Thomas Toch · [email protected]

November 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM

FutureEd Subscriber Survey

FutureEd Subscriber Survey Dear Colleagues, Three years ago, we asked you for your feedback on FutureEd's work to guide the relaunch of our website. Your insights were invaluable, and now we’d love to hear from you ag…

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October 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM

Webinar: The Future of State Standardized Testing

Webinar: The Future of State Standardized Testing View this email in your browser Statewide standardized testing has long been a cornerstone of public education, providing valuable insights into school performance and drivi…

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October 8, 2024 at 1:46 PM

The New Private School Choice Landscape, Rhode Island's Governor on Chronic Absenteeism

The New Private School Choice Landscape, Rhode Island's Governor on Chronic Absenteeism New Report Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling FutureEd's late…

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September 30, 2024 at 2:29 PM

Webinar: Rhode Island's Statewide Strategy for Addressing Chronic Absenteeism

Webinar: Rhode Island's Statewide Strategy for Addressing Chronic Absenteeism View this email in your browser Under the leadership of Governor Daniel McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Education has built a statewide coa…

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September 3, 2024 at 2:01 PM

Webinar: A Report Card on the College Remedial-Ed Reform Movement

Webinar: A Report Card on the College Remedial-Ed Reform Movement View this email in your browser In the early 2010s, a broad coalition of stakeholders launched one of the most impressive reform movements in American educat…

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August 6, 2024 at 3:11 PM

A State Tackles Student Absenteeism

A State Tackles Student Absenteeism View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, Among the dire educational consequences of the pandemic, the impact on student absenteeism stands out. The pandemic’s long months of remote learning, hyb…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

July 30, 2024 at 1:25 PM

Winning at Education Advocacy, Simplified

Winning at Education Advocacy, Simplified View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   It has been a busy summer for AdvocacyLabs, the partnership between 50CAN and FutureEd that provides research-based insights into promoting change…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

June 24, 2024 at 1:32 PM

The Crisis of Unprepared College Students; Webinars, Podcasts

The Crisis of Unprepared College Students; Webinars, Podcasts View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, For decades, millions of college students—including more than half of all those enrolled in community colleges—were barred from…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

June 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM

The Crisis of Unprepared College Students; Webinars, Podcasts

The Crisis of Unprepared College Students; Webinars, Podcasts View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, For decades, millions of college students—including more than half of all those enrolled in community colleges—were barred from…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

May 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM

A New Blueprint for State Testing, Scaling Tutoring, Kaya Henderson Interview

A New Blueprint for State Testing, Scaling Tutoring, Kaya Henderson Interview View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, Statewide standardized testing has played a central role in education policy for decades, as policymakers have …

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

May 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM

Webinar: Rethinking Gifted Education

Webinar: Rethinking Gifted Education View this email in your browser Few policies in public education have been as contentious as how schools identify and educate their most academically able students. Some seek to dismantl…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

April 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM

Rethinking Gifted Education, Tutoring's Future, ESSER Insights

Rethinking Gifted Education, Tutoring's Future, ESSER Insights View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,    The education sector is understandably focused on helping students recover academic ground lost during the pandemic. That’s …

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April 8, 2024 at 1:08 PM

Rethinking Gifted Education, Tutoring's Future, ESSER Insights

Rethinking Gifted Education, Tutoring's Future, ESSER Insights View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,    The education sector is understandably focused on helping students recover academic ground lost during the pandemic. That’s …

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February 8, 2024 at 3:42 PM

Webinar: Scaling and Sustaining High-Quality Tutoring

Webinar: Scaling and Sustaining High-Quality Tutoring View this email in your browser As many as 80 percent of school districts and charter school organizations have launched tutoring programs to help students rebound from …

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January 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM

The Tutoring Revolution in Public Education, State Education Trends, AI in the Classroom

The Tutoring Revolution in Public Education, State Education Trends, AI in the Classroom View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   How often does it happen that a national policy priority, robust research, and the aspirations of c…

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December 21, 2023 at 3:02 PM

New Work, the Year in Review, and the Year Ahead

New Work, the Year in Review, and the Year Ahead View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, With the holiday season underway, we thought we’d share two new FutureEd publications, a selection of our work from the past 12 months, and …

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

November 13, 2023 at 5:53 PM

Extended Learning Time Explainer, Catholic Schools Leader Speaks

Extended Learning Time Explainer, Catholic Schools Leader Speaks View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the latest edition of the FutureEd newsletter.   As part of our work exploring strategies to strengthen the natio…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 2:00 PM

AdvocacyLabs Webinar: Community Organizing in Education

AdvocacyLabs Webinar: Community Organizing in Education View this email in your browser Join 50CAN’s Marc Porter Magee on Tuesday, November 14 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern for a webinar on research-based approaches to community org…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

October 16, 2023 at 2:58 PM

Reading Reform; Community Organizing; and “The Churn”

Reading Reform; Community Organizing; and “The Churn” View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, Much of our work at FutureEd explores ways to address systemic challenges facing the education sector. Nowhere is this more important t…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

October 12, 2023 at 4:56 PM

Webinar: Taking the Science of Reading to Scale

Webinar: Taking the Science of Reading to Scale View this email in your browser Through their legislative advocacy, parents and advocates lit the spark that launched a reading revolution in more than 30 states. But now the …

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

August 14, 2023 at 3:38 PM

Steep Hurdles, Smart Strategies for a New School Year

Steep Hurdles, Smart Strategies for a New School Year View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   As the education sector caught its collective breath this summer, FutureEd produced several analyses that reflect the magnitude of the …

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August 7, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Webinar: State Policy Solutions for Reducing Student Absenteeism

Webinar: State Policy Solutions for Reducing Student Absenteeism View this email in your browser Many solutions to spiraling chronic absenteeism focus on what educators and schools can do on the ground. Increasingly, though, …

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

June 20, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Inside the Reading Revolution, Deep Dive on California Covid Spending

Inside the Reading Revolution, Deep Dive on California Covid Spending View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   As another challenging post-pandemic school year comes to an end, we’re pleased to share some of our recent work: The R…

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June 1, 2023 at 3:46 PM

Webinar: The Changing Private-School Choice Landscape

Webinar: The Changing Private-School Choice Landscape View this email in your browser As states’ 2023 legislative sessions come to a close, join FutureEd for a conversation about the new wave of private-school-choice programs i…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

May 25, 2023 at 2:52 PM

Webinar (New Link): The Changing Private-School Choice Landscape

Webinar (New Link): The Changing Private-School Choice Landscape View this email in your browser As states’ 2023 legislative sessions come to a close, join FutureEd for a conversation about the new wave of private-school-choice…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

May 25, 2023 at 2:09 PM

Webinar: The Changing Private-School Choice Landscape

Webinar: The Changing Private-School Choice Landscape View this email in your browser As states’ 2023 legislative sessions come to a close, join FutureEd for a conversation about the new wave of private-school-choice programs i…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

May 8, 2023 at 3:07 PM

The School Attendance Crisis

The School Attendance Crisis View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, Among the dire educational consequences of the pandemic, the impact on student absenteeism stands out. The long months of remote learning, hybrid schedules and re…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

April 20, 2023 at 2:06 PM

How Education Advocates Can Shape Electoral Politics

How Education Advocates Can Shape Electoral Politics View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, In our latest AdvocacyLabs report, a joint initiative with 50CAN, we explore the world of election advocacy. Researched and written by 50C…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

March 30, 2023 at 3:25 PM

FutureEd’s Latest Work

FutureEd’s Latest Work View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   I just returned from the Association for Education Finance and Policy conference in Denver and was struck by the range of research underway on education innovations. T…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

March 21, 2023 at 2:28 PM

Webinar: Strategies for Increasing Teacher Diversity

Webinar: Strategies for Increasing Teacher Diversity View this email in your browser A diverse teaching force, research makes clear, benefits all students—improving attitudes about race and young people’s sense of self-effica…

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March 10, 2023 at 2:56 PM

The New Wave of Public Funding for Private Schooling, Explained

The New Wave of Public Funding for Private Schooling, Explained View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, When Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Wednesday permitting any Arkansas student to use public money to pay for pr…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

February 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM

FutureEd 2.0: A New Look, a New Website, New Team Members and New Work

FutureEd 2.0: A New Look, a New Website, New Team Members and New Work View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   When we launched FutureEd as a solution-oriented think tank six years ago, we wanted to contribute to the important wor…

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December 21, 2022 at 4:08 PM

The Education Year in Review; the Year Ahead

The Education Year in Review; the Year Ahead View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, The American education system was a hospitalized patient in 2022—on a path to recovery from the devastating early stages of the pandemic but beset…

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December 5, 2022 at 4:36 PM

Webinar: Solving the Teacher Shortage Challenge

Webinar: Solving the Teacher Shortage Challenge View this email in your browser School districts have faced enormous challenges in staffing the nation’s nearly 100,000 public schools since the start of the pandemic, prompting…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

November 15, 2022 at 3:57 PM

Webinar: Unfinished Agenda: The Future of Standards-Based School Reform

Webinar: Unfinished Agenda: The Future of Standards-Based School Reform View this email in your browser Sharp declines in reading and math scores during the pandemic have highlighted the continuing need to align high standards …

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October 24, 2022 at 1:44 PM

Future Ed Analysis: What the Pandemic Did to State, NAEP Test Scores

Future Ed Analysis: What the Pandemic Did to State, NAEP Test Scores  FutureEd has analyzed what NAEP and state standardized testing show about academic achievement. View this email in your browser FutureEd Analysis: What the Pandemic Did t…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

October 11, 2022 at 2:36 PM

7 Ways Covid Aid is Reshaping The Teaching Profession, Other FutureEd News

7 Ways Covid Aid is Reshaping The Teaching Profession, Other FutureEd News View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, Teacher shortages dominated education headlines during the summer. The billions of dollars of federal pandemic-relie…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

July 21, 2022 at 3:08 PM

What Works in Policy Advocacy, New Parent Voices, Deep Dive on a State’s Covid-Aid Spending Plans

What Works in Policy Advocacy, New Parent Voices, Deep Dive on a State’s Covid-Aid Spending Plans View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, I hope you're enjoying the summer and a well-deserved break before schools reopen. At FutureEd…

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June 30, 2022 at 4:02 PM

The Future of the Standards Movement, Covid Spending in Red and Blue States

The Future of the Standards Movement, Covid Spending in Red and Blue States View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, The long campaign to raise standards in the nation’s public schools may be out of fashion in school refor…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

June 23, 2022 at 2:57 PM

The Future of the Standards Movement, Covid Billions, Florida Textbook Fallout

The Future of the Standards Movement, Covid Billions, Florida Textbook Fallout View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, The long campaign to raise standards in the nation’s public schools may be out of fashion in school re…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

April 12, 2022 at 3:02 PM

The New Parent Activism, The Tutoring Movement, What’s Next for Standardized Testing

The New Parent Activism, The Tutoring Movement, What’s Next for Standardized Testing View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, A new generation of local parent organizations had begun to emerge in public education in the years before…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

March 14, 2022 at 1:59 PM

Webinar: Local Perspectives on Covid-Relief Spending

Webinar: Local Perspectives on Covid-Relief Spending View this email in your browser With billions in federal Covid-relief aid flowing to K-12 schools, what do we know about how school districts and charter organizations plan to spend it?…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

March 7, 2022 at 4:05 PM

Webinar: Local Perspectives on Covid-Relief Spending

Webinar: Local Perspectives on Covid-Relief Spending View this email in your browser With billions in federal Covid-relief aid flowing to K-12 schools, what do we know about how school districts and charter organizations plan to spend it?…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

February 24, 2022 at 9:31 PM

New Data on Covid-Relief Spending, Smart Tutoring Strategies

New Data on Covid-Relief Spending, Smart Tutoring Strategies View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, With billions of federal Covid-relief aid flowing to school districts and charter organizations, we’ve s…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

February 15, 2022 at 3:53 PM

New Analyses of Covid-Relief Spending, Smart Tutoring Strategies

New Analyses of Covid-Relief Spending, Smart Tutoring Strategies View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, With billions of federal Covid-relief aid flowing to school districts and charter organizations, we’…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

January 13, 2022 at 3:57 PM

The Early Education Crisis, Local Covid-Relief Spending Breakdowns

The Early Education Crisis, Local Covid-Relief Spending Breakdowns View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, No part of the nation’s education infrastructure has been more disrupted by the pandemic over the …

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

December 15, 2021 at 3:02 PM

An Extraordinary Year in Education

An Extraordinary Year in Education View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, This has been another extraordinary, and extraordinarily trying, year in American education, as schools and colleges struggled to rekindle learning amid rec…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

November 8, 2021 at 4:34 PM

Measuring Equity in Education, Understanding Teacher Shortages

Measuring Equity in Education, Understanding Teacher Shortages View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues, A wide range of organizations are working to gauge students’ needs and public schools’ performance in …

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

October 21, 2021 at 3:28 PM

The End of the Traditional High School Transcript?

The End of the Traditional High School Transcript? View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,   Welcome to the latest edition of the FutureEd newsletter, a summary of our recent education policy work.    Mastery Transcript In recent ye…

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  Thomas Toch · [email protected]

October 14, 2021 at 3:30 PM

The True Teacher-Shortage Story, Education Movers and Shakers

The True Teacher-Shortage Story, Education Movers and Shakers View this email in your browser Dear Colleagues,  The coronavirus crisis has amplified claims of a “national teacher shortage” in public education. “Pandemic Fuels Staggering Tea…

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