Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Steve Rees is an education polymath. I have vintage pictures he took of Jerry Garcia and Alan Ginsburg in 1960s California. His photography appeared in the recent Bill Graham retrospective and in documentaries about the Grateful Dead. Steve once gave me a Warlocks poster. He’s also a fine fly fisherman. And I should also mention …
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Kris Amundson is a former Democratic state legislator in Virginia, she’s been a school board member in Fairfax County, and she led NASBE as its CEO. Her book on the pandemic and education was a good look at that mess and on the holiday book list. She’s currently a consultant – and a good savvy …
Guestpost by Anne Hyslop The ed policy world has finally agreed on something: there is too much testing. Now it may not win me any Twitter followers, but this consensus makes me nervous. Mostly because it makes hasty, extreme solutions to “over-testing” seem tenable, giving them credibility as a logical response because “this is a …
After this post showing people who teach children being treated like children, Silas Kulkarni of Student Achievement Partners reached out to discuss whether the Common Core might be good for teacher professional development. He made some interesting points, I asked for a guest post, and here it is: “Repeat after me: ‘I will…think…critically.’” Sounds like a …
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Jed and I talk AI, education politics, Virginia, and Target boycotts on a New WonkyFolk. Is Liz Cohen right that we need a need a Dry January for ed tech? That and more. You can listen where you get podcasts, here, or watch below: ICYMI – Marisa Mission and I talked with Ben Kornell on …
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Greetings! Carnival week really gets going in New Orleans this week – they even close the schools, something I support. (But don’t take school attendance advice from me…although I’d argue with longer school year the flexibility for teachers and students would be powerful). Anyhow, today, below are a few quick items not not long enough …
Bellwether’s new team blog, Ahead of the Heard, launches today. It’s a place for different team members to share different perspectives about what is happening in the sector. Ahead of the Heard will be a regular home for commentary, analysis, and original insights from the Bellwether team. To learn more about the name of the blog and …
In a guestpost at TeacherPensions.org Chris Lozier puts some perspective on the teacher pension funding shortfall numbers that are frequently tossed around.
Guestpost by Chad Aldeman and Carolyn Chuong: In his back-to-school speech last week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praised several states for their progress in developing new teacher evaluation systems. In noting that too much testing can “rob school buildings of joy, and cause unnecessary stress,” Secretary Duncan called for states to postpone using test results …
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Student Achievement Partners is seeking – paid – summer interns. You can learn more about the internship here (pdf). You can learn more about their organization here. And here is one taste of their views on current policy via Eduwonk.