Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):

Schools as Factories: Metaphors That Stick is by Larry Cuban.

It matters now more than ever: What new developments say about Teacher Diversity and Student Success is from Brookings. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color.

How Hillsdale College-affiliated charter schools spread is from The Washington Post.

When the ‘Science of Reading’ Goes Too Far is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”

Early data on ‘high-dosage’ tutoring shows schools are sometimes finding it tough to deliver even low doses is from The Hechinger Report.

‘Never seen it this bad’: America faces catastrophic teacher shortage is from The Washington Post.