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A national nonprofit that exists to transform education to ensure students furthest from opportunity achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives.

Washington, D.C.
Joined November 2009
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TODAY at 1 p.m. ET on LinkedIn Live: Navigating the techlash 🎙️ Bellwether’s @arotherham and @innovateEDUny's @erinmote on how ed leaders can respond to the backlash against tech in schools, with students at the center. Bring your questions for the live Q&A: linkedin.com/events/75143896…
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Screen time and #AI bans are moving fast in K-12. Before voting on or weighing in on one, there are some important questions for policymakers to ask. New from @alspur and Mary Wells 👇
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41 states report a "college and career ready" rate. Only 16 track whether those graduates enrolled, stayed, or found work that pays. States report readiness, but they're measuring completion.
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Three fixes — report by individual measure, weight by strength of evidence, and link each one to the wage records states already hold 👉 bellwether.org/blog/state-k-…
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District leaders face rising tech pushback when AI enters the classroom. So how can leaders keep student success central as screen-time bans rise? Join Erin Mote & Andrew Rotherham ( @bellwetherorg ) for a live webinar THIS FRIDAY, Oct 30 at 1 PM ET: tinyurl.com/4jrmtkd7
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At Bellwether, we follow education news closely. Here's our weekly roundup of the stories shaping schools, students, and policy. 🗞️🧵
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7/ The new season of Sold a Story puts direct instruction to the test in one of the largest education experiments ever conducted. From @ehanford and @apmreports, via @hechingerreport.
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What other stories stood out to you this week? Drop us a link 👇
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Every state can already identify its low-performing schools. Federal law says far more about how to find them than about what states should build to help them. And the support is what decides whether anything improves.
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@CarrieHahnel + Michelle Croft on two states making opposite bets — CA built the capacity first, TX started with the direction 👉 bellwether.org/blog/state-k-…
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Phone bans. #AI pushback. Classroom tech restrictions. The #techlash in education is here. On Fri., Oct. 30, @arotherham and @erinmote of @innovateEDUny talk about how leaders can separate real concerns from noise and keep kids first. Register: linkedin.com/events/75143896…
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Philadelphia is closing 17 schools and investing $3B in the ones it keeps. More districts will face that balancing act as enrollment declines. Our new analysis on how state facilities funding can catch up 👇
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