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):
Estimating the “Effective Teaching Gap” is from Education Next.
More people are regretting major in education … additional evidence that the teacher morale crisis is real, even as the teacher shortage crisis may be overstated. https://t.co/kjaIkCxpTO pic.twitter.com/oMC5zGUHbW
— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) September 6, 2022
I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research:
“True scientific knowledge is held tentatively and is subject to change based on contrary evidence.”https://t.co/Tif2lY7Nu4
— Mark Anderson (@mandercorn) September 6, 2022
Anytime the school district requires us to attend professional development led by a rep from a textbook company https://t.co/aNnTTNERBH
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 7, 2022
What It Will Take to Transform Public Education (in 4 Charts) is from Ed Week.
While people point fingers over school closures, the human losses during Covid may also explain why @NAEP_NCES student achievement fell so much during the pandemic. How can a child learn to read and add when she or he is going through this much grief? https://t.co/agtdKW3oTB
— Jill Barshay (@jillbarshay) September 7, 2022
This seems very complicated & I don’t really understand it all —– California Students Are Struggling in Math. Will Reforms Make the Problem Worse? https://t.co/rVP2iUyRoa via @NewYorker
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 9, 2022
Virtual charter schools see enrollments rise is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Analyzing Charter Schools.
How Bad Is the Teacher Shortage? What Two New Studies Say is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE “TEACHER SHORTAGE”
Many thank to Peter for sharing and many thanks to Garrett for writing this. It’s a wonderful essay that asks great questions and gets at so much of what’s missed. https://t.co/cMqsOfAcH8
— Jennifer Binis (@JennBinis) September 9, 2022
I previously sent out an incorrect tweet, which I have deleted, about number of children who lost caregiver due to COVID,I mistook international number w/US number. Still, big number – if u take averages, each classroom in US has 1 stdnt who could have lost caregiver due 2 COVID
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 9, 2022
Why one-size-fits-all metrics for evaluating schools must go appeared in The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”
I’m adding this video to The Best Posts & Articles Analyzing Charter Schools:
Unprecedented federal aid could help schools dig out of pandemic problems — if they can figure out how to spend it in time. https://t.co/jOCmg5eouj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 11, 2022
It was a privilege watching @elizashapiro and @brianmrosenthal report this out with care, compassion and an unstinting devotion to understanding the community and portraying it fairly. A feat of journalism — and they are far from done reporting. https://t.co/Mw0JzhvK2o
— Michael LaForgia (@laforgia_) September 11, 2022
Congress allocated an unprecedented $200 billion in Covid aid to K-12 schools. But has it actually helped kids catch up?
I followed one DC kid who fell behind to see if the money reached him and to understand challenges districts' faced to spend the funds https://t.co/gOOIE0wurY
— Perry Stein (@PerryStein) September 8, 2022
Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty – The New York Times https://t.co/yWhY7ILShx
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 12, 2022
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