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Early Returns: First Results from the New Wave of Public Funding of Private Schooling

Table of Contents Introduction Which Children Do These Programs Serve? How Do Universal Programs Impact State and Local Budgets? How is the Money Spent?

Team Sport: Rhode Island’s Statewide Strategy for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism

Report on Rhode Island’s successful strategy for addressing chronic absenteeism

Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education

Reforms around college remediation programs, or developmental education, have stalled, leaving many underserved students stuck. This report explains how to revive the “dev-ed” movement.

None of the Above: A New Vision for State Standardized Testing

A blueprint proposing a new role for state standardized tests that aims to promote high standards, enhance transparency for policymakers and parents, and strongly emphasize teaching and learning.

Excellence with Equity: The Case for Rethinking Gifted Education

A new vision of advanced education that embraces both academic rigor and equity, profiling school districts in Arizona, New York City, and Montgomery County

Learning Curve: Lessons from the Tutoring Revolution in Public Education

A report on how to scale and sustain high dosage tutoring that profiles schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Odessa, Texas; and New York City

The Action Is the Reaction: Community Organizing for Local Change

Can community organizing be a helpful tool in education reform? Marc Porter Magee explores that question in our latest AdvocacyLabs report, The Action Is the…

The Reading Revolution: How States are Scaling Literacy Reform

A report on state legislative and policy changes to promote better literacy instruction