Good ideas almost never scale within the massive, fragmented American child care, education and workforce systems. Meet Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #54 Special Edition: Delta 📽️ Special Video Edition: Katrina, 20 Years Later 🎧 Listen to this edition of The Delta on Spotify. Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on August 23, 2005. It was a devastating and defining event in Louisiana’s history, and in our lives as Louisianans. [...] The post Special Video Edition: Katrina, 20 Years Later appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #53 50 EdTech tools in the classroom? Not for long. 2025 has been a boom year for artificial intelligence. With all the rapid investment in AI technology, you’d think 2025 would also be a boom year for edtech — but instead, Q1 was the worst quarter for venture funding since [...] The post 50 EdTech tools in the classroom? Not for long. appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #52 Special Edition: Oklahoma’s Testing Waiver Isn’t Serious Leadership Last week, State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced that, starting in the 2025–26 school year, Oklahoma will end federally required end-of-year testing for grades 3–8 in math and ELA. Districts would instead be allowed to use “approved benchmark assessments” in place of [...] The post Special Edition: Oklahoma’s Testing Waiver Isn’t Serious Leadership appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
This August marks one full year of The Delta. They say time flies when you’re having fun, and while “fun” might not be the first word you’d use to describe the year we’ve had, it’s been a joy to grow this community and share big ideas that can move our education system forward.| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #50 A new framework for high-quality early childhood education NEW RESOURCE: Download the updated ECE Framework ➡️Hey y’all, Jessica here.Ever wonder why states as different as Colorado and Arkansas are going all in on revamping their early childhood education systems? It’s pretty simple: those early years matter a lot, and the status quo [...] The post A new framework for high-quality early childhood education appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
As Chair of the bipartisan National Governors Association , I’ve been working over the past year alongside a team of experts across education and workforce development to dive deep into a question that is top of mind for so many of us – how can we better set our students, and our economy, up for success now and into the future?| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #48 What We’re Reading to Stay Focused on Kids Hi everyone, Kunjan here. This summer has been a masterclass in staying steady amid noise. Between funding delays, legal curveballs, and shifting political winds, many of us have spent the season in triage mode — and for good reason. That’s where [...] The post What We’re Reading to Stay Focused on Kids appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #47 Updates, resources, and reminders for SEAs facing the ESEA funding freeze Hey y’all, it’s Jessica. Last week, nearly 200 state leaders, advocates, and partners joined us for a webinar where Kunjan Narechania and Catherine Pozniak talked through how states can respond to the ongoing federal ESEA funding freeze. Since [...] The post Updates, resources, and reminders for SEAs facing the ESEA funding freeze appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
The Delta Issue #46 What states should do now: a recap of our ESEA funding freeze webinar Thank you to everyone who joined yesterday’s conversation with Catherine Pozniak about the ESEA funding freeze and how states can respond. If you couldn’t make it, here’s a quick recap, plus three resources you can use [...] The post What states should do now: a recap of our ESEA funding freeze webinar appeared first on Watershed Advisors.| Watershed Advisors
Having three boys between the ages of 1 and 9 means summer is a time of joyful and exhausting chaos in the Baghian household. Without the routine of the school year, my husband and I piece together full-time summer camps, playdates, and parenting between work obligations. I imagine many of you are in the same boat.| Watershed Advisors
Having three boys between the ages of 1 and 9 means summer is a time of joyful and exhausting chaos in the Baghian household. Without the routine of the school year, my husband and I piece together full-time summer camps, playdates, and parenting between work obligations. I imagine many of you are in the same boat.| Watershed Advisors
You’ve probably heard the adage “what gets measured gets done.” When it comes to our school systems, it couldn't be more true. Good measurement systems don’t just assess student performance, they drive student outcomes.| Watershed Advisors
The Trump administration’s proposed FY2026 education budget is out. The TL;DR: This proposal upends the way the federal government funds K-12 education. It guts the education budget by $6.5 billion, and consolidates 18 distinct funding streams into a single $2 billion formula grant to states.| Watershed Advisors