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):
NEW: COVID funding was a radical, but temporary experiment in funding schools based on student poverty. But when it ends, students in poverty could return to a system where they get little extra funding despite greater needs. I dive deep into this issue. https://t.co/FKnqDazZLx
— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) August 25, 2022
How Schools Are Working to Help Kids Recover From Pandemic Learning Loss is from TIME.
The Heartbreak of Back to School in Uvalde is from The New Yorker.
A Missouri school district’s announcement that it is bringing back paddling drew dismay this week. But in a large number of schools, corporal punishment never went away, and it remains legal in 19 states.https://t.co/rj9KKitweV
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 27, 2022
Back to School in DeSantis’s Florida, as Teachers Look Over Their Shoulders is from The NY Times.
New Policy Brief Reveals Need To Specifically Retain Teachers Of Color is from The Education Trust. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color.
Instead of ‘mental health’ workshops described in article, districts could try fewer central office dictates, less caving 2 right wing demands on anti racism & LGBTQ tchng & reduced class sizes? ——- School districts move to ease teacher stress, burnout https://t.co/d2iaDCJCGI
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 27, 2022
As DeSantis Campaigns on Education, Crist Picks Teacher as Running Mate is from The NY Times.
How Bad Is the Teacher Shortage? Depends Where You Live. is from The NY Times. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE “TEACHER SHORTAGE”
So, they were useless except for weakening the districts they served. https://t.co/8gCybJO1K2
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 29, 2022
Teenagers in the U.S. are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Why has the issue become so widespread, and why have many people been caught off guard? Listen to today’s episode of The Daily.https://t.co/SSyI8Kueo8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 30, 2022
What if Americans sour on public education? is from Brookings.
The first AP course and exam on African American studies will undergo a pilot program in 60 U.S. high schools this fall. The course will address not just history but civil rights, politics, literature, the arts and geography. https://t.co/IWMUz5bz6v
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 31, 2022
Reading and math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show is from NPR.
A new Minneapolis teachers’ contract is the center of a debate over diversity is from NPR. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color.
Times publishes column w/ simplified critique of schooling & offering extraordinarily privileged alternative. Once again,everybody feels they r Ed expert based on their own 12/16 yrs of being a student- Education in America: School Is 4 Connecting 2 Nature https://t.co/kFU5m6zIwU
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 3, 2022
And here is a table comparing the average variances.
As you can see, there is NO clear pattern showing students who were remote longer faired worse. CA students were remote the longest, and yet showed the least loss here in math scores, whereas TX faired the worst in math. pic.twitter.com/W0jQWGXbhi
— Stephanie Tait ♿️ (@StephTaitWrites) September 2, 2022
In other words, if schools going remote was really to blame for the drop in test scores, the south – where most kids were back to school far earlier than other places – should have seen less of a decline than places like the west. Except that's not what the results show at all. https://t.co/0MJfbupoMV
— Stephanie Tait ♿️ (@StephTaitWrites) September 2, 2022
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