What Will 2024 Hold for Early Care and Education? newamerica.org/education-poli… via @newamericaed Aaron Loewenberg

My first foray into understanding the evidence base for ed programs funded by Overdeck Foundation. A lot more causal research is needed to validate tutoring, teacher prep. OST, STEM, and early childhood models but the programs are committed to this work. overdeck.org/news-and-resou…

New implementation study of Child First home visiting out today authored my mdrc colleagues. This study was many years in the making and will be used to interpret findings from an impact study to be released in 2025. Thanks to The Duke Endowment for supporting this work!

Instructional alignment is associated w/ #preK persistence: Evidence from BostonPublicSchools via Meghan McCormick, Cullen MacDowell, Christina Weiland, JoAnn Hsueh, Michelle Maier, Mirjana Pralica, Samuel Maves, Catherine Snow, & Jason Sachs sciencedirect.com/science/articl… via Elsevier | ScienceDirect

In 2023, MDRC experts wrote commentaries offering evidence-based solutions for rural higher ed, homevisiting, community colleges, early ed assessments, and more. Here are some highlights. mdrc.org/work/publicati…

The job of “tutor” is now the fastest-growing position in the K-12 sector. But a tight labor market has districts scrambling to find enough of them. MDRC's Rebecca Davis offers 4 approaches states & districts are taking to meet the demand. mdrc.org/work/publicati…

Doing some landscaping on folks who have evaluated middle school STEM programs (that may or may not happen in the classroom). Potentially looking for an eval partner to fund - any ideas twitterverse?

Excited to head to Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy to talk about research, evidence and my new life as a funder.

THIS THURS Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Ed Policy Talk! Perspectives on Strengthening Education Policy in Partnership Across Different Roles Meghan McCormick Meghan McCormick (Overdeck Foundation) & Jason Sachs Gates Foundation 📅Feb 8 @ 12noon 🏫1230 Weill Hall RSVP myumi.ch/DwdwM

NEW! Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges for Building the Next Generation of Evidence [See below for the many illustrious coauthors!] journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… via @AeraOpen AERA

Educational innovation: is 26% (for I3) a low success rate? I actually don't think so. It might be disappointing, but given what we know in other fields, we should expect most innovations to fail. But really important to know which do and do not work! hechingerreport.org/proof-points-o…

YES!!!! You should always expect a high level of failure and then make bigger bets/investments in what works.

Since transitioning to a foundation I’m now on the other side of figuring out how precious resources should be invested. My latest in New America Ed highlighting what we DO know works to strengthen PreK - evidence-based curricula and aligned PD. newamerica.org/education-poli…

Looking forward to representing Overdeck Family Foundation at this important event on how to address chronic absenteeism.

Too many preschool programs use curricula that under-deliver for kids and teachers. We can do better. New National Academies report lays out a vision for turning the page & shifting to evidence-based, content-rich, culturally responsive curricula: nationalacademies.org/event/42549_04…

TODAY at 12:30 ET!! Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is hosting a Funder-to-Funder convo examining the roles #Philanthropy can play to get kids to #SchoolEveryDay + reduce #ChronicAbsenteeismFt Helios Education Foundation United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Meghan McCormick + Hyde Family Foundation Register: ow.ly/oIcO50PMf8y

The best part of my new job has been learning A LOT about the K-12 landscape, esp the role that edtech is playing. The lack of rigorous evidence on most of these products - particularly leveraging genAI - led me to write a new piece in The 74. the74million.org/article/genera…

AI may help teachers, but does it work for students? This op-ed from Meghan McCormick and The 74 explores what we know about the impact of AI on education and what more we need to learn to make sure it’s helping students most in need: the74million.org/article/genera…