Schools since the pandemic have invested money in teachers’ salaries, hiring more staff, adding math and reading specialists, updating HVAC systems and increasing mental health resources.
Artificial intelligence, however, served as a significant buffer to this drop in funding as edtech providers continue to integrate the technology for "copilot" tools, autograders and more.
Despite recent positive signs of academic recovery, the plans that administrators have for spending the rest of their ESSER funds prove some students are still struggling.
School districts such as Alabama's Birmingham City Schools are taking innovative steps to ensure a sustained academic rebound, a new report finds. Here's how.
Top White House officials are urging schools to double down on tutoring, extra learning time, and efforts to boost attendance as the spending deadline for pandemic aid nears.
Targeted grants and other special sources of state education funding don't typically fall right into administrators' laps—or, perhaps we should say, their annual spending plans.
District and state officials can find ways to sustain the funding that has effectively supported students of color and students from low-income backgrounds for the past three years.
In some states, school districts have spent as little as 1% of their pandemic relief dollars, leaving them with millions untouched, according to a new analysis. Will leaders have time to distribute these resources?
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education issued a letter to state grantees acknowledging that state education agencies are eligible for a 14-month extension to spend their American Rescue Plan funds upon request.
