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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…

Far too often, the youngest learners, their families, and early child educators are left out of the education R&D system. R&D investment in early childhood is critical and urgent. Given the well-established evidence that early investments yield higher returns than those made later in life, focusing federal R&D dollars on…

In the 25 years since its creation, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has helped build a field where research is now more rigorous than ever before. But that work is not done. As the Trump Administration “reimagines” the future of IES and, hopefully, rebuilds it, IES must pay more…

State education leaders are navigating a challenging moment: federal policy is shifting, budgets are under pressure, and AI is transforming classrooms faster than most agencies can respond. The question isn’t whether to act, but how to act wisely. That’s the premise behind the Virtual State Leader Learning Community, launched last…

Today, we’re releasing the State Education R&D Playbook, an interactive resource developed by the Alliance for Learning Innovation, Education Reimagined, and Transcend, that builds on our brief Seizing the Opportunity for State Education R&D: Findings and Recommendations for Action. Informed by 100+ stakeholders across more than 20 states, it offers…

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program expired at the end of September due to a disagreement between Senator Ernst (R-IA) and Senator Markey (D-MA), the chair and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. They disagree about the status of “SBIR mills” within the…