Dennis Prager of PragerU suggests bringing education back to the 1930s — but "minus the bad things." www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
New: Data shows that young children *started school* this year with weaker math and reading skills, pointing to the lingering effects of the pandemic even for those who weren't in school at its height. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Add young children to the list of students who need help catching up after the pandemic, according to recent test scores
Texas officials promoted a performance pay plan as a way of helping teachers make six figures. Problem: Less than 1% of teachers in the state have reached $100K salaries. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
State-funded program offers teachers performance-based bonuses, but some say it creates division
it's a bit confusing
seems like a better place to be than the social media site formerly known as Twitter!
there has long been a frustrating lack of clarity about what is actually being debated here, and which are values vs. empirical claims
I looked far and wide in this story to find specific evidence for its central thesis (that dropping the SAT hurts disadvantaged kids). But weirdly I couldn't find it. www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/b...
Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.
New: I look at the nascent movement to revive school integration through state courts. Advocates say they've learned from the successes and failures of the prior era of desegregation "busing." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Lawsuits in New Jersey and Minnesota seek to increase racial balancing, and a new group wants to take strategy to more states
Excellent look at the research — and leading researcher — on homeschooling. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Brian Ray says home-schooled students do better. His daughter tells a different story.