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Phyllis W. Jordan

Phyllis W. Jordan is editorial director of FutureEd, an independent, nonpartisan think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. She is the author of Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Chronic Absenteeism, released by FutureEd and Attendance Works.

8 Ways to Use COVID Relief Funds to Bolster Health in Schools

Phyllis W. Jordan & Alex Mays

How Are States Spending Their COVID Education Relief Funds?

Brooke LePage & Phyllis W. Jordan

Absentee Data from 5 School Districts Show Alarming Trends

Phyllis W. Jordan & Emily Bailard

Designing Summer Programs That Kids Will Want to Attend

Brooke LePage & Phyllis W. Jordan

Analysis: What a Difference a Pandemic Makes — This Year, from School Choice to Teacher Pay to CTE, 48 State of the State Addresses Focus on COVID-19

Phyllis W. Jordan & Brooke LePage

Jordan: When Racial and Gender Bias Is So Darn Obvious — 2 Studies Offer Suggestions for Real Change

Phyllis W. Jordan

Analysis: Kamala Harris Changed Her Thinking About Absenteeism, Truancy & Enforcement. What That Might Mean for Her as VP

Phyllis W. Jordan

Analysis: Taking Attendance Amid the Pandemic Is About More Than Student Participation. It Will Be Invaluable Data About Whether Distance Learning Is Actually Working

Phyllis W. Jordan & Hedy N. Chang

Jordan: New Program Gives Low-Income HS Students College Credit and a Pathway to Higher Ed. It Could Be a Post-Pandemic Model

Phyllis W. Jordan

Jordan: Chronic Absenteeism in the Time of Coronavirus — What Happens to Admissions, Promotion and Accountability?

Phyllis W. Jordan

Analysis: From Teacher Pay to Free College, What 41 Governors’ State of the State Addresses Reveal About the Nation’s Top 2020 Education Issues

Phyllis W. Jordan & Brooke LePage

Jordan: Surveys Can Tell a Lot About School Climate and Quality. But Be Careful When Using Them for Accountability Under ESSA

Phyllis W. Jordan

Jordan: What LeBron James Can Teach Us About Chronic Absenteeism — and What Schools Can Do About It

Phyllis W. Jordan