About This Episode
Season 5. Episode 8.
In this episode of Education Insight, Dr. Tom Kane, Faculty Director at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, discusses the findings from the latest Education Recovery Scorecard. The report examines how student achievement in math and reading has been impacted by the pandemic, with a focus on recovery trends across various districts. Dr. Kane highlights the growing disparities in achievement based on income, race, and absenteeism, while also exploring the effectiveness of federal relief funding and district-level interventions.
The conversation also touches on the critical role of communication between schools and parents regarding students’ academic progress and how absenteeism continues to hinder recovery efforts. Dr. Kane offers key insights into the long-term consequences of learning loss and the importance of policy changes to address these challenges. Tune in to learn more about how districts are recovering, what’s working, and what needs to be done to close the achievement gap and ensure future success for students across the country.
Featured Guest
Dr. Thomas Kane
Faculty Director at the Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University
Biography
Thomas Kane is an economist and Walter H. Gale Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is faculty director of the Center for Education Policy Research, a university-wide research center that works with school districts and state agencies. Between 2009 and 2012, he directed the Measures of Effective Teaching project for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His work has spanned both K-12 and higher education, covering topics such as the design of school accountability systems, teacher evaluation, financial aid for college, race-conscious college admissions and recovery from the COVID pandemic. From 1995 to 1996, Kane served as the senior economist for labor, education, and welfare policy issues within President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers. From 1991 through 2000, he was a faculty member at the Kennedy School of Government. Kane has also been a professor of public policy at UCLA and has held visiting fellowships at the Brookings Institution and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
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Education Insight tells the story of education in the Inland Empire through the diverse voices of those in and around the regional education community. The show is produced by Growing Inland Achievement, a collective impact organization in the Inland Empire with a mission to increase economic prosperity in the region by increasing educational attainment. Hosted by 30-year broadcast veteran Lacey Kendall, monthly shows explore topics ranging from education challenges and shortcomings to innovations and groundbreaking ideas that are driving student success.
