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Here’s a pretty good look at the fiscal pressure on LAUSD and its various causes: Some facts about the cause of LAUSD’s financial woes straight from a 2015 independent financial review. (note how many recommendations were not acted upon). Sorry, this is long, but that reflects the complexity of the root causes. @capriceyoung @MichaelPetrilli @arotherham …

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@ Bellwether: Cara Jackson on the reform label debate, and some context. Katrina Boone on education and Native Americans. Elsewhere: Keep an eye on this Montana school choice case. Parkland report. Despite all the talk about student voice, it’s remarkable how few states involve students in state board policymaking in anything beyond a ceremonial role. …

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Important Sara Mead on the growing pains of the early ed movement and the leadership that’s needed to drive progress. Kirsten Schmitz on your favorite fictional teacher’s retirement deal.  Andrew Frank on participatory budgeting. In The 74 I ask whether scaring kids about guns is going sour their parents on gun politics – and regardless …

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For a while education has been animated by the idea that with all this technology around us who needs to know “mere” facts. You can just look stuff up. That ignores how people learn, but more troubling it may lead to things like this: A startling number of millennials don’t know some of the basic dynamics of …

Continue reading “21st Century Skills, Discipline, Education Media Bias, College Debate, School Names, And Has Reform Worked? More!”

Chad Aldeman on Colorado pension debate: “it’s clear that not only should Colorado teachers be given an option to join the PERA –DC plan already offered to state employees, but that plan should be the default for all new teachers.” David Leonhardt points out that college aspirations remain high among parents. Important column given the tenor …

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Last week I interviewed Nate Bowling and Alex Rigsby. Bellwether released some papers on gender and pensions, among other things, you might want to check out. Of course an argument has broken out over whether the Obama Administration’s discipline guidance contributed to the Parkland shooting. Here’s your periodic reminder that like all interest groups the …

Continue reading “About That DeVos Interview…Plus Discipline And School Shootings, The NRA And Schools, Lockett On Personalized And Empowerment, Runaway, More!”

In The 74 I talk with Teacher of the Year Nate Bowling about guns. Two important analyses from Bellwether – gender and teacher pensions. Our analysts, Kirsten Schmitz and Max Marchitello, look at data in Illinois and Nevada and what they find may surprise you. Also, Max Marchitello with some hard truths on Illinois teacher …

Continue reading “Gender And Pensions, What’s Next After West Virginia? DeVos And Education’s Reactionaries, Discipline, Aspen SEL, State Funding, Interventions That Work, Boomtown Rats, More!”