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):
Great news for @officialSCUSD teachers, students, and their families! Our Supt, Jorge A. Aguilar, has announced his resignation, effective at the end of this month!
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 29, 2023
I believe there are some consultants in the education world, and some professors in teacher prep programs, who have been out of the classroom for quite awhile, but whom can still be helpful to teachers. I also believe there are many more who provide less help than they think they do – a lot has changed in classrooms over the years. For those who disagree with this perspective, I think this NPR story, Psychologist Laurence Steinberg offers advice to parents of adult children, holds some parallels.
Supreme Court won’t hear charter school’s bid to force girls to wear skirts https://t.co/qzbGbs22OD
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 27, 2023
For many Black children, their first encounter with discrimination comes from the school system.
This early exposure to segregation is one of many possible factors contributing to what’s known as the racial achievement gap. https://t.co/vE18N4eGG3
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 26, 2023
My preregistered take was that SCOTUS was going to take this case. (It was preregistered by the fact that I had written and loaded up a draft story saying so this morning.) Not so! Now there’s more uncertainty about the legal status of charters. https://t.co/kOSGxDw2Tw
— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) June 26, 2023
I’m adding these two tweets to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE “TEACHER SHORTAGE”:
This seems to be the most complete and accurate analysis that I’ve seen about how we teachers are doing these days. https://t.co/djiIapeabO
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 27, 2023
New: There are a lot of warnings signs about the American teaching force right now. So what should policymakers do?
I offer nine big, research-informed ideas.https://t.co/zuZN32MO2z
— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) June 28, 2023
Our student teachers are so overburdened with work that any practicing K-12 teacher knows has no relevance to the classroom. This is why I think teacher prep programs need to find ways to get active K-12 educators teaching more of their courses https://t.co/DfG9S18sUJ
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 28, 2023
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”:
I have appreciated, & learned from, respectful conversations sharing diff perspectives about reading instruction. A tweet like this does not contribute 2 that kind of dialogue.
A”pile-on” focused on an educator is what I see from right-wing trolls & not respected journalists.— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 27, 2023
Or, “Let me tell u about the new initiatives the district is launching this school year.”
Or, “Let me tell u how AI is going 2 revolutionize schools.”
Or, “Let me tell you how it’s not my responsibility 2 disavow racist/fascist groups who vocally support what I am advocating.” https://t.co/7gF2XCLbh5
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 28, 2023
Here are some useful tweets about the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action:
We high school teachers will be doing a lot of specific coaching for college admission essays https://t.co/3yXTMawanu
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 29, 2023
Crucial to be careful w/ our language. Yes, the court found Harvard & UNC’s diversity programs unconstitutional but it did not overturn Grutter & it explicitly left the door open to the pursuit of diversity. 1/ https://t.co/enxUasAkyB
— Derek W. Black (@DerekWBlack) June 29, 2023
From Justice Jackson’s dissent: “No one benefits from ignorance. Although formal race-linked legal barriers are gone, race still matters to the lived experiences of all Americans in innumerable ways, and today’s ruling makes things worse, not better.” https://t.co/xzOhKdDPus pic.twitter.com/8PKpDGyWE4
— adam harris (@AdamHSays) June 29, 2023
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson with the dissent of the century:
“Deeming race irrelevant in law does now make it so in life… No one benefits from ignorance.” pic.twitter.com/yf46BSXFsZ
— Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) June 29, 2023
“let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” echoes Justice Thurgood Marshall’s comment to Allan Bakke’s lawyer during oral arguments in the 70s https://t.co/F8Os0RVa7G https://t.co/60yhZyOJKe pic.twitter.com/GZH4Kqypla
— adam harris (@AdamHSays) June 29, 2023
One odd, surprising, and important facet of the chief justice’s opinion: He explicitly exempts military academies from his new ban on race-conscious admissions “in light of the potentially distinct interests” they may present. https://t.co/bck5KDsCgB pic.twitter.com/s3NmCIrzpM
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 29, 2023
They left it in military schools. Judge Jackson says: “The court has come…to the…conclusion that racial diversity in higher education is only worth potentially preserving insofar as it might be needed to prepare Black Americans…for success in the bunker, not the boardroom…”
— noliwe rooks (@nrookie) June 29, 2023
What the Supreme Court affirmative action decision means for universities moving forward https://t.co/LeSXyM4pC1
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 29, 2023
What the Supreme Court affirmative action decision means for universities moving forward https://t.co/LeSXyM4pC1
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 29, 2023
My colleague @JPYGold got there before me with a VERY important nuance. The prohibition is on considering an *applicant’s* race. Nothing about supporting individual enrolled students by race if necessary. https://t.co/Ct7YvgSezS
— Matthew Patrick Shaw (@MattPShaw) June 29, 2023
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