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):
12 Important Education Storylines We’ll All Be Reading About in 2018 is from The 74.
Undercutting Our Democracy Through Vouchers is by Richard Kahlenberg. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning Why School Vouchers Are A Bad Idea.
Lots of big-city school Superintendents headed out the door:
Wow! In past month, NYC Supt announced her retirement; Chicago Supt stepped down, and now LA https://t.co/exRvP85DHz
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) January 6, 2018
I’m adding this next tweet to
yeah I’m not a big fan of the weeks of learning conversion. My very, very rough, context-dependent rule of thumb for ed research effect sizes is
.01-.03 SDs = tiny
.04-.09 = small to modest
.1-.19 = moderate
.2 or greater = large— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) January 3, 2018
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Why Teacher Merit Pay Is A Bad Idea:
Big new study finds that performance bonuses for teachers boost test scores (a bit) https://t.co/smU6faRbMJ “lots of caveats,” and “only sometimes statistically significant” looking forward to the debate
— Josh Starr (@JoshuaPStarr) January 3, 2018
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