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):
The number of high school seniors who have filled out FAFSA is down from last year is from NPR.
As mass shootings continue at their relentless pace, criminal and civil accountability is extending beyond the shooters to parents, gun dealers and now in Va., a school administrator. w/@hannah_natanson @jjouvenal https://t.co/lwEv33mTgs
— Laura Meckler (@laurameckler) April 12, 2024
I’m adding this next tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”:
Bill to mandate ‘science of reading’ in California classrooms dies https://t.co/0s9wZNPND9
— Paul Bruno (@Paul__Bruno) April 12, 2024
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we don’t need more PD. We need more planning and collaboration time.
— Christina (@MsEsco_in_6th) April 12, 2024
College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down. https://t.co/WGwnlwln4k
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 12, 2024
It’s a surprising and a remarkable fact: most public school teachers don’t get paid parental leave. @sara_randazzo describes the nascent efforts to change this.https://t.co/n6tYcK37By
— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) April 11, 2024
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As for claims that the SAT (1) predicts academic performance better than grades or (2) promotes diversity, read these 4 responses:
* https://t.co/tXz3wgwyj4
* https://t.co/r4mbfXC5Wb
* https://t.co/CCi3rwoRqx
* Geiser & Atkinson’s letter to the NYT: https://t.co/mriF1EVuP3— Alfie Kohn (@alfiekohn) April 13, 2024
What could go wrong?———-North Carolina superintendent race reignites controversial debate over cameras in classrooms https://t.co/m1jY0Th6qf
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) April 13, 2024
I’m adding the following links to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism:
Has Your Relationship to School Attendance Changed Since the Pandemic is from The NY Times Learning Network.
What Students Are Saying About Why School Absences Have ‘Exploded’ is also from The NY Times Learning Network.
Calls, home visits, counseling help get California students back to school is from Ed Source.
I’m adding this tweet to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color:
While the benefits of a teacher of color are well-documented for students of color (https://t.co/71i78Yt2Pw), research also shows that *new teachers* have better outcomes when their schools have a Black teacher on staff.
Everyone benefits.https://t.co/Kd9yqznz5b
🧵 4/5
— Youki Terada (@YoukiTerada) April 12, 2024
Q&A: Grades & Test Scores is from the UChicago Consortium on School Research.
Disrespect, low pay, lack of support keep Black teachers out of the profession is from Ed Source. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color.
I have to agree with Ed here (see IF “INQUIRY” OR “DIRECT INSTRUCTION” IS THE QUESTION, THEN I THINK “INDUCTIVE LEARNING” IS THE ANSWER), even though I have a lot of respect for Paul:
This is NOT discovery learning. Straw man argument here against providing students the opportunity toi discover some things in math. https://t.co/USeZ1xlRYu
— Ed Fuller (@EdFuller_PSU) April 14, 2024
Biden’s Student Loan Repayment Plan Is Being Challenged. Here’s What to Know. – The New York Times https://t.co/4JelEalK6L
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) April 13, 2024
A ban on Muslim students praying is a hell of A way to create a welcoming sense of belonging————Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn’t have to be this way | Nadeine Asbali | The Guardian https://t.co/3jo5m0eV86
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) April 16, 2024
This California school district passed a ‘forced outing’ policy. Now it’s backing down https://t.co/2xIyyBckV8
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) April 17, 2024
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Why Teachers Unions Are Important:
Great work from @MatthewAKraft and @MimiArnoldLyon on the impact of teacher strikes on funding and education policy
“Strikes shape broader support for education funding, resulting in over $600 increases in district revenues and expenditures per pupil.”https://t.co/ZHkcJRhAkM— Lucas Gortazar (@lucas_gortazar) April 12, 2024
The FAFSA fiasco is hardest on America’s most vulnerable scholars https://t.co/1QuTVBjung
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) April 18, 2024
New: Religious charter schools could upend the charter school movement — and some of the leading opponents are existing charter movement leaders. https://t.co/fkNNNyv21G
— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) April 18, 2024
Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims is from NPR.
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