While states provided direct support to struggling schools in the past, ESSA places more responsibility on districts by requiring them to select evidence-based interventions—which can take the form of programs, policies, or practices—to help these schools improve.
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) established the Center on Technology and Disability, a five-year technical assistance center, to increase knowledge of evidence-based assistive technology and instructional technology practices, and that effort was led by AIR. ...
The Nevada School Climate/Social Emotional Learning Surveys (NV-SCSEL) are administered to students and school staff across the state of Nevada each fall. The NV-SCSEL are used by schools to measure and understand their students’ and staffs’ perceptions of key school climate topics, including physical and emotional safety, relationships, and cultural ...
Parents, teachers, schools, districts, states, and especially students all want schools that prepare graduates to thrive in the 21st century. In this blog post, Anne Mishkind asks what it means to be "college and career ready."