What Kind of Emergency Hires Do Well at Teaching? | Research on emergency hires of teachers during the pandemic highlights challenges in teacher effectiveness and retention. Investing in well-funded, high-retention pathways like teacher residencies can support a diverse, well-prepared teaching force, addressing teacher shortages and improving student outcomes in the long run ..read more

How States Are Supporting Summer Learning | COVID-related federal recovery funds enabled many states to invest at unprecedented levels in summer learning programs, creating opportunities to learn from the initiatives developed during this funding window. Discover how three states implemented summer learning initiatives designed around academic acceleration, enrichment, and career development ..read more

Top 7 Actions States Can Take to Support Summer Learning | Summer programs, whether focused on academic acceleration, enrichment, or career development, help support the whole child during the months when school isn’t in session. States play a key role and can take actions to strengthen and sustain summer programs, from empowering leaders and engaging coalitions to ensuring sustainable funding and equitable access ..read more

State Strategies for Investing in Community Schools | Many states are considering community schools as a way to address student mental health and chronic absenteeism and support learning recovery. Aided by the federal Full-Service Community Schools grant program, states can support systemic approaches to expand community schools by leveraging a range of federal, state, local, and private funds ..read more

William Smith High School: Prioritizing Community, Professional Development, and Authentic Learning | While most school leaders manage countless priorities, William Smith High School explores what can happen when the focus is deliberately refined to the essentials, such as building community, exploring project-based learning, and integrating professional learning into the school’s culture ..read more

Supporting Learning and Well-Being at San Francisco’s Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 Community School | Using federal, state, and local funding sources, Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 Community School’s approach supports students’ physical and emotional well-being in myriad ways, including offering the school as an overnight shelter for families experiencing homelessness ..read more

California Community Schools in Action: Exploring the Influence of Community Schools on Whole Child and Family Supports | In 2021, the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) was launched to support the implementation of community schools across the state. The UCLA Center for Community Schooling provides a first glance at the progress of approximately 450 schools that are supported through CCSPP implementation grants ..read more

Lessons for the Community Schools Revolution | In a growing number of neighborhoods and school districts across the U.S., community schools are transforming public education for the better and providing a strategy for helping to tackle our country's most serious problems, including extreme inequality and racial injustice ..read more

Keeping Students Safe: Policies and Practices that Work | A rise in the number of school shootings over time has driven increasing attention to school safety, but the policies states might enact to promote safe schools are hotly debated. With two broad approaches—increasing physical security and building supportive school communities—it's imperative to review what the evidence shows as effective ..read more

Finishing the Unfinished Dream: The Road to Educational Equity | The American education system has made limited progress towards the dream of equity envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. more than 60 years ago. Exemplary schools across the country offer a blueprint for building schools in which all students thrive regardless of zip code, family income, or race and ethnicity ..read more