“The rescue phase is over. The federal relief dollars are gone. It is time to pivot from short-term recovery to longer term challenges such as reducing absenteeism and addressing the slide in literacy. Whether it is early literacy, improving instructional materials, strengthening accountability or high school redesign, states are where education reform is happening now. What’s been missing is any cross-state effort to evaluate those reforms and spread what’s working. We are launching a new project for states wanting to learn together.”