Education resources from the RAND Corporation
Congressional newsletter
September 2021
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Millions of students around the country are returning to the classroom for a new school year. A July 2021 RAND survey—a follow-up to one done in May 2021—details parents’ responses concerning school hesitancy and preferences for COVID-19 safety practices in U.S. schools in fall 2021. Even as the delta variant had greatly increased the national number of COVID-19 cases, the portion of parents who planned to send their children to school in-person this fall rose from 84% in May to 89% in July. Yet while 94% of white parents planned to send their children back to school in-person as of July, only 82% of Black and 83% of Hispanic parents planned to do the same.
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Do school districts expect to hit a fiscal cliff after COVID-19 federal aid expires? Do districts feel confident about their capacity or latitude to spend COVID-19 federal aid in ways that will most benefit students? What percent of teachers retired or resigned at the end of the 2020–2021 school year, and how does that compare with pre-pandemic rates? A recent RAND report presents district leaders’ views about staff turnover, hiring, and districts’ financial outlooks at the end of the 2020–2021 school year.
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Under the administration’s proposed American Families Plan, the federal government would address disparities in preschool access by adding $200 billion to the public sector’s investment in high-quality preschool for all three- and four-year-olds. If approved by Congress, how can we be sure that this substantial investment counts?
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Expanding the “middle-skills” sector of the labor force is essential to rebuilding the American middle class. RAND research shows that government, educators, and private industry all have to collaborate to make middle-skills workforce development programs successful, but any of those parties can effectively lead the effort.
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