Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Whiplash anyone? Here in Virginia, just a few weeks ago, really a couple of weeks, anyone who questioned masking in schools was regarded as indifferent to public health at best, straight up racist at worst. It was a big issue! Yesterday, the legislature passed bipartisan legislation that will prohibit school districts from mandating masking. That’s …
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Coming attractions: I’m hosting a Twitter discussion for the WISE Education Summit next Tuesday morning. Twitter may not be a real place, pace Dave Chappelle, but I’ll be there. How are kids doing anyway? Well, ask them. On academics, though, they may not be doing so well. This new analysis of learning loss is sobering. It …
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Caprice Young talks with Bellwether’s Katie Rouse. The new 2021 Ed Next poll is out. Always worth reading. My general sense based on all the data from various sources is that there is a coalition of the pissed, a lot of otherwise down the line progressive parents sound like Pinkteron agents, and there is a lot …
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Two new pubs from Bellwether today: In NASBE’s Standard Bonnie O’Keefe, Jenn Schiess, and I take a look at testing and accountability, now in Covid and post-Covid. It’s part of a package about those questions. Also today from Bellwether Chad Aldeman and Brandon Lewis take a look at teacher pension plans and higher ed retirement plans, …
Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews has a new piece on teacher pensions with a headline that reads, “So you think teacher pensions are too big? Relax. Few ever get them.” In other words, the truth is somewhere between people who think that teacher pensions are too generous and those who think they’re just fine. Jay lets …
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Good look at the finance side of the public pension problem (also features fish). ICYMI Chad Aldeman checks some pension math here. Supporting women leaders in the ed sector via Chiefs for Change. School finance need to be a left or right issue, there’s a pretty obvious grand bargain here. Congressman Bobby Scott of Virginia, …
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Emmeline Zhao is a wonderful partner with a delightful mean streak. Look for our project on Jack Coons and his work in education later in April. That moment when you realize your current work is just to stare at the back of @arotherham’s head. #bts@The74#specialprojectspic.twitter.com/7AXeAAnuKy — Emmeline Zhao (@emmelinez) March 20, 2019 Don’t miss Sara …
We’re hiring at Bellwether for a pension analyst, great role on an important issue. We just released our annual report so you can learn a little more about how we do things. Lynne Graziano on Rebecca Lee Crumpler. What would happen if a state stopped enrolling new teachers in its pension plan? Kirsten Schmitz on …
We’re hiring at Bellwether. Bellwether’s Lynne Graziano on the kind of things that can change a career or life trajectory. Ashley LiBetti with a new paper on early education teacher prep, what the research shows, and what it could show. Here’s a volume on rural ed in part by Bellwether alum Andy Smarick and featuring …
Thinking of growing your school network? This might be for you: The Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs from across the country to join the 31 talented leaders of color who have received support through the Emerging CMO Fund to date. Through the Emerging CMO Fund, CSGF will support …