Jamil Modaffari is a research associate for K-12 Education at American Progress. Prior to this role, he served as a Teach For America corps member, teaching fifth grade at Bessemer STEM Academy in Pueblo, Colorado. Additionally, Modaffari founded Pueblo City Lacrosse, where he provided students with free lessons, mentorship, and tutoring as well as created a Friday educational enrichment program focused on renewable energy and learning the game of lacrosse. He also previously served as a summer fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center. As a summer fellow, he worked on creating an organizational framework centered in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Modaffari received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Colorado State University-Pueblo.
School Air Filtration and Ventilation Strategies To Improve Health, Education, Equity, and Environmental Outcomes
Upgrading school ventilation and air filtration is a critical part of a multilayered strategy to improve and protect health, education, the environment, and equity.
Future of Testing in Education: Effective and Equitable Assessment Systems
This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and learning system.
The Compound Benefits of Greening School Infrastructure
With long-term federal infrastructure investment, schools can deliver critical health and learning benefits to students while supporting the transition to a 100 percent clean energy future.
The Education Data That Matter Most to Parents and School Stakeholders
The current K-12 accountability system provides important information for education leaders, but local school communities need access to other timely and useful data to help improve the quality of education each child receives.
