Areas of expertise
Education policy • Early childhood education • Accountability systems • Racial and social justice
Biography
Elaine Weiss is an EPI research associate and the former National Coordinator of the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education. BBA was a national education policy campaign launched by the Economic Policy Institute to call attention to the many impacts of poverty-related impediments to effective teaching and learning and promote strategies to mitigate those impacts. She authored in-depth case studies of diverse communities across the country that employ integrated student supports to advance whole-child education systems. Those studies are the basis for her book, co-authored with Paul Reville Broader, Bolder, Better: How Schools and Communities Help Students Overcome the Disadvantages of Poverty (Harvard Education Press, June 2019). Dr. Weiss’s research interests include early childhood education, incorporating community voice in school improvement, and education policies that advance racial and social justice.
Education
Ph.D., Public Policy, George Washington University
J.D., Harvard Law School
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Public education funding in the U.S. needs an overhaul: How a larger federal role would boost equity and shield children from disinvestment during downturns
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Policymakers cannot relegate another generation to underresourced K–12 education because of an economic recession
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Learning during the pandemic: Lessons from the research on education in emergencies for COVID-19 and afterwards
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Learning during the pandemic: Making social and emotional learning front and center
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Learning during the pandemic: What decreased learning time in school means for student learning
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Policy solutions to deal with the nation’s teacher shortage—a crisis made worse by COVID-19
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A policy agenda to address the teacher shortage in U.S. public schools: The sixth and final report in the ‘Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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Examining the factors that play a role in the teacher shortage crisis: Key findings from EPI’s ‘Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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What teaching is like during the pandemic—and a reminder that listening to teachers is critical to solving the challenges the coronavirus has brought to public education
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Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Major Challenges to U.S. Students and Teachers—and Exacerbates Existing Education Inequities: A plan for relief, recovery, and rebuilding
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COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy: Lessons from pre-pandemic research to inform relief, recovery, and rebuilding
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Access to online learning amid coronavirus is far from universal, and children who are poor suffer from a digital divide
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Teachers need better professional development opportunities, more support
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The role of early career supports, continuous professional development, and learning communities in the teacher shortage: The fifth report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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Teaching—an important job, but a challenging work environment
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Challenging working environments (‘school climates’), especially in high-poverty schools, play a role in the teacher shortage: The fourth report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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Broader, Bolder, Better: We’ve come a long way
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Why is teaching becoming a less appealing occupation? One answer is right in front of us
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Low relative pay and high incidence of moonlighting play a role in the teacher shortage, particularly in high-poverty schools: The third report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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U.S. schools struggle to hire and retain teachers: The second report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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The search for America’s missing teachers
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Teacher strikes blanket the nation as a labor of love meets economic hardships
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The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought: The first report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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There’s nothing radical about Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for universal childcare
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Exploring the effects of student absenteeism
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Student absenteeism: Who misses school and how missing school matters for performance
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Fixing education inequalities will require fixing broader societal inequities
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Education inequalities at the school starting gate: Gaps, trends, and strategies to address them
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Reducing and averting achievement gaps: Key findings from the report ‘Education inequalities at the school starting gate’ and comprehensive strategies to mitigate early skills gaps
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The hidden sides of NAEP: girls, art, and empowerment