ALI Response: NSF RFI on Workforce Training and Innovation

This memo supports the first function outlined in the blueprint: “Investing in research and innovation.”

This memo supports the first function outlined in the blueprint: “Investing in research and innovation.”

Drawing on the perspectives of 25 leaders across early learning, this blueprint provides targeted federal policy recommendations to advance early learning research and innovation and ensure that children, families, and educators are set up to thrive.

This memo supports the first function outlined in the blueprint: “Investing in research and innovation.”

Despite decades of federal investment in generating education evidence, implementing evidence in the classroom remains a challenge. ALI views the CC network as one of the most powerful federal levers available to close this gap.

This memo on knowledge mobilization supports the second function outlined in the blueprint: “Empower State and Local Leaders to Innovate and Improve.”

Recommendations to increase the capacity for education R&D and support evidence-based innovation to expand the workforce needed in a globally competitive world.

ALI calls to accelerate innovation, improve research translation, foster public-private collaboration, and ensure education R&D delivers measurable benefits for students, educators, and the workforce.

Support for the House introduction of the NEED Act of 2025 to strengthen education research and development (R&D) to improve student learning and sharpen the United States’ competitive edge in an increasingly technology-rich world.

Recommendations for enhancing K-12 involvement in STEM workforce development to create flexible, affordable pathways into emerging technology fields.

Recommendations for enhancing K-12 involvement in STEM workforce development to create flexible, affordable pathways into emerging technology fields.

In early 2025, the Alliance for Learning Innovation, along with InnovateEDU and the Learning Systems Leadership Network, convened the Future of Education R&D Taskforce in response to sweeping federal changes impacting Ed R&D.