to the California State Assembly Select Committee on School Safety.
This testimony reviews the findings of RAND/MR-682-OSTEP/ED, Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy.
In untangling the facets that compose public pension crises, RAND researchers identified six common contributors: assumptions, institutional setting, poor governance, lack of expertise, policy culture, and conflicting incentives and interests.
The authors describe findings from a study on how frequently low-income individuals are stacking credentials, whether stacking increases wage-earning opportunities, and which fields provide the best returns from stacking.
This research brief describes findings from an examination of the pipeline between Ohio’s postsecondary education system and the manufacturing workforce, highlighting ways to bolster the supply of manufacturing workers and diversity in the industry.
This research brief summarizes how students' opportunities to prepare for and take advanced math courses in the United States differ by school context. The authors also examine which teachers reported skipping grade-level content and how frequently during the 2021–2022 school year. Finally, the authors summarize the challenges teachers reported facing to high-quality instruction and their need for additional supports.
This report is a descriptive study of eight community colleges at the forefront of implementing multilevel approaches to support student mental health, as well as key facilitators for and barriers to their success.
