State leaders should ramp up supports for EL students and their families.
State policymakers should name diversity as a marker of teacher quality.
It takes a whole community to lift up policies and practices that support equity and end those that don't.
Progress is possible. Back to normal is not good enough.
Pandemic or no, states ought to press for better technology for personalized learning and making staff and students safer.
States are adopting a range of policies to personalize student learning and move away from seat-time rules.
Schools opt to change their approaches to learning and see gains in adaptability.
Data about system performance will continue to lie at the heart of school improvement.