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Testing the Waters: Insights Into Parent Perspectives on Through-Year Assessment Implementation

Michelle Croft | Titilayo Tinubu Ali | Bonnie O'Keefe

Lasting Change: A Policy Playbook for Improving State K-12 Finance Systems

Indira Dammu | Carrie Hahnel

State Education Finance

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Shared Strategies: An Examination of Bellwether’s School Cohort Program

THOMAS GOLD | PAUL BEACH | MELISSA STEEL KING | LEONARD D.T. NEWBY

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Steps Policymakers Should Take to Make School Funding Data More Accessible

Alex Spurrier

Education and Housing Advocates Must Work Together to Dismantle the Segregation of Our Schools and Communities

Carrie Hahnel

New National Data Shows COVID’s Impact on School Enrollment and State Finance

Krista Kaput

Building Parent Power: A Q&A with Parents Amplifying Voices in Education’s Maya Martin Cadogan

KRISTA KAPUT | KELLY ROBSON FOSTER

News & Press

Request for Information: Filling the Gap Fund

Bellwether

Passing the Bill: How Can States Advance Equitable Education Finance?

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Virtual Learning, Now and Beyond

Bellwether

Small Schools in the Big Apple: How State-Level Policy Inhibits Microschooling and Learning Pods

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Schools Pay More, While Teachers Get Less

Chad Aldeman

How Much Do School Districts Spend on Teacher Pensions?

Chad Aldeman

Make AI Work for Everyone: Underrepresented Students Shouldn’t Be Left Behind

Amy Chen Kulesa | Alex Spurrier

Teacher Appreciation Week: Former Educators Reflect on Time in the Classroom

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Students Speak: A Snapshot of Youth Well-Being in the District of Columbia

Kristen Carroll | Priyanka Patel | Ebony Lambert | Melissa Steel King

An Investment, Not a Gamble

Alex Cortez, Paul Beach, Nick Lee, Lynne Graziano, Brian Robinson, and Kateland Beals

Demystifying Statewide Standardized Assessments

Michelle Croft | Hailly T.N. Korman | Titilayo Tinubu Ali

Filling the Gap to Assemble Supplemental Education Opportunities: A Bellwether Blog Q&A Series featuring Gina Burd at CityTutor DC

Paul Beach

Filling the Gap to Assemble Supplemental Education Opportunities: A Bellwether Blog Q&A Series featuring Shannon Nicholas at Colorado Succeeds and Amy Anderson at RESCHOOL Colorado

Paul Beach

Filling the Gap to Assemble Supplemental Education Opportunities: A Bellwether Blog Q&A Series featuring Erin Martin at Youthprise

Paul Beach

Expanding Opportunity: How States Can Accelerate the Use of Career Pathways Programs to Help Young People Access Meaningful Careers

Linea Koehler | Harold Hinds | Nick Lee

Filling the Gap to Assemble Supplemental Education Opportunities: A Bellwether Blog Q&A Series featuring Kristen McCarver at Bluum

Paul Beach

Filling the Gap to Assemble Supplemental Education Opportunities: A Bellwether Blog Q&A Series featuring People for PSEO’s Zeke Jackson

Paul Beach

Rounding Up: An Analysis of Math Curriculum Effectiveness Studies

Thomas Gold | Kristen Carroll | Leonard D.T. Newby | Melissa Steel King

Levers of Change: How State Policies Support District Innovation

Kelly Robson Foster | Brian Robinson | Titilayo Tinubu Ali

Six Guidelines for Using Public Opinion Research to Understand Parent Preferences

Alex Spurrier | Biko McMillan | Juliet Squire | Andrew J. Rotherham

Honoring Black History Month: Team Reflections

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