Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Happy New Year. K-12 education is the one issue where Democrats don’t think giving money and power to poor people is a good idea. And it’s the one issue where Republicans generally do. After two years of pandemic disruptions, parental frustration, and a political shift is 2022 the year we square that circle a bit? …
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2018 holiday book list tomorrow. Lina Bankert on how to think about tight and loose in school networks. Chad Aldeman on how teacher pension data are a treasure trove on questions far beyond just retirement policy. Hailly Korman on the juvenile justice bill on its way to the President’s desk. Related, have you played “Rigged” yet? …
Scroll down for some edujobs if your New Year’s resolution was to find a new one. Sara Mead on the tax bill and kids. Last week I wrote about the tax bill’s 529 changes. Max Marchitello goes all super hero in the ESSA debate. But, Julie Squire offers some good cautions on thinking about state ESSA plans. …
I mentioned Carolyn Bucior’s book on substitute teaching in my summer books TIME School of Thought column. Summer is over but she’s still going. She talks with CAP’s Raegen Miller about the issue here. In case you missed it over the holiday weekend The New York Times’ look at education technology deserves reading. If anything …
Though it came over the holiday break everyone is chattering about Sam Dillon’s NYT story on the presidential candidates and No Child Left Behind. It’s a good thing to chatter about but only because the story seemed to almost willfully miss the more complicated realities underlying the No Child Left Behind issue right now. Perhaps …
Continue reading “Even Jeff Gordon Probably Has A Blind Spot…And, Petrilli’s Lotus Position On NCLB”
In New York City the school chancellor Joel Klein put in place a $5 limit on holiday gifts for teachers. This NYT story has more. The reasons behind it are obvious and sensible but many people also cried foul. Is the policy Grinch-like? Eduwonk solicited the views of some teachers and administrators in various communities …