Top Three
Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Student Absenteeism Post-Pandemic: Via FutureEd with 86 pages of promising solutions.
No Option Is Completely Safe: Via Emily Oster, "A better way to think about risk and benefit."
"At the same time, data usually doesn’t make our decisions for us. Data is not bossy. Often it makes a decision clearer, but almost always we need to stack decision tools on top of our data to actually move forward."
"But no option was completely safe, and recognizing that may help us feel less shame when things like this happen to us and less judgment when they happen to others."
Covid Research
Heart Transplants From COVID-positive Donors May Increase Risk of Death: Transplant patients who receive a heart from a COVID-19–infected donor may be at greater risk for death at 6 months and 1 year, finds a study published yesterday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Death Rates in COVID ICU Patients 69% Higher Than for Flu: "A new nationwide French study comparing outcomes for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) for either influenza or COVID-19 due to acute respiratory failure shows that COVID-19 patients had a longer hospital stay and a 69% higher mortality rate than ICU patients with influenza. The study was published yesterday in the Journal of Infection."
Public Support Wanes for Vaccine Mandates: Via Axios on new Pew research.
The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: What’s Next?: Via McKinsey.
State
New York: Via David Banks: "ChatGPT caught NYC schools off guard. Now, we’re determined to embrace its potential."
Economic Recoery
Job Prospects for Black Workers Have Never Been Better—In Ways That Might Last: Via WSJ
"There are signs, though, that some of the improvements could last, in part because many Black workers moved into higher-paying industries and occupations during the pandemic."
"Across the economy, Black workers moved in recent years to better-paying fields than the ones they left, a White House report found. And last year, Black workers saw faster wage growth overall than other Americans."
More in U.S. Say Inflation Is Causing Financial Hardship: Via Gallup
Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a New Job: The share of job seekers who relocated to take up a new position fell to 1.6%, the lowest level on record, in the first quarter of 2023, according to a quarterly survey that’s been carried out by executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. for decades.
The Case for Economic Dynamism: Via EIG
What State and Local Leaders Need to Know About the Federal Government’s Regional Tech Hubs Competition: Via Brookings.
Resources
Broadband:
States race to prepare for $42.5B in federal broadband funds.
Treasury releases Supplementary SLFRF and CPF Broadband Guidance
"FCC Broadband Funding Map Could Be Useful in State BEAD Planning"
Ballmer Group, New Profit and Echoing Green Announce New Initiative to Invest in Black-led Nonprofit Organizations: Announcement.
Depression Rates Reach New Highs :The percentage of U.S. adults who report having been diagnosed with depression at some point in their lifetime has reached 29.0%, nearly 10 percentage points higher than in 2015.
The percentage of Americans who currently have or are being treated for depression has also increased, to 17.8%, up about seven points over the same period. Both rates are the highest recorded by Gallup since it began measuring depression using the current form of data collection in 2015
How Do You Actually Help a Suicidal Teen?: Via NYT.
Young Americans Are Dying at Alarming Rates, Reversing Years of Progress: Via WSJ.
"For decades, advances in healthcare and safety steadily drove down death rates among American children. In an alarming reversal, rates have now risen to the highest level in nearly 15 years, particularly driven by homicides, drug overdoses, car accidents and suicides."
"The uptick among younger Americans accelerated in 2020. Though Covid-19 itself wasn’t a major cause of death for young people, researchers say social disruption caused by the pandemic exacerbated public-health problems, including worsening anxiety and depression. Greater access to firearms, dangerous driving and more lethal narcotics also helped push up death rates.
With New Grants, 5 States Could Lead the Way to Widespread, Effective Tutoring: Via Kevin Huffman.
High-Dosage Tutoring is Still Hard. Here’s What Schools Have Learned: Via Chalkbeat.
Miracle Dog: In Texas, a news crew was outside covering the aftermath of the tornado that struck Laguna Heights, when they heard the sound of a dog trapped underneath the damage.
I'm Sorry: You want to do a silent read of the prep materials????
Bill Gates: 5 things I wish I heard at the graduation I never had.