Braiding and Blending Funds: Learning, Collaborating, and Understanding

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What can schools do with millions of dollars in federal funding? Funds from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) were plentiful but to make the best use of these and other existing funding sources, school and district leaders need a different approach beyond straightforward, simple use. They needed to braid and blend their ESSER funds.