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No silver school-spending bullets: 5 lessons from ESSER to help drive continued learning recovery

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Big-city districts are beset by financial dysfunction - and kids pay the price

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The End of ESSER

New & Notable

Don’t want to close underenrolled schools? Here’s how to make the math work.

Looking to avoid closures? Districts have options...

No silver school-spending bullets: 5 lessons from ESSER to help drive continued learning recovery

Big-city districts are beset by financial dysfunction - and kids pay the price

Are students benefiting from the rising costs of Special Ed? We took a fresh look at the data.

School staffing is at an all-time high...

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New & Notable

Don’t want to close underenrolled schools? Here’s how to make the math work.

Looking to avoid closures? Districts have options...

No silver school-spending bullets: 5 lessons from ESSER to help drive continued learning recovery

Big-city districts are beset by financial dysfunction - and kids pay the price

Are students benefiting from the rising costs of Special Ed? We took a fresh look at the data.

School staffing is at an all-time high...

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