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Doing Educational Equity Right: School Discipline
Education Next Read More This is the third in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post and part two on school finance . If school funding is the issue around which it’s easiest to find common ground across left and right, school discipline might be the hardest. That shouldn’t be surprising,…
HISD parents blast ‘disruptive’ principal evaluations threatening jobs from The Houston Chronicle on March 14, 2024
This story was originally posted in the Houston Chronicle by Kennedy Sessions Some Houston ISD parents are expressing frustration and concern about the future of their schools after Superintendent Mike Miles notified hundreds of principals that they must improve or risk losing their jobs. Tim Sinyak, a parent with two children at Love Elementary in…
Missing Misters Richard V. Reeves on February 28, 2024 at 9:58 am
Education Next Read More It is no secret that boys and men are lagging girls and women in schools and colleges. In the average school district, boys are now about a grade level behind girls in literacy. There is a bigger gender gap in college degrees today than in 1972 when Title IX was…
All Maine students now get free school lunches. What does that mean for poverty data? Portland Press Herald on March 11, 2024 at 11:19 am
District Administration Read More Maine was one of the first states to pass legislation providing free school lunches to all students after pandemic-era funding expired – a policy that has been adopted in seven other states and is being considered across the country. But since the law took effect a year and a half…
6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024 Michael B. Horn on March 4, 2024 at 10:00 am
eSchool News Read More This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Key points: Teaching trends will impact K-12 learning in myriad ways this year Student engagement requires more than edtech tools Insights from educators: Priorities for 2023-2024 For more news on teaching trends, visit eSN’s Innovative…
Doing Educational Equity Right: The Homework Gap Michael J. Petrilli on March 4, 2024 at 10:01 am
Education Next Read More This is the sixth in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post, as well as ones on school finance, student discipline, advanced education, and school closures. The casual observer might be surprised that there’s much controversy about homework. A common sense, man-on-the-street view would be straightforward:…