Akisha Osei Sarfo, Ph.D. is the Director of Research for the Council of Great City Schools. Founded in 1956, the Council brings together 78 of the nation’s largest urban public school systems in a coalition dedicated to the improvement of education for children in the inner cities. Dr. Sarfo leads the Council’s research work, facilitating the collaboration between district research departments while also spearheading the production of novel research, resources, and data tools for use by member districts.
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The sudden onset of a global pandemic in March 2020 created unprecedented challenges for all students, their families and their teachers.
This report provides a summary of the first year of the Illinois Learning Renewal - SEL study.
This brief provides takeaway messages from a discussion hosted by the National Academy of Education about the long-term impacts of the pandemic on the U.S. education system.
This report summarizes the developing base of literature on learning acceleration approaches and shares promising practices from New Jersey schools.
This brief examines policy language from 10 states that have innovation zones. Innovation zones are created through state legislation to give schools and districts freedom from burdensome administrative regulations. This flexibility gives schools and districts a chance to modernize teaching and learning.
This brief provides an overview of the use of learning pods in the 100 largest cities in the U.S.
This report provides the strategies and use of federal relief funds under ESSER used by the Hawai'i State Department of Education.
This article provides specific strategies to help school-based speech-language pathologists understand and address students communication skills in the wake of the pandemic.
This brief provides an overview of how Hampden Public Schools used ESSER funding to fund summer enrichment programs.