9 NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE STATE / COUNTY/ LOCAL• Develop “Ready to Succeed” indicators to measure the impact of strategies, investments, supports and opportunities on college and career readiness, student learning and student achievement. • State departments of education and school districts should require better data collection and public reporting about resource equity, including human, financial, curricular, technological, out of school time and instructional resources:• Create pilot programs to improve the graduation rates of non-traditional students. These programs would select higher education institutions that serve a large number of such students and identify innovative approaches—including those that improve the enrollment intensity of non-traditional students to promote on-time degree completion.• Initiate statewide and regional innovation taskforces to consider the needs of future students, business, and industry and determine the investments that must be made to provide students with 21st century skills, attitudes and aptitudes. E. GREAT TEACHERS, LEADERS AND CONTENT IN ALL SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION SETTINGS FEDERAL• Continue investments in the ConnectED program so that all students have access to high-speed internet via schools and libraries by 2018.• Invest $4 billion dollars over three years for a new Computer Science for All program to support states and districts in expanding access to computer science instruction and provide other learning opportunities in computer science.• Provide $500 million dollars for the Invest in Innovation program to drive innovation in education across the full set of P-16 settings and content areas. Funds should also be dedicated to research the efficacy, utility and equity of school and educational models before they are brought to scale. STATE/ COUNTY / LOCAL• Qualified, effective, and credentialed teachers must be equitably distributed and dedicated professional development provided that supports innovation, leadership, and teacher collaboration and student success. • Develop definitions, guidance and support for culturally responsive P-16 teaching and leadership, and provide additional funding for effective and widespread implementation.
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