States are investing federal COVID-19 pandemic relief dollars in innovative and impactful ways — and the investments are beginning to pay off. From the nearly $19 billion allocated to state education agencies from K-12 relief funds, states are prioritizing investments in academic recovery, the teacher pipeline and mental health and wellbeing. Learn about the impact of ESSER reserve investments in states across the country here.
How are state education agencies addressing chronic absenteeism? @CCSSO’s new report highlights how state leaders have invested #ESSER funds to improve student engagement and attendance. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4fanPjC. #StatesLeading
NEW: @CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report examines investment trends, examples, promising practices and strategies from effective state efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism using #ESSER state set-aside dollars. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4fanPjC. #StatesLeading
State education leaders are investing #ESSER set-aside funds to target student attendance and engagement and tackle the underlying root causes of chronic absenteeism. Learn more https://bit.ly/4fanPjC. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
NEW: @CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report examines investment trends, state examples, promising practices and strategies for long-term sustainability of effective SEA literacy programming funded through #ESSER set-aside dollars. Read more bit.ly/3wctDqz.#StatesLeading
States’ focus on literacy has continued to expand as many states allocated ESSER funds to build strong literacy skills. Learn how states across the country are implementing policies to bolster student performance here: bit.ly/3wctDqz. #StatesLeading
How are state education leaders using #ESSER set-aside funds to bolster student reading skills and address literacy instruction and support? Read more in @CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report here: bit.ly/3wctDqz. #StatesLeading
How are state education agencies thinking about sustaining impactful investments in math acceleration? Learn how in @CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report: bit.ly/3SGSw6S. #StatesLeading
To address the pandemic’s impact on math proficiency, states are using #ESSER set-aside funds for high-quality instructional materials, professional development, assessments, tutoring & out-of-school time programs. Learn more from @CCSSO bit.ly/3SGSw6S.#StatesLeading
Across states, the top investment priority for the ESSER state set-aside is academic recovery. @CCSSO’s latest report explores how states are using federal relief funds to support learning acceleration in math: bit.ly/3SGSw6S. #StatesLeading
.@OHEducation’s Statewide Math and Literacy Tutoring Grant awarded $15 million to colleges and universities from the #ESSER set-aside to train college students to tutor in K-12 schools. Learn how OH and other states are supporting learning acceleration in math: bit.ly/3SGSw6S. #StatesLeading
The @IDSBOE #ESSER-funded math accelerated learning collaboratives provide training & development for K-12 math teachers. The collaboratives help teachers understand and apply evidence-based practices to accelerate learning. Learn more here: bit.ly/3SGSw6S. #StatesLeading
.@La_Believes used its state #ESSER money to expand access to a digital math tool. Among frequent users, 70% at the lowest level of achievement in math improved compared to 45% of nonusers. Learn more from @CCSSO: bit.ly/3SGSw6S. #StatesLeading
States are investing more than $3.2 billion to provide and expand access to high-quality out-of-school time programs, far more than the amount required under the American Rescue Plan. Learn more in @CCSSO’s latest report: bit.ly/3JNn16c. #StatesLeading
State #ESSER funding is supporting a variety of before-school, after-school and summer programs. Focus areas include academics, college/career readiness, kindergarten transition and more. Learn more in @CCSSO’s latest report: bit.ly/3JNn16c. #StatesLeading
.@AlabamaAchieves made up to $101M from #ESSER available to support summer reading academies and provide students 60+ hours of scientifically based reading instruction. Learn more bit.ly/3JNn16c.
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In 2022, over 95% of students said they enjoyed their experience in CT summer enrichment programs and almost 50% were even excited to return to school. Learn how @EducateCT is using #ESSER funds to support summer learning at bit.ly/3JNn16c. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
.@georgiadeptofed’s BOOST summer and afterschool grants prioritized funding for communities without existing programs, ensuring critical #ESSER funds reached students that would benefit the most. Learn more bit.ly/3JNn16c. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
Students in @MASchoolsK12’s Acceleration Academies receive at least 20 hours of in-person instruction over one week led by highly effective teachers in groups of no more than 12 students. Learn more bit.ly/3JNn16c. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
Out-of-school time programs can provide learning and enrichment outside of the classroom. [INSERT SEA NAME/HANDLE] is dedicating [INSERT AMOUNT] to [INSERT PROGRAM NAME] to expand access to high-quality before-school, after-school and summer learning programs. Read more in @CCSSO’s new report here bit.ly/3JNn16c. #StatesLeading
#ESSER set-aside funds enabled states to fortify their teacher workforce by strengthening pipelines into the profession, increasing certification & endorsement pathways, & creating new teacher induction and mentorship programs.
Learn more ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
SEAs have invested over $1.4 billion of ESSER state set-aside funding to strengthen their educator workforce and support other essential school personnel.
Learn more @CCSSO ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading
Through the #ESSER-funded Attract, Prepare, Retain grants, @EducateIN is directing $10.6M to support local innovation to improve teacher recruitment, preparation and retention.
Learn more ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
.@MissDeptEd directed $9.8M from #ESSER to expand the Mississippi Teacher Residency program, which had 123 residents and is accepting up to 200 more this fall. ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
With $50M in #ESSER funding, @MOEducation has made $10,000 grants available to LEAs, EPPs and community colleges in the state to improve teacher recruitment efforts.
Read more ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
.@NevadaReady has committed $20.7M in ESSER II funds for the Incentivizing Pathways to Teaching program, which provides financial assistance to pre-service educators in their final semester of their prep program. Learn more ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
Leveraging $600K in #ESSER funding, @EducationSC is partnering with @ClemsonUniv to expand the Call Me MISTER program, which will result in 60 additional black male educators by 2024 & increase the number of participating universities. ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
Research is conclusive that teachers are the No. 1 school-based factor in student achievement. [INSERT SEA NAME/HANDLE] is dedicating [INSERT AMOUNT] to [INSERT PROGRAM NAME] to better support districts and schools to recruit and retain talented educators. Read more in @CCSSO’s new report here ow.ly/nh4Y50OU1tI. #StatesLeading
#ESSER set-aside funds enabled states to strengthen digital learning by building educator capacity, differentiating student supports, eliminating policy barriers and leveraging high-quality instructional materials. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3L0cFiP. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
SEAs have invested $1.16 billion of #ESSER state set-aside funds towards efforts to close the digital divide and expand access to high-quality remote learning. Learn more @CCSSO https://bit.ly/3L0cFiP. #StatesLeading
Technology has played a critical role in states’ recovery efforts. Learn how states are using #ESSER funds to strengthen and expand high-quality digital learning in @CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report https://bit.ly/3L0cFiP. #StatesLeading
.@codepted directed $300K from #ESSER to launch the Blended Learning Initiative, a 2-yr pilot program to test and study different online and blended learning models. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3N5EZ6m. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
.@OHEducation is using state #ESSER funding to support access to digital learning tools, including a statewide repository of high-quality digital instructional materials called the Exchange. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3L0cFiP. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
Through the #ESSER-funded Recovering Bright Futures program, New Hampshire is providing individualized, standards-aligned instruction in learning pods of no more than 10 students. Learn more here https://bit.ly/3L0cFiP. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
.@UTPublicEd’s Digital Teaching & Learning program was launched w/ state funding in 2016. In 2021, Utah committed more funding from #ESSER to expand the program and support technology-powered learning for all students. Learn more https://bit.ly/3L0cFiP. #StatesLeading @CCSSO
NEW: @CCSSO’s new #ESSER Sustainability Roadmap is a tool to help state leaders consider strategies to sustain high-impact investments from #ESSER and beyond. Learn more here: bit.ly/3SXk3kr. #StatesLeading
What is the state education agency’s role in identifying and sustaining high-impact investments from ESSER and Beyond? Read more in @CCSSO’s new #ESSER Sustainability Roadmap bit.ly/3SXk3kr. #StatesLeading
How are states planning for the end of #ESSER? Read about examples from @ncpublicschools, @EducateCT, @La_Believes, @NDE_GOV, @NewJerseyDOE, @NDDPI, @UTPublicEd, & @EducateIN on @CCSSO’s #StatesLeading blog bit.ly/3OLLKdl.
Equipped with nearly $19B of #ESSER funds set aside for state use, SEAs are supporting schools and districts to bring about an effective and equitable pandemic recovery. Learn more at ccsso.org/ESSERfunds. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
.@ISEBnews used #ESSER funds to launch the REACH initiative to support the social and emotional well-being of students and staff.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
State leaders in @EducateCT are giving students a say in pandemic recovery, investing more than $1.5M in a statewide competition called Voice4Change that empowers youth to propose and vote on ideas for spending #ESSER funds in their schools. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
.@MOEducation awarded $50M from #ESSER set-aside funds for teacher recruitment and retention grants to address persistent teacher shortages. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
.@UTPublicEd used #ESSER funds to expand the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program to new districts to support teachers and leaders to leverage technology for learning. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
SEAs invested $4.2 billion of #ESSER funds into tutoring/accelerated learning. @codepted's High-Impact Tutoring Grant program served nearly 4K students in the 21-22 SY, totaling more than 35K hrs. of additional support.
Learn more at ccsso.org/ESSERFunds. #ESSERImpact
SEAs invested $1.4 billion of #ESSER funds to recruit, retain & support school staff. Districts in @MOEducation's GYO grant program already report seeing increased interest in hard-to-staff teacher positions.
More #ESSERImpact at ccsso.org/ESSERFunds.#StatesLeading
SEAs invested $1.3 billion of #ESSER funding into high-quality curriculum & instruction. Over 25,000 @NDE_GOV students complete lessons through an online math platform with frequent users seeing 2.5x growth on assessments.
Learn more at ccsso.org/ESSERFunds. #ESSERImpact
Equipped with nearly $19B of #ESSER funds set aside for state use, SEAs are supporting schools and districts to bring about an effective and equitable pandemic recovery. Learn more at ccsso.org/ESSERfunds.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, SEAs focused on academic recovery, directing billions of dollars of relief funding toward tutoring, out-of-school time programs, high-quality instructional materials and more.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
Illinois used #ESSER funds to launch the REACH initiative to support the social and emotional well-being of students and staff.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
State leaders in Connecticut are giving students a say in pandemic recovery, investing more than $1.5 million in a statewide competition called Voice4Change that empowers youth to propose and vote on ideas for spending #ESSER funds in their schools.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
Utah used #ESSER funds to expand the Digital Teaching and Learning Grant Program to new districts to support teachers and leaders to leverage technology for learning.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
States have invested $4.2 billion of #ESSER funds into tutoring and accelerated learning initiatives. Colorado’s High-Impact Tutoring Grant program served nearly 4,000 students in the 2021-2022 school year, totaling more than 35,000 hours of additional support for students.
Explore more #ESSERImpact examples at ccsso.org/ESSERFunds. #StatesLeading
State education agencies invested $1.3 billion of #ESSER funding into high-quality curriculum & instruction. Over 25,000 students in Nebraska complete weekly lessons through an online math platform with frequent users demonstrating 2.5x growth on state assessments.
Explore more #ESSERImpact examples at ccsso.org/ESSERFunds. #StatesLeading
States invested $1.4 billion of #ESSER funds to recruit, retain and support school staff. School districts in Missouri’s grow your own grant program already report seeing increased interest in hard-to-staff teacher positions.
See more #ESSERImpact examples at ccsso.org/ESSERFunds. #StatesLeading
.@OHEducation is implementing 80 different initiatives with state #ESSER dollars, including high-dosage tutoring. Ohio interim state sup. Stephanie Siddens shares how Ohio is using data and research to improve support for students bit.ly/40yXOSi. #ESSERImpact
In Tennessee, 150,000 K-8 students will receive high-impact tutoring through @TNedu’s #ESSER-funded TN ALL Corps program. Commissioner @SchwinnTeach discusses the strategy behind her state's academic recovery investments bit.ly/40yXOSi. #ESSERImpact
.@ISBEnews launched the #ESSER-funded REACH initiative in 2020 to train school leaders to recognize and address the symptoms of trauma. Principal Amy Blomberg from Broadmeadow Elem describes the impact this program has had in her school bit.ly/3opHIwY. #ESSERImpact
.@ISBEnews is using #ESSER funds to support student and staff mental health and wellbeing. @TonySandersSupt discusses two of his state’s flagship investments, the REACH initiative and community partnership grants bit.ly/3opHIwY. #ESSERImpact
.@MOEducation invested $50 mil from #ESSER to strengthen the teacher workforce and expand Grow Your Own programs. Carma Richey and Kayley Pak, two teachers in the Kansas City area, discuss the impact these funds had in their schools bit.ly/43SmjwC. #ESSERImpact
After @MOEducation invested $50 mil from #ESSER to strengthen the teacher workforce, the state went from 15% to 85% of districts supporting Grow Your Own programs. @MargieVandeven shares about the impact of this investment in Missouri schools bit.ly/43SmjwC. #ESSERImpact
Danbury HS teacher Heather Lorenz’s advice for state leaders to center student voice: “Go for it.” Ms. Lorenz shares how her students mobilized their peers to participate in @EducateCT’s participatory budgeting program Voice4Change bit.ly/41OoxLH. #ESSERImpact
.@EducateCT invested $1.5 mil from #ESSER in the Voice4Change program, a participatory budgeting program that centers student voice. Former Danbury HS student Chapal Bhavsar shares how the program helped him develop his advocacy skills bit.ly/41OoxLH. #ESSERImpact
.@EducateCT’s $1.5 mil Voice4Change program empowered students to vote on ideas to use #ESSER funds in their own schools. Former Danbury HS student Viviana Flores shares how the program empowered her to improve her school community bit.ly/41OoxLH. #ESSERImpact
.@UTPublicEd used state #ESSER funds to expand the widely successful Digital Teaching & Learning grant. Brooke Austin from Odyssey Charter School shares how the DTL grant is helping her school leverage technology to improve instruction bit.ly/3oyf0u2. #ESSERImpact
.@UTPublicEd’s Digital Teaching and Learning grant, which launched in 2016, helped schools adapt to students’ needs early in the pandemic. @DicksonSyd & @YoungUTed discuss how UT used state #ESSER $$$ to expand the program to add'l schools bit.ly/3oyf0u2. #ESSERImpact
State #ESSER investments are making an impact! Check out highlights from @codepted, @OSSEDC, @ISBEnews and @TNedu here youtu.be/JMnZRKQiW9A.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
How is COVID relief aid making an impact in schools? Learn how #ESSER funds in @OHEducation, @azedschools, @EducateIN and @NMPED are making an impact here: youtu.be/wz1gxzMt-0w. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
Learn about the ways state #ESSER investments are making an impact in schools! Check out examples from @DEDeptofEd, @EducateCT, @CADeptEd and @WVEducation here: youtu.be/j2rVNYEACrs. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
How are state #ESSER investments making an impact? Learn more from New Hampshire, @ArkansasEd, @NewJerseyDOE and @NDDPI here: youtu.be/n1OcfOcKTfg.
#StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
#ESSER funds are making an impact in schools across the country. Learn more about @MOEducation, @NevadaReady, @UTPublicEd, @georgiadeptofed and @RIDeptEd here: youtu.be/3z_HKV81YDc. #StatesLeading #ESSERImpact
ESSER Impact by the Numbers (1)
Every year, the National Teacher of the Year is as influenced by the context of the world in which they work as we are by them. 2023 National Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson reflects on her year of service in her end-of-year blog, My Forever Good Thing: Reflections from the 2023 National Teacher of the Year.
Please feel free to use the toolkit below to share Rebecka's message with your online audiences. Remember to include the #NTOY23 hashtag and tag @CCSSO in your posts!
“Every day may not be good, and there’s something good in every day.” @RebeckaMozdeh shares a few good things during her year as the 2023 National Teacher of the Year in a new blog. Read it here: https://ntoy.ccsso.org/my-forever-good-thing/. #NTOY23 @CCSSO (PC: Courtesy of NEA)
🙌 Every day has something good, and @RebeckaMozdeh is here to share her wisdom! Dive into her experiences as the 2023 National Teacher of the Year in her new blog. 📚 Check it out here: https://ntoy.ccsso.org/my-forever-good-thing/. #NTOY23 @CCSSO (PC: Courtesy of NEA)
In her end-of-year reflection, 2023 National Teacher of the Year @RebeckaMozdeh reminds us why it is important to find “One Good Thing” in each day. Read more here: https://ntoy.ccsso.org/my-forever-good-thing/. #NTOY23 @CCSSO (PC: Courtesy of NEA)
CCSSO is committed to working with states to ensure every child has the support they need to read successfully. In February 2024, CCSSO provided an update on the work now underway in states to implement effective literacy initiatives through comprehensive strategies to improve reading skills for all students. We hope you will share these updates using the sample posts below.
For more information about CCSSO’s commitment to this work, visit learning.ccsso.org/a-nation-of-readers.
How are state education leaders using #ESSER set-aside funds to bolster student reading skills and address literacy instruction and support? Read more in @CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report here: bit.ly/3wctDqz. #StatesLeading
#StatesLeading: To date, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa & Puerto Rico have passed laws or implemented new policies or programs related to evidence-based reading instruction. Check out @CCSSO’s new state scan to learn more bit.ly/49DBPyx.
.@CCSSO is committed to working with states to ensure every child has the support they need to read. A recent update shows the work underway in states to implement effective literacy initiatives to improve reading skills for all students bit.ly/48qzINr. #StatesLeading
How are state education leaders using #ESSER set-aside funds to bolster student reading skills and address literacy instruction and support? Read more in CCSSO’s latest Road to Recovery report here: bit.ly/3wctDqz. #StatesLeading
#StatesLeading: To date, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa & Puerto Rico have passed laws or implemented new policies or programs related to evidence-based reading instruction. Check out CCSSO’s new state scan to learn more bit.ly/49DBPyx.
CCSSO is committed to working with states to ensure every child has the support they need to read. A recent update shows the work underway in states to implement effective literacy initiatives to improve reading skills for all students. Read more: bit.ly/48qzINr. #StatesLeading