Elisa Villanueva Beard

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Too Many Students Say School Just Isn’t Relevant. It’s Time to Listen to Them.

Dec 5, 2024 | the74million.org | Elisa Villanueva Beard

Put Students First: Support Journalism That Exposes Truth and Inspires Action. Donate to The 74 We send our kids to school to get them ready for a successful future. So, it’s concerning that less than half of middle schoolers and high schoolers in a recent national survey said school challenges them in a good way or gives them a chance to do what they’re best at every day. Only about half said they feel prepared for the future.
Can We Be More Like Gen Z?

Jun 14, 2024 | workshift.org | Elisa Villanueva Beard |Michael Crow

As graduation season wraps up, a sea change is about to take place: Gen Z is expected to overtake Boomers in the workforce this year. Seemingly every week, a new research study, survey, or book comes out dissecting Gen Z and offering plenty of critiques. We aren’t research experts on generations, but we are the president of a leading 21st century university and the leader of an organization that recruits and develops young people to take on our education system’s inequities.
Can We Be More Like Gen Z?

Jun 5, 2024 | workshift.opencampusmedia.org | Elisa Villanueva Beard |Michael Crow |byElisa Villanueva Beard

As graduation season wraps up, a sea change is about to take place: Gen Z is expected to overtake Boomers in the workforce this year. Seemingly every week, a new research study, survey, or book comes out dissecting Gen Z and offering plenty of critiques. We aren’t research experts on generations, but we are the president of a leading 21st century university and the leader of an organization that recruits and develops young people to take on our education system’s inequities.
For students catching up post-pandemic, reading and math are not up for debate

May 29, 2024 | k12dive.com | Elisa Villanueva Beard

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Elisa Villanueva Beard is CEO of Teach For America. You don’t have to look hard to find conflicting, often heated, opinions about what kids in America need to learn — and what they don’t. When they are thoughtful, informed and center students, these can be important debates in an education system as complex and a country as diverse as ours.
Don’t Leave COVID Relief Dollars for Education on the Table

Feb 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Elisa Villanueva Beard

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Don’t Leave COVID Relief Dollars for Education on the Table

Feb 1, 2024 | usnews.com | Elisa Villanueva Beard

Parents and educators are well aware of the heavy toll that COVID-19 has taken on learning, school attendance, the mental health of students and educators, and school staffing. Over the course of the pandemic, Congress set aside billions of dollars through three stimulus acts to help schools cope. That money won’t be available much longer – and any left on the table means fewer kids getting the support they need to succeed and thrive.
US students need well-paid teachers to rebuild what’s been lost

Feb 27, 2023 | thehill.com | Elisa Villanueva Beard

Students continue to wrestle with the impact of disrupted learning time from the pandemic. Yet despite generations of research proving that teacher quality is the single most important school-based factor in student outcomes, our country continues to allow teacher shortages — which we know are most persistent and acute in schools and districts hit hardest by the pandemic. There’s not a moment to lose to recruit, support and retain more teachers.