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):
I’m adding this tweet to THE BEST ARTICLES FOR HELPING TO UNDERSTAND BOTH WHY TEACHER TENURE IS IMPORTANT & THE REASONS BEHIND SENIORITY-BASED LAYOFFS:
Also, if the reason more experience teachers leave for wealthier schools because teaching in impoverished schools is stressful and hard, I can see another approach: make it easier to work at those schools.
— Hate Name: Kara Toot Flute (@KaraSunburst) June 10, 2024
What’s a book ban anyway? Depends on who you ask is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Banned Books Week.
What’s Behind the Explosion in Student Absenteeism? is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism.
The first graders who lost 20 classmates at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history are graduating from high school tomorrow.https://t.co/DXge13V8R6
— Meghan Mangrum (@memangrum) June 11, 2024
It should be no more controversial for a 5th grade teacher to know a list of potential topics covered by passages on a reading test than to know that the math test will ask about percents, decimals, and fractions. https://t.co/uAJQ5fwlQk
— Robert Pondiscio (@rpondiscio) June 10, 2024
Red states strike deals to show controversial conservative videos in schools https://t.co/qz6NOOURGK
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 13, 2024
Court blocks enforcement of Title IX rules protecting transgender students https://t.co/il9O6WxlFg
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 14, 2024
Sacramento students will continue to ride public transit for free after funding deal reached – https://t.co/4kctktfYQA https://t.co/CDl3Vjv8Ti
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 14, 2024
Teacher turnover fell to 13.1% in 2024 – lower than last year, but higher than any other year for which we have data (since 2009). Teachers “left” the profession and “moved” to other districts at lower rates than in ’23, but at still-elevated levels pic.twitter.com/FGYS1Sb79r
— Ari Brown (@AriB83) June 14, 2024
A School With 7 Students: Inside the ‘Microschools’ Movement via @NYTimes https://t.co/2BUaSIhwdm
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 17, 2024
The first excerpt from our forthcoming book, The Education Wars, is out from behind @thenation paywall. @Edu_Historian and I argue that a big part of the reason public schools are so vulnerable is that we now treat education as just another consumer good https://t.co/49K7BkKvYW
— Jennifer Berkshire (@BisforBerkshire) June 18, 2024
I wrote about the Christian nationalist private schools that are getting funds meant for public schools. Some feature history curriculum by a guy who wrote a book called Three Secular Reasons Why America Should be Under God. https://t.co/EeSJVpr70V
— Kiera Butler (@kieraevebutler) June 17, 2024
I’m all 4 bans during class. This won’t work —-“School board members said on Tuesday that they now wanted to ban the use of phones and social media platforms throughout the day.” -California Joins Growing National Effort to Ban Smartphone Use in Schools https://t.co/OffEBMEGpq
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 18, 2024
That’s the easy part. I tend to think letting individual schools determine exactly what it will look like is the best way to go ——–LAUSD approves strict student cellphone ban. How to do it comes next https://t.co/5itfAksweX
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 18, 2024
Breaking News: Louisiana’s governor signed a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms. https://t.co/RccenJGSFS pic.twitter.com/Ksc9FOJPbh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 19, 2024
Teacher Well-Being and Intentions to Leave in 2024: Findings from the 2024 State of the American Teacher Survey https://t.co/fe9GN1Ko9u
— Paul Bruno (@Paul__Bruno) June 19, 2024
I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning Why School Vouchers Are A Bad Idea:
Such a critical investigation if you care not just about public schools, but democracy. “Arizona is sending taxpayer money to religious schools — and billionaires see it as a model for the US” | CNN Politics https://t.co/ce1YqMzKvY
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) June 20, 2024
3 Novel Approaches to Reducing Absenteeism is from ASCD. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Student Absenteeism.
The Culture Wars Came to a California Suburb. A Leader Has Been Ousted. – The New York Times https://t.co/RSqNMSRfDH
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 22, 2024
“A record 7.5 million students accessed special-ed services in U.S. schools as of 2022-2023, 15.2% of the public-school population…Several factors are driving the increase. Pandemic disruptions left kids w/ lingering learning and behavioral challenges.”https://t.co/BxfvyITkBV
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) June 22, 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): I’m adding this tweet to THE BEST ARTICLES FOR HELPING TO UNDERSTAND BOTH WHY TEACHER TENURE IS IMPORTANT & THE REASONS BEHIND SENIORITY-BASED LAYOFFS: Also, if school reform Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
