

Healthy Schools: An Imperative or Impossibility? How are states and districts committing to progress-monitoring, evaluation, and reporting?.Is there an underlying, common theory of action that education leaders are using and communicating about spending plans?.How are new programs or interventions grounded in evidence and data?.

What education recovery goals are states and districts setting for education recovery? And, how are these driving ESSER spending decisions?.The Back-to-school spotlight: ESSER Spending and Evaluation Brightspots webinar will cover the state of ESSER spending as of this fall and a series of important characteristics to look for in the plans and programs rolling out during this school year: This fall marks an important turning point for US school districts who have spent the last year and a half making strategic decisions about ESSER spending and are better positioned than ever to implement education recovery plans. Re-thinking the Poverty Indicator: What else could work?Įvaluating alternatives to FRPM as a reliable poverty indicator in educationīack-to-school Spotlights: ESSER Spending and Evaluation Brightspots Re-thinking the Poverty Indicator: How FRPM Doesn’t WorkĪ discussion on the issues of using FRPM as a poverty indicator Re-thinking the Poverty Indicator: How FRPM Works To kick off this exciting conversation, we are hosting a series of webinars to set foundational knowledge on Free and Reduced Price Meal data and other existing indicators, their flaws, and possibilities for moving forward. It is time for Congress to act urgently to come up with a new student poverty metric that is separate from school nutrition-and as we know, Congress won’t do much without a push from education advocates.ĪASA, First Focus and FRAC are excited to create a working group of education advocates at the federal level for a comprehensive conversation about improving poverty indicators for education. EDTĪs the exciting momentum builds around free school meals for all and expanding other meal programs, it is important to understand the impact of the loss of Free and Reduced-Price Meal (FRPM) data and school districts’ federal funding allocations. Re-thinking the Poverty Indicators in the Education System Presenter: Margot Toppen - VP Programs, CATCH Global Foundation

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