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):
And given that Haitian immigrants are targeted in particular, this piece is also highly relevant:
“…we find no evidence of negative effects of Haitian refugees on incumbent students’ school outcomes.” https://t.co/iH2RwTaYdU https://t.co/Vm91h3A1mF
— Umut Ӧzek (@uozek) September 15, 2024
“No comprehensive data exist on this” https://t.co/ptHKzaTae0
— Paul Bruno (@Paul__Bruno) October 1, 2024
If you are wringing your hands about this, you should also be advocating for getting rid of the SAT, which is the kind of assessment that privileges the reading of excerpts and short passages. Students are trained to do well on that test. It’s the game we made for them. https://t.co/HNuSOltlFg
— John Warner (@biblioracle) October 1, 2024
Another example of the importance of subsidiarity https://t.co/dNHi84OycP https://t.co/vzhhOCsVep
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 1, 2024
No One Could Have Seen This Coming Except the Many People Who Saw It Coming https://t.co/myuu3tbVAL
— New York Times Education Pitchbot (@GreyLadiesNYC) October 1, 2024
A District’s Experiment: What Happens When Schools Do Less Testing? is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Describing Alternatives To High-Stakes Testing — Help Me Find More.
Biden student loan forgiveness may proceed after small win in lawsuit https://t.co/qeQqkFUj6C
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 3, 2024
David Banks, N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor, Moves Up His Departure https://t.co/wjFXSA4CgK via @NYTimes
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 3, 2024
Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Halted by Judge After Brief Reprieve – The New York Times https://t.co/6DNA9YNj5U
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 4, 2024
Entire Chicago Education Board to Resign Amid Tensions Between Mayor and Schools Chief – The New York Times https://t.co/k3nagcQ5ln
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 4, 2024
Okla. is buying schools 55,000 Bibles. Specs match the $60 Trump Bible. https://t.co/zBTU8BlCwH
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 4, 2024
The tough decisions parents are making as never-ending threats to schools become the norm https://t.co/GmpN0QFsqd
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 5, 2024
Gaza’s Schools Are for Learning, Not for Dying https://t.co/WGxol6exke via @NYTOpinion
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 6, 2024
The problem w/ the aggressive push to get religion into and all around public schools is that a whole lot of kids are going to be told that they or their family are going to *burn in hell* Terrific @sarahstankorb on the fast-spreading LifeWise program https://t.co/TG0k7yljzC pic.twitter.com/sCJGSFkBM8
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) October 5, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson named six new members to the seven-member Chicago school board Monday, as fallout from the resignations of all board members last week escalated. @chalkbeatCHI‘s @MilaKoumpilova writes: https://t.co/TKmNs0tCLB
— Mauricio Peña (@MauricioPena) October 7, 2024
TLDR: Board appointed by union-affiliated mayor took superintendent’s side on budget and then resigned en masse.
Entire Chicago Education Board to Resign Amid Tensions Between Mayor and Schools Chief – The New York Times https://t.co/Z7AL51c1f8
— Alexander Russo (@alexanderrusso) October 7, 2024
School Absences Rise as Special Education Fails Students, Suit Says https://t.co/imp3FrTaDu
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) October 8, 2024
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