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):
Teacher Morale Dips Yet Again: 5 Takeaways From New Survey is from Ed Week.
Tried listening to Trump’s education *vision* but got stuck at the part where he holds up Idaho as a model. Idaho spends less on education than any other state and has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. https://t.co/FfX2w591X0
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) August 13, 2024
St. Hope athletes asked to attend charter renewal meeting | Sacramento Bee https://t.co/ZYNgR8s1hI
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 13, 2024
Why Are Free School Lunches Becoming a Campaign Issue? https://t.co/aMsLEL5eIw via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 13, 2024
The Black Panthers transformed American education by pioneering the community school model that continues to influence our schools today. @NimahGobir @OIHSchool
5 Ways the Black Panthers Shaped U.S. Schoolshttps://t.co/lRntVQzowH
— MindShift (@MindShiftKQED) August 13, 2024
How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism is from The Conversation. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism.
Ryan Walters, the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma, is the absolute worst public official I’ve ever come across in my life. He is now facing potential impeachment — spearheaded by members of his own party. https://t.co/eVw2gummNj
— Benjamin Riley (@benjaminjriley) August 14, 2024
Our dist had keynote spkr who was engaging w/good message. Because of work involved, a minuscule number of tchrs will replicate examples she cited from when she worked in classroom. I wonder about effectiveness of districts’ hiring ‘inspirational’ spkrs & having all tchrs attend
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 14, 2024
How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide https://t.co/Zwp1I5htza via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 14, 2024
NEW: Oklahoma Republican sources tell me they’re gaining confidence they can get the needed 51 signatures on their letter calling for a special investigation of Ryan Walters, because more of their constituents keep calling them about it.
DETAILS: https://t.co/3u5SeUTyyY@kfor pic.twitter.com/nlYZbj1JOj
— Spencer Humphrey (@SHumphreyTV) August 14, 2024
What to know about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on education https://t.co/M26nOyeebC
— The Hechinger Report (@hechingerreport) August 13, 2024
Shut out of school by the Taliban, Afghan girls and women are finding new ways to learn https://t.co/9Tke6YDatL
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 16, 2024
*BREAKING*: Mileage varies on @teainfo‘s $84 million, Bible-infused curriculum, but one item that’s been a mystery that shouldn’t is: Who authored the controversial lessons? As @lrj417 reports, even GOP members of the board of ed can’t get answers. @The74 https://t.co/ysZaoJsx4B
— Andrew Brownstein (@Misterodney) August 15, 2024
1 out of every 4 students is chronically absent. The serious challenges of pandemic academic recovery are very much with us. New data and reporting from my @AP collaboration.👇https://t.co/SI3bNJgCxT
— Tom Dee (@ProfTDee) August 15, 2024
is from CBS News.
The collapse of Ryan Walters in Oklahoma is really instructive. These guys have been incentivized by the right wing outrage machine & big money school choice donors to go after teacher/school leaders in awful ways. And it’s now backfiring spectacularly https://t.co/aVAg1y98Yf pic.twitter.com/YUdnI2Zlbz
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) August 16, 2024
A number of elementary retention policies rely on literacy data collected at the end of 3rd grade. But making kids repeat a grade has mixed results. @Elizheubeck @educationweek
Why Do Literacy Retention Policies Target 3rd Grade?https://t.co/16EtaIj7dY
— MindShift (@MindShiftKQED) August 16, 2024
I just think there are more than elements to this whole ‘chronic absenteeism crisis’ than are often reported
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 16, 2024
NEA Reaches Tentative Agreement With Staff Union After Monthlong Lockout https://t.co/668W4r2mIX
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 16, 2024
I’m sure that this will work out well————-Idaho law requires parental consent before schools give out Band-Aids and other simple drugs https://t.co/n0aUk6xGtW
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 16, 2024
What Minnesota’s Law on Free Tampons in Public Schools Actually Does – The New York Times https://t.co/vPwUcRZUXJ
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 16, 2024
Supreme Court, for Now, Blocks Expanded Protections for Transgender Students in Some States https://t.co/zsd9IkmIpz
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 16, 2024
Here’s a new video created by our union highlighting our 2022 strike and its aftermath. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say it has resulted in a transformation of our district:
No state has rejected federal funding for schools cuz *deep cuts to your kids’ school budget* is a very unpopular cause. Of all of the MAGA miscalculations on education the idea that voters will sacrifice their own kids to *own the libs* may be the biggest https://t.co/MZFiiKOzXI
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) August 17, 2024
I’m adding these next two pieces to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism:
1.45 million California students are chronically absent. Can recess and cash get them back? is from The L.A. Times.
Answering Your Questions On Chronic Absenteeism is from ASCD.
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About School Dress Codes:
When Breaking the Dress Code Depends on Skin Color, and If You’re Skinny https://t.co/NLFbLNPKe8 via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 18, 2024
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Why School Vouchers Are A Bad Idea:
“Voucher advocates argue that today’s voucher systems are legal, and our current Supreme Court seems to agree, but that doesn’t change the fact vouchers will entangle the government and religion,” writes @douglasharris99. https://t.co/7XGdUQ25tu
— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) August 19, 2024
BREAKING NEWS from @The74’s @lrj417: Skyrocketing Test Gains in #Oklahoma Are Largely Fiction, Experts Say https://t.co/wbbHaUEwVh
— Greg Toppo (@gtoppo) August 22, 2024
If *only* there were some other non-stupid way to address gun violence. If ONLY. https://t.co/3azSRd1QRS
— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs) August 21, 2024
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