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This New America report explores Illinois’ approach to serving students who are English Language Learners (EL), looking at strengths and challenges related to these EL student outcomes and how the state approaches these challenges in their Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA plans using a New America framework.

This brief by the Center for American Progress highlights how some states use funding through Title II, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to strengthen the teacher pipeline by recruiting, preparing, and supporting teachers. The report provides examples of state models that have made notable advancements in the areas of: recruitment and diversity, teacher preparation and new teacher support, licensure and certification, compensation and loan forgiveness, data support, and pipeline-spanning initiatives.

In this brief, Achieve outlines a state-by-state comparison of early warning indicator systems. These systems measure aspects of 9^th grade student performance to determine if students are ‘on track’ for future academic success or are at risk for dropping-out. The brief outlines how states have included these early warning ‘on track’ indicators into accountability and data efforts in their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans.

This Chiefs for Change brief highlights the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE)’s efforts to engage teachers as leaders, often through roles such as instructional, curriculum, or content area coaches. Relative to teacher leadership, this brief delves into the state’s vision and theory of change, roles and responsibilities for states and districts, and the process for scaling, assessing, and improving the teacher leadership efforts. 

This Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report presents six strategies that school leaders can use to find more time for teachers to have meaningful, collaborative planning sessions (e.g., stacking time blocks back-to-back, creating larger specials, etc.). The report analyzes creative schedules and collaborative time frames from exemplar school systems where teachers have at least ninety consecutive minutes each week to plan, collaborate, and learn with other teachers during the school day