In our final episode of the 2024 season of Policy Changes Lives, hosts Cara Candal and Adriana Harrington sit down with ExcelinEd CEO Patricia Levesque to recap the 2024 National Summit on Education, revisit our 2024 policy trend predictions and, finally, introduce new trends we expect to see in 2025.   

Tune in for this info-packed episode as we explore what’s next for education policy and how states might tackle these new challenges in the year ahead.  

Time Stamps 

2:11 ExcelinEd National Summit on Education Keynote Recaps 

13:52 Chronic Absenteeism 

16:13 Phone-Free Schools 

18:34 School Accountability 

21:29 Early Literacy  

23:27 Math  

26:11 Private and Public School Choice 

29:04 Artificial Intelligence in Education 

31:34 Leveling Up High School/ High School Redesign 

33:51 Addressing Teacher Shortages 

36:43 Rapid-Fire Recap of our 2024 Policy Trend Predictions 

42:02 Our 2025 Policy Trend Predictions 

Links to Resources 

ExcelinEd’s 2024 National Summit on Education keynotes on our YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLamKh0vaiRJPFN4YtZvMkbQRaO-LIlRx1&si=hBNI6LXHaFDhNL9p 

Save the Date: 2025 National Summit on Education in New Orleans: https://excelined.org/national-summit/  

ExcelinEd’s website, featuring model policies and much more: www.excelined.org  

Early Literacy Matters: www.earlyliteracymatters.org 

School Choice Matters: www.schoolchoicematters.org  

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