From Recovery to Thriving: How the Education Ecosystem Can Support America’s Students
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the National Public Education Support Fund co-hosted the virtual summit, From Recovery to Thriving: How the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Is Supporting America’s Students, which consists of 10 sessions detailing the implementation and impact of ARP-funded programs. In this opening session, ED Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona outlines the purpose of ARP and explains how this historic investment is helping reshape education to meet the needs of all students.
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Monitoring Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund Plans: Impact and Implementation
This Webinar, jointly hosted by the Idaho State Department of Education and the Region 17 Comprehensive Center, describes the process and purposes of evaluation, evaluation study design, and how evaluation supports continuous improvement, knowledge enhancement, and stakeholder confidence. Using an evaluation framework outlined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this Webinar fosters an understanding of evaluation as a systematic process and shares strategies for developing strong implementation and impact evaluations of ESSER fund programs.
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ESSER Spending: Balancing Collecting Data for Transparency and for Continuous Improvement
In this Webinar from the National Comprehensive Center Network, presenters share insight into current state-level ESSER program spending data and how this data can inform future data collection, analysis, and reporting on ESSER program spending to support continuous improvement. Webinar presenters use real-world data examples to highlight findings, provide recommendations, and offer best practices for collecting and utilizing data to support program implementation, enhancement, and success.
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American Rescue Plan Act Investments in Child Care Programs
Hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this Webinar shares how ARP investments in early childhood programs were instrumental in keeping childcare programs open, and how this funding provided essential support to young children, families, and communities. In this roundtable discussion, five early childhood educators describe their contribution to their communities, how ARP funding ensured continuity of their services, and how funding enabled them to not only stay open, but to thrive.
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Leveraging the American Rescue Plan to Support Equitable and Effective Afterschool and Summer Learning Experiences
Part of ED’s virtual ARP Summit, this session features an informative discussion on best practices for using ARP funds for afterschool and summer learning programs. Presenters in this session explore the evidence base supporting afterschool and summer learning programs and share successful examples of State- and local-level partnerships that have used ARP funding to create high-quality afterschool and summer learning experiences that promote student achievement and well-being.
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