Independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. Follow FutureEd Director @Thomas_Toch.
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FutureEd retweeted
The updated Attendance Playbook by @FutureEdGU and @attendanceworks meets the shifting absenteeism landscape, identifying the new drivers and highlighting evidence-based ways to address them. #AttendancePlaybook
👉 See what works: future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
FutureEd retweeted
What do successful attendance efforts have in common? The more than 150 new studies reviewed for the updated Attendance Playbook by @FutureEdGU and @attendanceworks make it increasingly clear that schools and districts need several foundational resources. future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
FutureEd retweeted
"Education leaders don't need to go it alone in tackling absenteeism."
The 2026 Attendance Playbook by @FutureEdGU & @AttendanceWorks offers 30+ research-backed strategies to help schools build multi-strategy approaches proven to cut chronic absence: tinyurl.com/ymrhhp9z
ALT Cover of the report "Attendance Playbook: Evidence-Based Strategies for Reducing Student Absenteeism" by FutureEd and Attendance Works.
FutureEd retweeted
New resources to help schools reduce chronic absenteeism from @FutureEdGU, @attendanceworks, @JHU_EGC, @GRADpartners & @ps_success highlight relationships, attendance teams, and 30+ evidence-based strategies.
Playbook: future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
Report: redesign.every1graduates.org…
FutureEd retweeted
🏫 Looking for what moves the needle on student attendance?
Check out the 2026 Attendance Playbook by @FutureEdGU
and @attendanceworks, which highlights more than 30 evidence-based strategies to tackle absenteeism.
The Playbook covers every level of support, from schoolwide prevention to intensive help for students who need it most. It emphasizes the importance of supportive school climates and strengthening students’ relationships with each other and trusted adults and includes new sections on the essential features of successful attendance efforts, early childhood education, and schoolwide social and emotional supports.
#AttendancePlaybook
👉 Dig in and find approaches that best fit your community:
future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
What do successful attendance efforts have in common?
👉 Explore the new section in the 2026 Attendance Playbook on essential features of successful attendance efforts: future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
#AttendancePlaybook @attendanceworks
The @attendanceworks Guide to Using the Attendance Playbook is a companion to the 2026 Attendance Playbook. The Guide offers educators a practical simple process for selecting, prioritizing, and implementing strategies.
👉 Explore the Guide: attendanceworks.org/resource…
🎉We’re excited to announce the 2026 Attendance Playbook by @FutureEd and @AttendanceWorks! Designed for practitioners at every level, the Playbook offers evidence-backed interventions that address new and traditional barriers to attendance. future-ed.org/attendance-pla…
🎥In case you missed it: On Friday, FutureEd Associate Director Maureen Tracey-Mooney spoke with experts about using the federal scholarship tax credit to support public school programs, including high-quality tutoring.
Watch the webinar recording: future-ed.org/webinar-the-la…
📚 WEBINAR: The Latest on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Schools
🗓️ October 16th at 4pm ET
🔗 Register here: future-ed.org/event/webinar-…
One week until our webinar, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
🗓️ September 22, 2026 | 2pm ET
🔗 Register here: future-ed.org/event/webinar-…
More students than ever have access to career pathways and credentials, but too many still lack the guidance to navigate them.
In a commentary originally published by @The74 , FutureEd Senior Fellow Anne Kim explores why career navigation needs to become a more central part of K-12 education, and highlights promising approaches—from creative curriculum design to personalized advising to cutting-edge technology—to broaden access to high-quality career guidance “without massive hiring sprees few districts can afford.”
Read the commentary future-ed.org/helping-studen…
In our latest research notes, Laura Lopez details findings from Youngsun Lee, Jing Liu, and Emily Penner. In their study of a southern school district, the researchers found that expanding alternatives to suspensions has not eliminated racial disparities in discipline.
To address these inequities, the authors recommend clearer guidelines for administrator discretion, rather than simply expanding the list of available disciplinary options.
Read the research notes: future-ed.org/research-notes…
In Education Next, Policy Analyst Tara Moon takes readers inside Washington Leadership Academy, a D.C. charter school that has been experimenting with AI since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022.
Drawing on classroom observations and interviews with WLA's educators, administrators, and students, Moon shows what it looks like when a school moves beyond debating AI and starts figuring out how to use it well. She highlights both the promise and the pitfalls of AI in teaching and learning—and what policymakers can do to support schools as they navigate its adoption.
Read the full piece in Education Next: educationnext.org/trailblazi…
FutureEd at Georgetown Director @thomas_toch recently sat down with @deborahgist to talk about the new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit. While much of the money generated through the program is expected to flow to private schools, Gist's new scholarship-grant organization aims to help public schools across the country use the program to fund supports like tutoring, summer and afterschool for public school students.
Read the interview at the link in the first comment for a candid discussion of the real challenges and opportunities the program provides for public schools.
Gist is the former top public education official in Rhode Island and the District of Columbia and the former superintendent of the Tulsa schools in Oklahoma.
How much did the landmark Plyler v. Doe ruling impact K-12 public school enrollment?
In our latest research notes, Laura Lopez highlights a study by FutureEd Research Advisor Stella Flores, Mehdi Akhbari, Julio J. Mena Bernal, and Lesley Rivas. They found that within two years of the Supreme Court ruling, Texas saw a sharp 15 percentage-point spike in overall Latino student enrollment compared to other states, with gains driven largely by young, foreign-born Hispanic children. With several states now challenging Plyler, these findings underscore the historic weight of public school access.
future-ed.org/research-notes…
Should school districts eliminate middle school academic tracking to close achievement gaps, or expand it?
In our latest research notes, FutureEd Research Associate Laura Lopez breaks down a new study by Carrie Miller and Meredith Phillips at UCLA, finding that early access to advanced math in seventh grade significantly propels students into higher-level high school courses and four-year colleges. The researchers suggest that instead of cutting advanced tracking, expanding access is key to supporting underrepresented students.
future-ed.org/research-notes…
🚩44 states and D.C. have released chronic absenteeism data for the 2024-25 school year, and most continue to show progress. Based on available data, the national estimate sits at 22% of students who were chronically absent in 2024–25, down from 23% the previous year but still well above the pre-pandemic rate of 15%.
Explore the updated tracker at the link in the first comment below.
