Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Hailly Korman and Lisa Pilnik on why education for adjudicated students doesn’t measure up, in more ways than one. Every time I see a @HaillyKorman piece on school in juv justice facilities my initial reaction is “of course it isn’t as good”… Then, after a beat, think, “wait, why do I think that should be …
Bellwether took a look at the stories of eight cities innovating with what’s often called the “portfolio model” of schools and built a website to tell those stories. Max Marchitello on Arizona pensions. Spoiler alert, not an optimal retirement plan! (That’s not financial advice, just common sense based on how it works and how life works). …
Chad Aldeman on the trouble with vesting periods when it comes to retirement saving – and what that means for teachers. Here’s a deep dive on teacher pensions in Arkansas. Also, Chad Aldeman on how in the bizarro world of pension politics politicians sometimes pushback on their own plan’s assumptions creating a hall of mirrors …
Here’s a new tool kit for human centered design in education from Bellwether. More about it from Jason Weeby via AOTH. Gabrielle Gassmann on how a teacher can think about when to retire relative to their pension system. Summer camp can be a great growth experience for kids. Here’s a round up of Janus inoculation laws. …
Scroll down for some edujobs. From Bellwether: Education fragmentation is a big problem for a lot of students – especially those most at-risk. In a new Bellwether report Hailly Korman and Justin Trinidad look at how technology can help mitigate some of the problems. Hailly Korman talks with Nick Melvoin about reforms to forced placement …
The backloaded nature of teacher pensions makes it hard for teachers to achieve retirement security. Charlie Barone says yes, and, on the Dems teacher pay proposal. David Leonhardt on Chad Aldeman. Plyler v. Doe backstory and context. Black women have been a key Democratic voting bloc for some time – it’s not new. But, something …
Sara Mead: When I started reading Elif Batuman’s recent New Yorker piece on Japan’s rental family business, I expected it to be fascinating. What I didn’t expect was that it would offer striking insights on the currentdebate over credentials and compensation for early childhood workers in the United States… Bonnie O’Keefe on co-teaching models for ELL and …
Max Marchitello on why teachers would benefit from more portable retirement. Janus inoculation. Look for more of this as well as additional legal wrangling in the wake of the Janus decision – assuming it goes against the union, which seems a safe bet given that the court took the case. Ashley Brenner on educational pluralism. Worth watching. The …
Edujobs below, scroll down the main page. Kirsten Schmitz with some background and context on pensions and the teacher walkouts. Chad Aldeman on pension reform in Kentucky. This is a smart take on the geezer war and what it means for debates over teacher pay. I’ve been doing this work for a couple of decades and …
Edujobs below, scroll down the main page. Bonnie O’Keefe says don’t expect much from the ESSA assessment pilot – and that might not be the worse thing. Kate Pennington on student growth measures in the ESSA era. Chad Aldeman and I looked at why teacher pensions are a bad fit for today’s teachers and what can …