Right now, Home Coverage Advisor Neera Tanden and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Schooling Cindy Marten met with members of the Council of Chief State Faculty Officers (CCSSO) to debate the Biden-Harris Administration’s schooling agenda; hear from Ok-12 state schooling chiefs from throughout the nation on educational achievement and acceleration efforts and learn how to maintain high-impact packages established with American Rescue Plan funds; and talk about the Administration’s historic investments in schooling.
Within the assembly, Director Tanden and Deputy Secretary Marten reaffirmed President Biden’s dedication to bettering pupil achievement and guaranteeing that youngsters are outfitted to compete within the twenty first century. Earlier this 12 months, the Administration introduced its Improving Student Achievement Agenda utilizing all of its instruments—together with accountability, reporting, grants, and technical help—to accentuate and maintain State and native adoption of three evidence-based methods that enhance pupil studying: (1) rising pupil attendance; (2) offering high-dosage tutoring; and (3) rising summer time studying and out-of-school time studying.
Additionally immediately, the U.S. Division of Schooling (Division) highlighted that it issued a Dear Colleague Letter, sharing extra concepts and assets on bettering pupil attendance and engagement.
Director Tanden famous that President Biden and your complete Administration have been laser targeted on educational achievement and acceleration since coming into workplace. And faculty programs across the nation are targeted on bettering educational outcomes and accelerating outcomes from the disruptions college students confronted in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deputy Secretary Marten highlighted the Division’s efforts to safe historic investments in Title I funding, enhance entry to psychological well being providers for college kids, put money into Full-Service Group Colleges, broaden pathways to school and careers, and make entry to increased schooling extra inexpensive and accessible.
In the course of the dialogue, state chiefs and CCSSO Chief Govt Officer Carissa Moffat Miller addressed the essential investments that ARP funds have had in colleges throughout the nation, together with however not restricted to, high-dosage tutoring, prolonged studying programming in literacy and arithmetic, and packages to extend educator recruitment and retention. As well as, state leaders highlighted methods through which they plan to maintain high-impact packages past September 2024.
Amongst contributors in immediately’s assembly included:
- Neera Tanden, Assistant to the President and Director of the Home Coverage Council
- Cindy Marten, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Schooling
- Carissa Moffat Miller, CCSSO CEO
- Margie Vandeven, CCSSO Board President and Missouri Commissioner
- Eric Mackey, CCSSO Board President-Elect and Alabama Superintendent
- Kirsten Baesler, CCSSO Previous President and North Dakota Superintendent
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