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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…

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…

For decades, U.S. education has cycled through reform after reform, with too little to show for it. A new initiative will promise to boost reading. A grant funds an impactful but short-lived tutoring program. A district adopts the latest technology. Each aims to move the needle. Yet student achievement continues…

As students, teachers, and families settle into a new school year, a cohort of school system leaders are laying out bold visions for student improvement. The newly launched National Education R&D Advisory Committee represents traditional and charter school districts, in rural, suburban, and urban communities across the country. What binds…

Why are British classrooms pushing ahead with American learning science while most U.S. schools make little use of the research? That’s the question veteran education journalist Greg Toppo set out to explore in his widely discussed article for The 74, ‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to…

The Supreme Court in mid-July cleared the path for the Trump Administration to implement a significant restructuring of the U.S. Department of Education that will, by some estimates, cause the elimination of nearly 1,400 federal education staff. This includes roughly 90% of the professionals at the Institute of Education Sciences…