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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
A Focus on Teacher Effectiveness, Shortages, and Cultural Proficiency

Summary Addressing inequality, closing achievement gaps, and tackling opportunity gaps in schools requires a highly effective educator in every classroom, a diversified teacher workforce, and an implementation of culturally responsive…

10.16.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Supporting Equitable Access to Education by Closing the Homework Gap

The homework gap—which refers to the divide between students who have home access to the technology tools necessary for education versus those without—has existed for decades. The next administration should…

10.15.20 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Responding to the COVID-19 Unemployment Crisis and Meeting the Future of Work Challenge

Summary Due to technology’s disruptive force in society and on the labor force, voices representing business and state governments have recently emphasized the need to revisit the social contract among…

10.13.20 | 1 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Adopting an Open-Source Approach to Pharmaceutical Research and Development

The U.S. pharmaceutical industry conducts over half the world’s research and development (R&D) in pharmaceuticals and accounts for well over $1 trillion in economic output annually. Yet despite the industry’s…

10.07.20 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Ending Violence in Schools

Summary Tens of thousands of students experience violence in schools in the form of corporal punishment. Nineteen states continue to allow for corporal punishment as a means of disciplining students…

10.02.20 | 1 min read
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