We're All Solvers

Check out this special episode of the Route K-12 podcast as host Jim Cowen and guest Vanessa Vakharia, the Math Guru and self-described Lady Gaga of Math, as they prove that everyone can and should see themselves as “math people.”

We're All Solvers

Introducing the March Mathness Tournament

Join host Jim Cowen and K-12 policy experts Chad Aldeman, Dale Chu, and Jocelyn Pickford as they launch March MATHness – a friendly competition spotlighting leading math investments and initiatives making a difference for kids.

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Introducing the EduProgress: Unpacked Blog by Chad Aldeman

Join nationally recognized education policy expert Chad Aldeman as he explores the evolving landscape of educational recovery and progress.

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Introducing the Route K-12: Exploring Education Recovery Podcast!

Hosted by Jim Cowen from the Collaborative for Student Success, this podcast travels the country on a kind of “road trip” to talk about the ways federal recovery dollars are being used in states to reshape education. Along the way, we’ll hold up the best examples – with the hope that those practices are repeated in other schools. Look for the Route K-12 Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts weekly starting on June 13th.

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Our Mission

Lift up and focus attention on practices that have the potential to help schools recover stronger so all students benefit. This focus helps to bolster support for sound policy above the political fray.

Texas will provide 30 hours of accelerated

instruction to low-performing students.

The San Antonio Independent School District in Texas added

30 optional days of school.

Nevada offered $5,000 grants to families of

students with disabilities.

Colorado’s I Matter mental health initiative is funded with

$9 million in federal dollars.

New Hampshire helps cover summer camp with grants of

$350 or more.

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We're All Solvers

We must challenge the belief that some of us are inherently bad at math. We level crooked tables and split bar tabs without even thinking about it. So this belief that not everyone can do math just doesn’t “add up.”

Join the We’re All Solvers movement as we demonstrate that everyone can be a math person. Access math-focused podcast episodes, read expert commentary, and share leading math practices here. 

The Next Chapter in
K-12 Recovery

After two years of virtual and hybrid learning, many students are still playing catch up. States have been flooded with federal relief funds to address learning loss across the country. EduProgress highlights excellent practices schools and districts are implementing to promote education recovery.

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Unpacking the Attendance Problem

I thought I understood the chronic absenteeism problem. Kids were disengaged during the pandemic and lost the habit of going to school regularly. Plus, the virus and flu were still circulating, which forced kids to stay home. That story is a generic one. The virus and flu should affect all kids equally, right? Read More

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The Route K-12:
Exploring Education Recovery Podcast

Hosted by Jim Cowen from the Collaborative for Student Success, this podcast travels the country on a kind of “road trip” to talk about the ways federal recovery dollars are being used in states to reshape education. Along the way, we’ll hold up the best examples – with the hope that those practices are repeated in other schools.