A First 100 Days Agenda for K-12 Education

Autor/inn/en	Sargrad, Scott; Harris, Khalilah M.; Partelow, Lisette; Campbell, Neil; Jimenez, Laura
Institution	Center for American Progress
Titel	A First 100 Days Agenda for K-12 Education
Quelle	(2020), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Presidents; Elections; Equal Education; Pandemics; COVID-19; School Districts; Educational Finance; Decision Making; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Race; College Preparation; Labor Force Development; Teaching (Occupation); Public Schools; Charter Schools; Educational Quality; Educational Opportunities; Public Agencies; Educational Improvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? President; Präsident; Election; Wahl; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsfonds; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Rasse; Abstammung; Arbeitskräftebestand; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	In November, amid a global pandemic and economic crisis, voters will choose the next president of the United States. Clearly, there will be no shortage of pressing issues to tackle within the first 100 days of the next administration. Addressing COVID-19 and the economy will certainly be top agenda items, but regardless of this election's outcome, the next administration must also prioritize and take immediate action to dismantle the structural inequity in the K-12 education system and provide schools much-needed relief in the pandemic recovery. While the vast majority of K-12 education funding comes from the state and local levels, and local school districts have control over critical decisions, the problems that schools face today are simply too vast to be solved without federal involvement. As the Center for American Progress outlined in 2019, the next administration's agenda should focus on five core areas: (1) applying an explicit racial equity lens to policy development; (2) preparing all students for college and the future workforce; (3) modernizing and elevating the teaching profession; (4) dramatically increasing investments in public schools and improving the equity of existing investments; and (5) bringing a balanced approach to charter school policy. This issue brief outlines actions in each of these areas for the next administration's first 100 days that will help to provide every child with the opportunity for a quality education--particularly children who have historically been denied that opportunity. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for American Progress. 1333 H Street NW 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-682-1611; Web site: http://www.americanprogress.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01