The All4Ed team had a great time at PIE Network’s #piesummit22 this week surrounded by inspiring friends across the #edpolicy space!

📸 Deb Delisle Anne Hyslop Ziyu Zhou, Rebeca Shackleford, phillip

Several edu orgs, including AASA CCSSO Education Resource Strategies New Leaders, have been asking U.S. Department of Education for additional clarification & flexibility for extending spending deadlines for federal pandemic relief funds.

Here's the guidance they received:
k12dive.com/news/ed-dept-d…

Counselors play an essential role in advising students on their post-high school options—but counselors often lack access to complete data or insights about postsecondary and workforce outcomes and pathways.

Data Quality Campaign dataqualitycampaign.org/counselors-nee…

State and district superintendents have been publicly pushing U.S. Department of Education for clarification on spending deadlines for the nearly $190B in total relief aid distributed to schools during the pandemic.

U.S. Department of Education recently released 2 pages of guidance in response: k12dive.com/news/ed-dept-d…

AASA statement on guidance:

AASA is pleased to see that the U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance on how districts with unspent funds from the CARES Act can continue to spend this funding through the end of January 2023.

States and districts are receiving billions in COVID relief funds for education.

How should they use those dollars to promote college and career readiness -- especially for vulnerable groups of students?

Our report: all4ed.org/publication/re…

Of teachers who left the profession due to the pandemic, 24% of teachers under age 40 cited child care as the main pandemic-related reason for leaving teaching.

More from Emily Katz here: americanprogress.org/article/why-k-… #CAPEducation

America's schools don't just need more teachers - they need a more diverse workforce.

Decoteau J. Irby Keilani M. Goggins Center for Black Educator Development Learning Policy Institute & Sharif El-Mekki make great points about why we must improve school climates and overhaul teacher prep programs. edweek.org/leadership/imp…

How are we prioritizing vulnerable students and ensuring that no student gets left behind as we address pandemic learning loss?

Join @TheHill in Washington, DC on 10/26 to find out. Register: bit.ly/3fI1XSf

Thank you Collaborative for Student Success for supporting #TheHillEd program.

Maryland hopes to become a national exemplar with programs aimed at addressing learning loss, including a statewide effort to provide targeted tutoring for students struggling with math and reading.

From Collaborative for Student Success's Jim Cowen: forbes.com/sites/jimcowen…

'What I won’t ever come to peace with was that in the US it was apparently more important to open bars and tattoo parlors than schools.'
-NASBE's Kris Amundson 🦋 nwea.us/3CCLeHE

20 evidence-based solutions to tackling chronic absenteeism from FutureEd: future-ed.org/attendance-pla…

Students in low-performing schools—who are much more likely to be students of color or from low-income families—have very different odds of receiving the support they need.

It all depends on what state they live in.

Learn more about #schoolimprovement : all4ed.org/publication/wh…

Last month we participated in NWEA Policy & Advocacy's Twitter chat about where schools and districts are in recovery efforts and what might need to change moving forward.

Here are 5 themes that emerged: nwea.org/blog/2022/nwea…

Support students in your community by serving as a tutor, mentor, student success coach, and more, by checking out National Partnership for Student Success, a public-private partnership committed to providing the supports that will help our students succeed.