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 2019 – PART TWO):
A School Experiment to Remember is from Larry Cuban, and is pretty interesting.
School Reform Metaphors: The Pendulum and Hurricane is also from Larry Cuban.
The Coronavirus Pandemic and K-12 Education Funding is from The Shanker Institute.
Guidance from DeVos means more coronavirus relief for private schools is from Chalkbeat.
Nothing good is going to come of this: Cuomo taps Gates Foundation to ‘reimagine’ what schooling looks like in NY is from Chalkbeat. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy.
Cuomo questions why school buildings still exist — and says New York will work with Bill Gates to ‘reimagine education’ is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to the same list.
I’m adding this series of tweets to The Best Resources For Learning About Effective Student & Teacher Assessments:
A lot of good research here, though I am a bit wary of professors whose own jobs are guaranteed after tenure then recommending that the jobs of K-12 teachers NOT be guaranteed after tenure and, instead, be at least partially based on “performance ratings” https://t.co/B05z5JgYEY
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 6, 2020
Larry, this is a very fair point and highlights the inequities between working in K12 vs. higher education. It also raises questions about the tenure process in each sector.
What do you think should be the bar for tenure in K12 education?
— Matthew A. Kraft (@MatthewAKraft) May 6, 2020
Definitely some promising research on peer assistance and reviews programs.
Would you have teacher tenure decisions based on the ratings from the peer assistance and review process or some other criteria?
— Matthew A. Kraft (@MatthewAKraft) May 6, 2020
I think how the tenure process works now here in California, which is primarily based on principal review, works fine. I would view peer review primarily kicking in after tenure.
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) May 6, 2020
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Why Teachers Unions Are Important:
“compared to less‐unionized districts, highly unionized districts dismiss more low‐quality teachers and retain more high‐quality teachers, raising average teacher quality and educational outcomes”//The Myth of Unions’ Overprotection of Bad Teachers https://t.co/WXgAj6mA0H
— Paul Bruno (@Paul__Bruno) May 5, 2020
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