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The Hechinger Report: Is a ‘DARPA for education’ finally happening?

Hidden in more than 4,000 pages of the omnibus appropriations bill that President Biden signed in December is funding for a key education initiative that advocates have been pushing for decades. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the Department of Education’s statistics, research and evaluation arm, received $40 million in new money for research and development, a portion of which must be used to “support a new funding opportunity for quick-turnaround, high-reward scalable solutions.”

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The Center for Education Market Dynamics • February 02, 2023

Is a ‘DARPA for education’ finally happening_
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