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Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education Reforms around college remediation programs, or developmental education, have stalled, leaving many underserved students stuck. This report explains how to revive the “dev-ed” movement.

WEBINAR: Applying Lessons from Advocacy Research to Expand Tutoring in Public Education What led to the rapid spread and adoption of tutoring as a solution? What will it take to bring tutoring to the scale? And what can the science of advocacy teach us about how other policy ideas might…

Conflicts over how to serve advanced learners have sparked headlines and lawsuits. Yet millions of capable students remain underserved. Supporters of traditional gifted-and-talented programs, magnet and exam schools, etc. square off against progressives who advocate dismantling these programs without providing effective strategies to support students who want advanced learning opportunities.

But there is a third way, and a handful of states and districts are already pursuing it.

In our latest report, Peg Tyre profiles forward-thinking states and districts that are making advanced education more equitable and accessible while still offering much-needed academic rigor. From universal screening in North Carolina and college courses for middle-schoolers in southwest Arizona, to expanding access to advanced learning in big school districts like New York City and Montgomery County, MD, the report provides valuable lessons for policymakers nationwide.

Excellence with Equity: The Case for Rethinking Gifted Education A new vision of advanced education that embraces both academic rigor and equity, profiling school districts in Arizona, New York City, and Montgomery County

Episode 2: Small is the New Big AdvocacyLabs is an initiative between 50CAN and FutureEd at Georgetown University that provides fresh thinking and rigorous insight into how policy change ha...