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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

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Here are five existing policies that policymakers and local officials are likely to lean on to ensure that funds are used effectively, with regard to investments in remote learning programs and services. Evidence-based Investments There is a long-standing interest in spending academic intervention funds on programs with a record of success.

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The Actual Dollars That Will Shape the New K-12 Investment Ecosystem

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It’s that most conversations about a school’s expenses don’t sync up to what’s happening in the classroom—the instruction, materials, and tools that shape the educational experience for teachers and students. Is the investment producing the anticipated learning outcome or behavior change amongst students, staff, and administration?

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Transforming a School District’s Leadership and Literacy Instruction to Increase Equity

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Transforming Literacy Instruction. After a curriculum audit and a second opinion confirmed the resources being used were not well aligned with the level of text on state tests, there was also a program evaluation that showed disparities in literacy instruction, with some educators not always providing the level of instruction students needed.