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Articles by Phyllis W. Jordan

Phyllis W. Jordan is associate director of FutureEd, an independent, nonpartisan think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

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Articles by Phyllis W. Jordan

Federal Funds & Philanthropy Can Help Get Chronically Absent Kids Back in School

New Study: $40 Stipend Draws Substitute Teachers into Hard-to-Staff Schools

7 Ways 5,000 Districts & Charter Networks Are Spending Relief Funds on Teachers

How Blue States & Red States Use COVID Relief Funds Differently to Aid Schools

Analysis: How Medicaid Can Help Schools Support Students’ Mental Health

$3 Billion for Summer Programs to Fight Learning Loss

3,500 Local School Districts’ Ambitious Post-COVID Tutoring Plans

What Will $50B in COVID School Relief Funding Buy?

How Districts With Different Poverty Levels Are Spending COVID Relief Funds

How 2,500 City, Suburban, Town and Rural School Districts Are Spending COVID Aid

How 2,100 Districts & Charter Schools Nationwide Plan to Spend COVID Relief Fund

8 Ways to Use COVID Relief Funds to Bolster Health in Schools

How Are States Spending Their COVID Education Relief Funds?

Absentee Data from 5 School Districts Show Alarming Trends

Designing Summer Programs That Kids Will Want to Attend

Analysis: What a Difference a Pandemic Makes — This Year, from School Choice to Teacher Pay to CTE, 48 State of the State Addresses Focus on COVID-19

Jordan: When Racial and Gender Bias Is So Darn Obvious — 2 Studies Offer Suggestions for Real Change

Analysis: Kamala Harris Changed Her Thinking About Absenteeism, Truancy & Enforcement. What That Might Mean for Her as VP

Analysis: Taking Attendance Amid the Pandemic Is About More Than Student Participation. It Will Be Invaluable Data About Whether Distance Learning Is Actually Working

Jordan: New Program Gives Low-Income HS Students College Credit and a Pathway to Higher Ed. It Could Be a Post-Pandemic Model

Jordan: Chronic Absenteeism in the Time of Coronavirus — What Happens to Admissions, Promotion and Accountability?

Analysis: From Teacher Pay to Free College, What 41 Governors’ State of the State Addresses Reveal About the Nation’s Top 2020 Education Issues

Jordan: Surveys Can Tell a Lot About School Climate and Quality. But Be Careful When Using Them for Accountability Under ESSA

Jordan: What LeBron James Can Teach Us About Chronic Absenteeism — and What Schools Can Do About It

Jordan & Miller: What State and Local Education Leaders Can Do to Stop the Spread of Measles

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