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Dear Colleagues,

Demands on schools and colleges are only likely to intensify in the coming months as the coronavirus pandemic surges again. And with Joe Biden moving into the White House in January, we can expect significant changes in federal education policy. Here’s a short summary of the work FutureEd has been doing on these fronts.

Navigating the Pandemic
After months of working with students online and in hybrid settings, teachers across the country have learned some important lessons about how to engage students and address academic and emotional needs during the pandemic. Today, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. ET, FutureEd is joining TeachPlus and Educators for Excellence to host a virtual teacher roundtable discussion, Voices from the Classroom: Teachers on Teaching in a Pandemic. Register here ([link removed][UNIQID]) to receive a link for the conversation.

We have explored both the challenges and opportunities the pandemic has presented educators and education policymakers:
* We partnered with The New York Times to look at how schools, colleges and nonprofits are taking innovative approaches ([link removed][UNIQID]) to a year like no other.
* We detailed how remote learning is wreaking havoc with school enrollment calculations ([link removed][UNIQID]) .
* Our partner Education Resources Strategies outlined key questions ([link removed][UNIQID]) facing schools as they return to in-person instruction.
* An Illinois teacher shared how an unexpected encounter ([link removed][UNIQID]) on Zoom brought her closer to her students.
* And two of our senior fellows wrote for The Hill about how plans for a Covid-19 vaccine ([link removed][UNIQID]) could run headlong into the anti-vax movement among some students and families.


The New Administration
We have outlined recommendations ([link removed][UNIQID]) for the Biden-Harris administration on teacher diversity, charter school innovation and other issues. And to provide a bit of insight into Biden's education team, we produced short profiles of the leader of the president-elect’s Education Department review team ([link removed][UNIQID]) and one of his key education advisors ([link removed][UNIQID]) . And we explored how the renewed interest in climate change ([link removed][UNIQID]) could impact schools.

Reckoning with Racism
Policy Associate Brooke LePage wrote an insightful piece about the many ways that Black girls face bias at school ([link removed][UNIQID]) , both because of their gender and their race. Editorial Director Phyllis Jordan interviewed American University’s Seth Gershenson about his research showing the impact ([link removed][UNIQID]) that just one Black teacher can have on the success of Black students. And University of Southern California researchers shared their research ([link removed][UNIQID]) into who’s talking to their children about racism, and who isn’t.

Podcasts and Webinars
FutureU podcast hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael B. Horn gave us insights into universities in a hybrid setting ([link removed][UNIQID]) , the blurred lines ([link removed][UNIQID]) between in-person and online learning, the fate of graduate schools ([link removed][UNIQID]) amid the pandemic, the admissions process ([link removed][UNIQID]) at selective universities, and the affordability factor at regional public universities ([link removed][UNIQID]) .

Senior fellow Lynn Olson appeared in a NASBE webinar ([link removed][UNIQID]) on the future of standardized testing, and I was part of an NWEA podcast ([link removed][UNIQID]) on the same topic. Editorial Director Phyllis Jordan was a guest on a CPRE podcast ([link removed][UNIQID]) about how governors are spending their discretionary CARES Act dollars.

You can find all of FutureEd’s work at www.future-ed.org ([link removed][UNIQID]) .

Happy Thanksgiving,

Tom

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