{new} Most professions compensate their highest-paid workers much more than their lowest-paid ones. That’s less true in teaching, and it has implications for how we think about teacher pay --> www.chadaldeman.com/p/why-arent-...
Or, why teachers need better career pathways
{new} What have researchers learned about the ESSER funds, and what should it mean for future federal investments in schools? www.the74million.org/article/esse...@the74.bsky.social
Aldeman: ESSER was a financial lifeline and boosted student outcomes. But did it get schools to reopen faster? And how exactly was the money spent?
{new} Team-based teacher staffing models have the potential to address some of the biggest challenges our schools are facing: www.the74million.org/article/how-...
Aldeman: The leaders of 3 team-based teaching models talk about an alternative to the traditional one-classroom, one-teacher staffing plan.
{new} Virginia recently adopted a new middle school math acceleration indicator --> Check out how it works in my latest piece @studentsuccess.bsky.socialeduprogress.org/virginia-pus...
As part of its redesigned school performance and support framework, last month Virginia adopted a new math acceleration indicator which will nudge schools to enroll more middle school student in advan...
{new} As poverty rises, reading proficiency tends to fall. But it’s not fate. I worked on a big new project @the74.bsky.socialwww.the74million.org/article/whic...
Aldeman: As poverty rises, reading proficiency tends to fall. But it’s not fate. See the districts in your state that are outperforming expectations.
I couldn't help myself and wrote another piece today about the data versus the vibes: www.chadaldeman.com/p/trust-the-...
Actions speak louder than anecdotes and surveys...
Shakes fist at teacher hiring processes. "The result is a paradox: reference ratings offer potentially low-cost, high-value information, but hiring managers do not appear to make productive use of them." 📉📈 #EduSky
{new} Trust the data, not the vibes, on the teacher labor market --> www.chadaldeman.com/p/trust-the-...
Actions speak louder than survey results
This means making sure that all high schools offer rigorous coursework. And that all students are nudged into taking such rigorous coursework. And that K-8 education sets all students up for success in such coursework.