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Success Stories: State R&D Investment at Work How Federal R&D Investments Are Strengthening CTE Programs and Improving Student Outcomes in Nebraska See how strategic federal investments turn research into results. Through stories like Nebraska’s career-technical education (CTE) pathways evaluation—where R&D funding made it possible to identify and increase investment in…

Before leading the Alliance for Learning Innovation, I led the education, workforce, and talent policy portfolio at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and had the privilege of supporting FAS’s Education R&D Fellows — exceptionally talented individuals eager to apply their technical expertise to public service. That’s how I met…

Success Stories: State R&D Investment at Work How Utah Is Using State Investments To Build A Statewide Research-Practice Infrastructure See how strategic state investments turn research into results. Through stories like Utah’s ULEAD Education initiative—where state ed R&D funding is driving a promising knowledge mobilization strategy—we show how ed R&D…

America spends roughly $30 billion annually on K–12 education technology, yet student outcomes remain stubbornly poor. This is not due to a shortage of innovation; it is because the system rewards products that are well-marketed and familiar over those with evidence of improving learning. Bans on devices and growing skepticism…

Across the nation, policymakers and education leaders are embracing the “science of reading” to bring evidence-based literacy instruction to American classrooms. Millions of American children will now have a better opportunity to learn to read. It’s time to apply the same strategy to other persistent challenges in K-12 education, including…