ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
School Reopening Trends Offer Districts the Opportunity to Start Planning beyond the Pandemic
Author: Gross, Betheny
Date: 2021-03-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,School Closing,School Schedules,School Districts,Public Education,Online Courses,Conventional Instruction,Elementary Schools,Middle Schools,High Schools,Rural Schools,Suburban Schools,Urban Schools,Distance Education,Blended Learning

Across the country, the tides are beginning to turn on school reopening. Relief funding, policy guidance on safe reopening, declining cases, and increasing vaccination rates have cleared the way for students to safely return to classrooms. School districts are largely responding. The Center on Reinventing Public Education's (CRPE's) latest analysis finds that school buildings are reopening at numbers not seen since the pandemic began. This report's latest analysis of school district learning models from March 1 to March 13 finds that: (1) Only 10.7 percent of all districts are still fully remote. A clear majority--57 percent--of the nation's school districts report offering full-time in-person learning, the highest this number has been so far this school year; (2) Over 50 percent of urban districts have expanded their offerings for at least some in-person learning since our analysis in December, yet these districts still lag behind in offering full-time in-person learning, with 32 percent still remote; (3) In-person opportunities have increased across all grade levels, but middle and high school grades are still less likely to offer in-person opportunities; and (4) Of the districts that are not yet offering full-time in-person learning, 30 percent have announced phase-in plans over the next two months.
Gender-Based Violence in Primary Schools: Malawi. Echidna Global Scholar Alumni Brief Series
Author: Samati, Madalo
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Educational Environment,Foreign Countries,Elementary Schools,Incidence,Elementary School Students,Sexual Abuse,At Risk Students,Children,Adolescents,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Geographic Regions,Bullying,Child Abuse,Sexual Harassment,Verbal Communication,Victims,Peer Relationship,Etiology,Self Disclosure (Individuals)

Gender-based violence (GBV) is the most pervasive yet least recognized human rights violation in the world (Heise, Ellsberg, and Gottmoeller 2002). No longer only a general community issue, GBV has also infiltrated social places such as schools. Despite numerous interventions to curb GBV in general, and school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) in particular, cases of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse are escalating in Malawi. This worrisome situation has unfortunately rendered futile the Malawi government's positive gender policy framework and past GBV interventions by local nongovernmental organizations. Studies on SRGBV in Malawi report that cases of abuse and violence relate to the age and sex of victims. Violence and abuse mostly target the young and females (Bisika 2009; Burton 2005). In the Malawian education sector specifically, the research on sexual violence in primary schools has been inadequate. This study focused on primary education to ascertain the prevalence, patterns, and ways of dealing with SRGBV in Malawian primary schools. While this report presents findings from Malawi, this study was also conducted in Kenya, Jamaica, and Nigeria. [There are three other reports in this series: Kenya (ED614132), Nigeria (ED610741) and Jamaica (ED610693).]
A US Workforce Training Plan for the Postpandemic Economy: Driving Recovery with a Highly Skilled Workforce. Sustaining Capitalism. Solutions Briefs
Author: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED)
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Labor Force Development,COVID-19,Pandemics,Job Training,Job Skills,Enrollment,Colleges,Partnerships in Education,School Business Relationship,Educational Needs,Public Policy,Unemployment,Incentives,Access to Computers,Internet,Federal Aid,Grants,Accountability,Lifelong Learning,Access to Education

Achieving prosperity for all Americans could not be more urgent. Although the United States remains the most prosperous nation on earth, millions of citizens are losing faith in the American dream of upward mobility, and in American-style capitalism itself. This crisis of confidence has widened the divide afflicting American politics and cries out for reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to provide prosperity for all Americans and make capitalism sustainable for generations to come. The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has released a series of 2021 Solutions Briefs on Sustaining Capitalism. This series is focused on nonpartisan reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to the central challenges we face in order to provide prosperity for all Americans. This Sustaining Capitalism Solutions Brief statement presents a US workforce training plan for the postpandemic economy. Though the US economy is expected to recover to its prepandemic level of production (gross domestic product or GDP) by the second quarter of 2021, the postpandemic economy will be different in many important ways. The pandemic's acceleration of trends toward remote work, digital transformation, and automation could permanently reduce demand for low-skill jobs. To build a large and fully competitive US workforce and reduce inequality, aggressive reskilling will be needed.
Broadband Access: Connecting America. Sustaining Capitalism. Solutions Briefs
Author: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED)
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Internet,Access to Computers,Disadvantaged,Low Income Groups,Rural Areas,Competition,Standards,Federal Aid,Investment

Achieving prosperity for all Americans could not be more urgent. Although the United States remains the most prosperous nation on earth, millions of citizens are losing faith in the American dream of upward mobility, and in American-style capitalism itself. This crisis of confidence has widened the divide afflicting American politics and cries out for reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to provide prosperity for all Americans and make capitalism sustainable for generations to come. The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has released a series of 2021 Solutions Briefs on Sustaining Capitalism. This series is focused on nonpartisan reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to the central challenges we face in order to provide prosperity for all Americans. This Sustaining Capitalism Solutions Brief presents a statement on broadband access. With most Americans dependent on reliable, high-quality, high-speed internet services to work, train, consult with doctors, or attend school from home, the COVID-19 pandemic vividly demonstrates that affordability and access barriers leave too many families behind. As America's leaders in business and policy work toward a postpandemic economic recovery that delivers increasing prosperity for American families and preserves our nation's economic leadership, they must also build toward a vision of a fully wired nation that meets the internet needs of all its citizens.
COVID-19&apos;s Impact on Women in the Workplace: Avoiding a Major Setback. Sustaining Capitalism. 2020 Solutions Brief
Author: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED)
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Employed Women,COVID-19,Pandemics,Unemployment,Disproportionate Representation,Child Care,Home Schooling,Employed Parents,Mothers,Gender Differences,Family Work Relationship,Comparable Worth,Women Administrators,Best Practices

Achieving prosperity for all Americans could not be more urgent. Although the United States remains the most prosperous nation on earth, millions of citizens are losing faith in the American dream of upward mobility, and in American-style capitalism itself. This crisis of confidence has widened the divide afflicting American politics and cries out for reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to provide prosperity for all Americans and make capitalism sustainable for generations to come. The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has released a series of 2020 Solutions Briefs on Sustaining Capitalism. This series is focused on nonpartisan reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to the central challenges we face in order to provide prosperity for all Americans. This Sustaining Capitalism Solutions Brief addresses COVID-19's impact on women in the workplace and demonstrates how business leaders and policymakers can offset the impacts of COVID on working women and restart vital progress.
First 100 Days Plan. Sustaining Capitalism. 2020 Solutions Brief
Author: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED)
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Economic Impact,Economic Change,Federal Government,Federal Aid,Employment,Public Health,Educational Change,Elementary Secondary Education,Postsecondary Education,Child Care,Job Training,Labor Force Development,Small Businesses,International Trade,Foreign Countries

Achieving prosperity for all Americans could not be more urgent. Although the United States remains the most prosperous nation on earth, millions of citizens are losing faith in the American dream of upward mobility, and in American-style capitalism itself. This crisis of confidence has widened the divide afflicting American politics and cries out for reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to provide prosperity for all Americans and make capitalism sustainable for generations to come. The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has released a series of 2020 Solutions Briefs on Sustaining Capitalism. This series is focused on nonpartisan reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to the central challenges we face in order to provide prosperity for all Americans. This Sustaining Capitalism Solutions Brief offers CED's nonpartisan analysis and recommendations for the first 100 days of the new administration to build a stronger, more resilient, and more responsive economy that provides opportunity and prosperity for all Americans. The objective is to overcome the public health challenge, safely reopen the economy, and get the nation on a path to high levels of employment, production, and consumption--to put our country back to work safely, making capitalism benefit all Americans.
Educational Equity: Solutions through Social and Emotional Well-Being
Author: Grossman, Jean Baldwin
Date: 2021-07-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Equal Education,Educational Environment,Student Needs,Well Being,Social Development,Emotional Development,Educational Policy,Teacher Competencies,Student School Relationship,At Risk Students,Low Income Students,Minority Group Students,Immigrants,English Language Learners,LGBTQ People,Social Bias,Racial Bias,Students with Disabilities,Disproportionate Representation,Discipline,School Policy,Intervention

This practitioner brief is the first in a series highlighting concrete strategies that educational leaders can use to increase equity in education, by building supportive learning environments that meet all students' social and emotional needs. This introductory brief starts by laying out the aspects of a student's social and emotional well-being that are the most strongly related to school engagement. It then describes how environmental and structural factors facing particular groups of students lead to disparities in these aspects of social and emotional well-being that affect learning. The discussion then turns to three levels of change that are needed to address this inequity: making equity-focused structural and policy changes, enhancing staff capabilities, and enriching the social and emotional support available to students. Subsequent briefs will flesh out specific relevant issues, providing evidence for various strategies and implementation advice from educators who are using them. How a particular district proceeds will depend on its circumstance and resources, but this brief and future ones should help educators striving to make their systems more equitable.
Reimagining K-12: Emerging from Disruption with Insights for Reform. Sustaining Capitalism. Solutions Briefs
Author: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED)
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Elementary Secondary Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,Distance Education,Access to Computers,Disadvantaged,Remedial Instruction,Well Being,Electronic Learning,Best Practices,Educational Change,Partnerships in Education,Educational Finance,Federal Aid

Achieving prosperity for all Americans could not be more urgent. Although the United States remains the most prosperous nation on earth, millions of citizens are losing faith in the American dream of upward mobility, and in American-style capitalism itself. This crisis of confidence has widened the divide afflicting American politics and cries out for reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to provide prosperity for all Americans and make capitalism sustainable for generations to come. The Committee for Economic Development (CED), the public policy center of The Conference Board, has released a series of 2021 Solutions Briefs on Sustaining Capitalism. This series is focused on nonpartisan reasoned solutions in the nation's interest to the central challenges we face in order to provide prosperity for all Americans. This Sustaining Capitalism Solutions Brief examines the impact of remote learning during COVID-19 and lays out recommendations for addressing the pandemic's impact on learning achievement and harnessing learning technologies effectively in the years ahead as well as for any unwelcome future disruptions.
Sustaining Capitalism. 2020 Election Series. 2020 Solutions Brief
Author: Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED)
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Collected Works - General
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Job Training,Labor Force Development,Postsecondary Education,Early Childhood Education,Child Care,Elementary Secondary Education,Educational Change,Health Services,International Trade,Foreign Countries,Debt (Financial),Access to Computers,Internet,Innovation,Small Businesses

In January 2020, the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) embarked on the 2020 election project, releasing monthly Solutions Briefs that have been updated to address the dramatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and are compiled in this Compendium. The objective is to analyze the most important business and economic issues and detail a bipartisan road map that could address the American crisis of confidence in capitalism and make capitalism sustainable for generations by providing prosperity and equal opportunity for all Americans. The 2020 Solutions Briefs included in this Compendium of election issues focus on health care, workforce training and upskilling, infrastructure, regulation, technology and innovation, early education and childcare, K-12 and postsecondary education, China and trade, US fiscal health, debt and deficits, and a realistic blueprint for reopening the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Open Badges: Recognising Learning through Digital Micro-Credentials
Author: MacKinnon, Teresa
Date: 2021-03-22
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Recognition (Achievement),Information Storage,Credentials,Metadata,Electronic Publishing,Design,Program Implementation,Educational Benefits

Open badges are a 21st-century solution to the shortcomings of paper certificates in the age of digital, online identity management. These small visual signifiers which carry hard-coded meta-data can be issued by anyone in order to recognise achievement or participation in formal or informal activities. They link back directly to the issuer, the criteria for award, and the evidence. The learner can collect and display their open badges online to reveal their journey and discover new opportunities. This chapter describes one example of the Clavier virtual exchange, which identified a framework for the design and implementation of open badges in virtual exchange activities. Largely as a result of the research into Clavier's use of open badges in language learning through virtual exchange, open badges were implemented in The Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange initiative which began in 2018 with support from the European Commission. This is followed by a discussion of the benefits and potential drawbacks of the use of open badges. [For the complete volume, see ED612143.]
COVID-19 School Shutdowns: What Will They Do to Our Children&apos;s Education? A CEP COVID-19 Analysis. Paper No. 001
Author: Eyles, Andy
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,School Closing,Achievement Gains,Disadvantaged Youth,At Risk Students,Economic Impact,Costs,Foreign Countries,Online Courses,Distance Education,School Schedules,Elementary Secondary Education,Academic Achievement

Evidence from unexpected temporary school closures and reduced instruction time suggests school closures will reduce educational achievement, both in the short and long term. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are likely to be affected more than others by school closures, with fewer family resources and less access to online learning resources to offset lost instruction time. In England, the total cost of the resources lost in each week of state school closure is more than £1 billion. Educational deficits from time lost to school shutdowns can be made up with additional hours of teaching when schools reopen, though schools might need to put back more hours than were lost and it may not be feasible to do this within the traditional school year. Compensating lost instruction time through additional resources, without additional hours, is likely to be even more expensive.
Think Forward New England: Profiles of Innovation. Map Academy
Author: Arnett, Thomas
Date: 2021-05-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Profiles,Student Needs,Expectation,Educational Practices,Teacher Student Relationship,Caring,Nontraditional Education,High School Equivalency Programs,Dropouts,Program Descriptions,At Risk Students,Student Adjustment,Pandemics,COVID-19,Competency Based Education,School Districts,Integrated Learning Systems,Asynchronous Communication,Blended Learning,Synchronous Communication,Outcomes of Education,Academic Achievement

For many students, conforming to the traditional K-12 education system is not always compatible with their life circumstances. Map Academy in Plymouth, Massachusetts, now in its second year of operation, aims to provide an education that adapts to the needs and interests of its students while maintaining high expectations. This profile of Map Academy from CRPE and the Christensen Institute details the school's practices that have proven successful, how they have adapted in the face of the pandemic, and how other school communities can begin to make their systems and structures more responsive to students' needs and interests. Other schools can consider these questions based on Map Academy's model: (1) What flexibility might schools create to support students who struggle to conform to the systems and processes of conventional instruction? (2) What would better foster students' sense that effort leads to progress in school? (3) What systems and structures can schools create that enable more caring and supportive relationships between students and staff? (4) How can schools ensure that every student's needs and circumstances are known and supported while also holding every student to high expectations?
Leadership Styles That Would Enable School Leaders to Support the Wellbeing of Teachers during COVID-19
Author: Kwatubana, Siphokazi
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Leadership Styles,Teacher Administrator Relationship,COVID-19,Pandemics,Crisis Management,Well Being,Instructional Leadership,School Administration,Best Practices,Barriers,Altruism,Teacher Attitudes,Safety,Technological Literacy,Educational Change,Distance Education,Foreign Countries,Mental Health,Faculty Workload,Hygiene,Educational Facilities,Disease Control,Teacher Burnout,Elementary Secondary Education

In times of crisis, people look up to their leaders and expect that they would minimise the impact of the crisis at hand. Leaders in such situations must grasp and address the crisis while maintaining a sense of normality. In this research, we drew on data from a literature search to answer the following question: What can be learnt from studies on teacher wellbeing during the COVID-19 crisis, that can help us to determine the leadership style needed to support teacher wellbeing? A literature search was conducted to create a database of articles that focused on teacher wellbeing during the COVID-19 crisis and school leadership. The following four keywords/phrases were used during the search: crisis management in schools; crisis management during COVID-19 in schools; leadership styles for crisis management; and leadership styles in support of teacher wellbeing during crisis situations. The review included both national and international studies. This paper highlights two leadership best practices for navigating teacher wellbeing challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, namely distributed leadership and compassionate leadership. [For the complete Volume 19 proceedings, see ED613922.]