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"Deftly punctures the self-serving academic myths of tenure, while also, with empathy and candor, revealing what we lose when it’s gone."

The War on Tenure by Deepa Das Acevedo, Coming Soon

#LawSky 💙📚 #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky #edpolisky 🗺️

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Education Data Explorer Explore education data

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟

#EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC
educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

New evidence confirms what we know well: starting early is best for students, families, and education systems.

Great new essay from @anikaalam.bsky.social and our DC PreK study team published by the Learning Curve @urbaninstitute.bsky.social.

#edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec

Our 5-year study of universal preschool in Washington, DC shows that "public pre-K for 3-year-olds appears to stabilize children’s early educational experiences, especially those starting furthest from opportunity, and provide a strong foundation for later learning." #edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec

Beyond the Tipping Point: The Rise of the Uncertified Teachers in Texas New research reveals that half of newly hired teachers in Texas lack state certification and classroom experience. Now, researchers warn that hiring uncertified teachers is not an effective solution a...

#edpolisky As goes Texas so goes the nation?

The main source of new teachers now in Texas is … no preparation at all.

Is that a great idea? Is a teaching certificate just another piece of paper?

No. It’s is a declaration of quality. Want evidence? Read here.

bit.ly/BTip2024

#edpolisky As goes Texas so goes the nation?

The main source of new teachers in Texas is … no preparation at all. Where and what are they teaching?

bit.ly/Uncert2024

D.C.'s pay equity fund helps increase wages for child care workers So far, it has helped stabilize and grow the supply of child care workers, helping working families as well as child care workers themselves.

New @npr.org reporting features DC’s Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and the evidence we are building on its many benefits—and lingering challenges. #edusky #edpolisky #eduskyecec

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D.C. truancy, chronic absenteeism drop to lowest levels since pandemic Truancy in D.C.’s public schools has returned to pre-pandemic levels while chronic absenteeism is at its lowest since schools closed nearly five years ago, new data show.

Some good news! DCPS has exploratory data showing that automatic texts to parents and 6th grade academies can help, but early-dismissal days hurt. #EducationPeeps #EdPoliSky

Hey glad to see you here. #EduSky is a feed of some interest, although very geared to teachers. I tried to launch an #edpolisky feed for the ed-nerds of the world while at my last job, but it didn't go very far. Will be interesting to see how the uptick in folks here changes things.

Picture of a book cover: Charles M. Payne's "So Much Reform So Little Change"

Revisiting Charles M. Payne's "So Much Reform, So Little Change" (2008) feels timely. His insights into the limitations of neoliberal school reform are more relevant than ever.
#educationalresearch #edpolisky

Nice graphic showing how states with voucher programs are also the same states that underpay their teachers
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‘It’s not going away.’ NC data show which schools are hit hardest by teacher shortages Teacher vacancies increased across the state last year. Is higher teacher pay key to filling them?

Happy to see my analysis on the inequities of teacher vacancies get reporting in the Charlotte and Raleigh papers

#ncpol #EduSky #EdPoliSky

North Carolina lawmakers are failing our teachers. With smart investments, we can fix the problem. New report highlights General Assembly’s policy failures A new report from Learning Policy Institute provides important insight into how state policies impact the …

My latest on what a new LPI report says about the NC General Assembly's war on teachers: www.ncjustice.org/north-caroli...

#ncpol #EduSky #EdPoliSky

The Politics of School Funding: How State Political Ideology is Associated With the Allocation of Revenue to School Districts - Nathan Favero, Ali Kagalwala, 2024 States diverge widely when it comes to education funding choices, leading to substantial differences in how much states spend on schooling, the role of local ve...

1/ This paper started several years ago as a term paper for my coauthor Ali Kagalwala. Now, it is finally in print!
Get ready for a study touching education policy, politics, state & local government, budgeting & finance, and even judicial politics!
#polisky #PAsky #EdPoliSky
doi.org/10.1177/0895...

Been recommending some excellent ed policy papers these past few days, but this is the one I enjoyed the most. I will undoubtedly be referring to this one all the time in my own writing

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This excellent brief shows that "teacher sorting" in NC is bad, and - due to NCGA policies - is getting worse
epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Perspective | What is lost to EOGs An educator reflects on all that is lost to testing. "You can’t add up the feelings of inadequacy that students share," she writes.

This is a fantastic piece detailing the trade-offs we/educators/students face to implement standardized testing

#ncpol #EduSky #EdPoliSky

Project 2025 and the GOP Platform: What Each Says About K-12 in a 2nd Trump Term A side-by-side look at what the two policy documents say on key education topics.

Please give this a read to understand the Trump administration's grim vision for public education

#EduSky #EdPoliSky

Project 2025: The Far Right’s Plan to Dismantle Public Schools (and Our Democracy) | Save Our Schools Arizona Network

Good summary of the threat a Trump administration poses for schools

#EduSky #EdPoliSky

Against Professionalism! Professional hierarchies in educational workplaces exist to set groups of workers against each other in service of arbitrary definitions of professional conduct that are imposed by our employers.

Our newest essay argues that professional hierarchies in our workplaces exist to set groups of workers in schools, libraries, museums, and other educational institutions against each other.

angryeducationworkers.substack.com/p/against-pr...

#EduSky #edpolisky #library #museum #archives #edhist

Tapping College Students to Sustain High-Quality Tutoring Post Pandemic This piece originally appeared in The Hechinger Report. Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student…

Less than 10% of the nation's college students could bring high-impact #tutoring to a quarter of the nation's K-12 students. Here's how federal work-study could be tweaked to make it happen. #EduSky #Edpolisky www.future-ed.org/tapping-coll...

Yes, COVID relief money did help students’ academic recovery, two new studies find New research tries to pin down how much student recovery can be credited to ESSER spending.

The Science of School Spending remains undefeated

#EduSky #EdPoliSky

Public Education’s Reinforcements | Washington Monthly New tutoring programs funded by the Biden administration and governors of both parties are shrinking the achievement gap in America’s schools. They could be the foundation of a bipartisan movement to ...

New from @thomastoch.bsky.social and @lizcohen12.bsky.social. #EduSky #edpolisky washingtonmonthly.com/2024/06/23/p...

Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education Reforms around college remediation programs, or developmental education, have stalled, leaving many underserved students stuck. This report explains how to revive the “dev-ed” movement.

Our latest report, Incomplete: The Unfinished Revolution in College Remedial Education, explains what the dev-ed reform movement has achieved, why it stalled, and what needs to be done to get it back on track. #HigherEd #EduSky #edpolisky
www.future-ed.org/incomplete-t...

WEBINAR: Applying Lessons from Advocacy Research to Expand Tutoring in Public Education What led to the rapid spread and adoption of tutoring as a solution? What will it take to bring tutoring to the scale? And what can the science of advocacy teach us about how other policy ideas might…

Join FutureEd and 50Can on June 25 for an enlightening conversation about applying advocacy research to the cause of tutoring. #EduSky #Edpolisky www.future-ed.org/event/webina...

WEBINAR: Rethinking Gifted Education Few policies in public education have been as contentious as how schools identify and educate their most academically able students. Some seek to dismantle gifted-and-talented programs, exam schools…

ICYMI, check out our recent webinar on rethinking gifted education. Could advanced learning be the way forward to create both equity and excellence? #EduSky #edpolisky take a look: www.future-ed.org/webinar-reth...

Excellence with Equity: The Case for Rethinking Gifted Education A new vision of advanced education that embraces both academic rigor and equity, profiling school districts in Arizona, New York City, and Montgomery County

It's time to retire the word "gifted," and its elitist roots, argues Senior Fellow Peg Tyre. A handful of school systems are building advanced learning for kids with aptitude and appetite. Learn more. #EduSky #EdPoliSky www.future-ed.org/excellence-w...

None of the Above: A New Vision for State Standardized Testing Statewide standardized testing has played a central role in public education for three decades, providing insights into school performance and driving improvement. But state testing…

Should we decouple state tests from federal accountability? We might have to, to support budding innovations that support better teaching and learning. Authors Tom Toch and Lynn Olson make the case in our latest report, "None of the Above." #EduSky #EdPoliSky www.future-ed.org/none-of-the-...

OPINION: 70 years after Brown vs. Board decision, key takeaways remain buried - The Hechinger Report As we approach the 70th anniversary ofBrown vs. Board this May, key parts of its history remain buried, including an NAACP letter submitted as evidence about the negative impact of segregation on whit...

Great piece by Peter Piazza on how school segregation hurts white kids, too

#EduSky #EdPoliSky

Tapping College Students to Sustain High-Quality Tutoring Post Pandemic This piece originally appeared in The Hechinger Report. Thousands of public school districts and charter schools have turned to tutoring as a popular and effective way to jumpstart lagging student…

High-quality tutoring is effective, but expensive. Building a path for work-study to support college student tutors could be a win-win for tutors and the young people they serve. #EduSky #Edpolisky Read more: www.future-ed.org/tapping-coll...