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):
Explaining Change and Stability in Classroom Practice is by Larry Cuban.
We do these ‘operations’ during our planning periods https://t.co/iltSck61ah
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 7, 2024
Fact check: Trump falsely claims schools are secretly sending children for gender-affirming surgeries | CNN Politics https://t.co/nkubxHN55u
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 8, 2024
The State of Public Education in 2024 in Five Charts is from RAND.
How well are chronic absenteeism interventions working? is from Ed Source. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism.
What we know about Trump and Harris’ views on education policy : NPR https://t.co/biZjiM03KG
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 8, 2024
A bigger child tax credit could help students a lot. Will Harris or Trump make it happen? https://t.co/dXVmmtMcbW via @kalynbelsha
— Erica Meltzer (@meltzere) September 10, 2024
Shut down the Department of Education? Almost certainly impossible, but still a helpful window into how Trump is thinking about education this time around, and how Harris is responding https://t.co/BAKTSXReCc
— Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein) September 10, 2024
The Education Writers Association recently put out an explainer on college admission tests and the pendulum swings on test-optional policies. It includes a link to UChicago Consortium’s research on GPA vs. test scores. Check out the article from EWA: https://t.co/abeVm9lff8 pic.twitter.com/t2QnTBnMsd
— UChicago Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) (@ChicagoUTEP) September 10, 2024
Students aren’t benefiting much from tutoring, one new study shows is from The Hechinger Report.
10 LAUSD schools get a chance to opt out of standardized testing, create alternative measurements is from Ed Source. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Describing Alternatives To High-Stakes Testing — Help Me Find More.
The impact of the Supreme Court’s reversal of affirmative action, explained in one chart https://t.co/agLEVZta9a
— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 12, 2024
Gaza’s traumatized children are facing another lost year of school https://t.co/4AmF5o5YjZ
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 12, 2024
Where Do School Reformers Get Their Ideas for Changing Teaching Practices? is by Larry Cuban.
Oklahoma schools resist the order to teach from the Bible in classrooms is from NPR.
Cash Incentives To Improve Schooling is by Larry Cuban. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students.
— Peter Greene (@palan57) September 13, 2024
Or, I’m your new superintendent and even though I have never taught a class in my life, let me tell you about twenty new initiatives I will be introducing that will govern the way you do instruction https://t.co/WX2offIOcT
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 13, 2024
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): Explaining Change and Stability in Classroom Practice is by Larry Cuban. We do these ‘operations’ during our planning periods https://t.co/iltSck61ah — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) September 7, school reform Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…