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The road to COVID recovery: How districts are seizing the once-in-a-generation opportunity to learn from ESSER interventions
November 2021
By: David Brackett, Jacob Cortez, Dan Goldhaber, Emily Morton

Description
The American Rescue Plan provides $122 billion for COVID recovery in schools. With more than 40 state plans approved, how are districts collecting, monitoring, reporting and learning from the unprecedented interventions? What can districts do now to design and implement data collection processes that will shape collective learning? In this webinar, you will hear how district leaders and researchers are approaching this opportunity to alter life outcomes for generations.
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