This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

 

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):

Of course they would, because it would actually help people. https://t.co/hsSkyiDUVw

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 30, 2023

Who wouldn’t want to be a principal with at kind of arrangement? https://t.co/5VL6zkkNod

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 2, 2023

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research:

Gert Biesta on Why “What Works” Won’t Work: “Education should be understood as a moral, non-causal practice, which means that professional judgements in education are ultimately value judgments, not simply technical judgments.”https://t.co/9D8XyQa29v

— Nick Covington (@CovingtonEDU) July 2, 2023

These moms call themselves joyful warriors, but they’re mad—mad at teachers, principals and the president, and they’re fighting back https://t.co/dMhn70RTCo pic.twitter.com/tUmY5dxDIj

— Bree Newsome Bass (@BreeNewsome) July 2, 2023

 

I agree that LIFO practices should be modified to support keeping teachers of color. But does anyone really not believe that many administrators would not use other modifications to target teachers for unjust reasons? https://t.co/evoGKYn8pF

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 3, 2023

A civil rights group has filed a lawsuit challenging legacy admissions at Harvard, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni https://t.co/3IhlZFMAB2

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 3, 2023

‘Abbott Elementary’ Star Tyler James Williams Says Lack of Black Teachers Inspired Him to Play One on TV | News | ⁦@BET⁩ ⁦@CenterBlackEd⁩ ⁦@fellowshipbmec⁩ https://t.co/hwzDKoWSKu

— Sharif El-Mekki (@selmekki) July 4, 2023

Column: How Mississippi gamed its national reading test scores to produce ‘miracle’ gains https://t.co/jCZXbYFvig

— Paul Thomas (@plthomasEdD) July 4, 2023

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About Effective Student & Teacher Assessments:

This is pretty good —– NYC teacher evaluations don’t yield meaningful feedback https://t.co/xgttsFLHbB

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 5, 2023

A Georgia teacher’s plight exposes the essence of anti-woke MAGA fury is from The Washington Post.

What did a big new study of charter schools really find? is from Chalkbeat. I’m adding it to Best Posts & Articles Analyzing Charter Schools.

A few thoughts on the (political) future for Moms for Liberty with help from @dburghart @BisforBerkshire @Edu_Historian @lehmannchris @jonathanweisman new @3Streamsblog https://t.co/rBzOEkYbEY

— Heath Brown (@heathbrown) July 6, 2023

When California banned affirmative action, freshmen enrollment of Black and Latino students at U.C. Berkeley fell by half. But there are lessons from what Berkeley has done to rebuild, writes the school’s dean of undergraduate admissions. https://t.co/cSpABYo3Q9

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) July 5, 2023

Illustrating how extensive the veto power in Wisconsin is, ⁦@GovEvers⁩ today struck the “20” and the hyphen from “2024-25” to guarantee more money for schools every year through 2425.

Story c/o ⁦@MollyBeck⁩ and ⁦@jessieopie⁩:https://t.co/6BFjvsSupm

— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) July 5, 2023

How Wisconsin’s governor bested the GOP and secured education funding for 400 years https://t.co/3dmP9FaoC9

— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 6, 2023

Inside Joe Biden’s new student loan repayment plan is from Politico.

What People Are Getting Wrong About the Science of Reading is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”