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Dear Colleagues,
Like others in the education policy community, FutureEd has sought to help education policymakers and practitioners respond to the economic and health consequences of the coronavirus crisis and the shocking acts of racism and police brutality that have outraged the nation. In keeping with our mission to strengthen educational opportunities and outcomes for the nation’s disadvantaged students, we have produced a range of solution-oriented publications in recent weeks designed to support schools and colleges in a very trying moment.
They include:
  • A revised and expanded guide to reducing chronic student absenteeism that addresses new challenges educators face from the coronavirus and the trauma from recent attacks on African Americans, developed with Attendance Works.
  • Insights into successful advocacy campaigns by a dozen national experts, in a new report produced with our AdvocacyLabs partner 50CAN.
  • A state-by-state analysis of federal stimulus aid to schools and colleges.
  • A breakdown of how students at different ages are handling distance learning.
  • An analysis of whether school districts saved money during this spring’s school closures. 
  • An examination of the troubling impact of the pandemic on teacher pay, and a strategy for addressing the problem. 
  • A strategy for using standardized testing effectively in the coming months. 
  • An argument for expanding national service to put recent colleges graduates to work and help schools address learning loss. 
  • Insights into the pandemic’s impact on college admissions.
  • Podcasts on the pandemic’s consequences for instruction, enrollment, and budgeting in higher education.
  • A state legislation tracker on coronavirus bills related to schools and colleges.
  • A profile of a program that delivers college courses to students in low-income high schools online. 
  • A listing of education events planned for the coming months that have been rescheduled or cancelled. 
This is not an easy time for American students. We all need to do what we can to ensure that they get the education they deserve. 

Thanks very much.
Tom

Thomas Toch
Director, FutureEd
McCourt School of Public Policy
Georgetown University
[email protected]
@thomas_toch
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