Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in The Best Articles, Videos & Posts On Education Policy In 2017 – Part Two):

The big ed policy news coming up this week will be the Supreme Court decision on public sector unions. Janus, the Supreme Court, and Teachers’ Unions: An Overview is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Awful Friedrichs & Janus Cases.

A.P. World History Tries to Trim Thousands of Years, and Educators Revolt is from The New York Times.

Teachers Condemn Family Separations at the Border as ‘Child Abuse’ is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Terrible Practice Of Separating Immigrant Parents From Their Children.

Closures Of Schools In Puerto Rico Complicate Family Life is from NPR.

Creating New Schools: Regression To the Mean (Part 2) is by Larry Cuban.

How bad is teacher pay? Nearly 1 in 5 teachers works a second job, report says is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Teacher Compensation Crisis.

An ‘Education and the Workforce’ Agency? is from Inside Higher Ed. I’m adding it to a previous post that includes a variety of links related to the Trump Administration’s proposal to combine the Dept. of Ed with the Dept. of Labor.

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Articles, Posts & Videos On John Hattie’s Research (check out the many responses to it, too):

And here’s a response from John Hattie: