This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Annual state end-of-year tests have been the mainstay of federal and state accountability systems for nearly 30 years. In spring 2020, given pandemic-related disruptions in learning, the federal Department of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. There have been several studies about how the lack…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We often describe entrenched social issues, such as homelessness, as systemic issues. Such issues exist as part of a system, a complex network of causation and interconnection. Systems thinking recognises that to tackle…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Libraries have been key partners to cities during the pandemic in tackling the digital divide, among other critical needs, and are now eligible to receive billions of dollars in coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It can be hard to draw lessons from a crisis when you are still in the crisis. While hope is on the horizon, we are definitely still living with the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the year since the World Health Organization (WHO) first declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the world has joined together to initiate a colossal, global response to COVID-19 in the effort to…
During a panel discussion organized by Food Tank, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), experts discuss the need to account for the impacts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 12 million women in poorer countries lost access to contraception in the pandemic, leading to 1.4 million unplanned pregnancies, the United Nations said on Thursday. Estimates by the UN…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New research is shedding light on how dementia can increase people’s risk for developing COVID-19, particularly among two groups: African Americans and people with vascular dementia. The headline findings of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After a year of canceled concerts, closed-door sporting events and restricted air travel, vaccine passports are being touted as a way to quicken the route back to normalcy. The premise…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These students, about a thousand juniors and seniors, are collecting, analyzing and interpreting sets of data from their own lives. In the process, they are learning basic statistics and computer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have been exploring how authentic public presentations of learning may lead to increased student engagement and why a campaign called Share Your Learning has been advocating for more teachers, schools, districts,…