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America's high achievers are stuck
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (580+ words) The newest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress's Long-Term Trend assessments offer sharply different pictures, depending on students' age and where they fall in the achievement distribution (see Figure 1 below). Among nine-year-olds, there is some welcome news. Scores…...
How to raise a grateful American
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (268+ words) But there is still time for parents. As I've written elsewhere, anticipation for the approaching Semiquincentennial pales in comparison to the 1976 Bicentennial, but if schools have failed to cultivate students' gratitude, civic affection, and love of country, parents can still…...
Reorganizing the Education Department requires more than moving programs
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (905+ words) The Trump administration is in the midst of a sweeping reorganization of the U. S. Department of Education. Its stated goal is to "return education to the states." But the more immediate question is whether the new structure will make the federal…...
A school-closure study that does not support its own conclusions
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (64+ words) Figure 3: Predicted likelihood of a school closure in 202425 by the percentage of Black students under various scenarios SOURCE: Jazmin Isaacs, Megan Kuhfeld, Sofia Postell, and Ayesha K. Hashim, Post-Pandemic School Closure Trends: Schools Serving Black Students Disproportionately Closed (NWEA, 2025). P. O. Box 110 Burke,…...
Ohio should incorporate student attendance into the school funding formula
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (530+ words) Ohio has pursued various ideas to address this crisis. Governor De Wine pledged to dramatically cut absenteeism. State officials have created toolkits to provide advice for schools. A taskforce was convened and offered some helpful recommendations. Ohio has a philanthropy-led…...
Ohio Charter News Weekly " 6. 26. 26
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (222+ words) Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. The school facilities debate continues in Ohio The quiet part out loud Cleveland charter leaders weigh in A test at the ballot box The…...
Advocates beware: Plyler v. Doe is vulnerable because it's bad law
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (157+ words) But the prudence of Texas's judgment should not matter. The Constitution does not prevent states from doing unwise things; it only prevents them from doing unconstitutional things. As critics, including the four dissenting justices, immediately noticed, the court had created…...
Civics, citizenship, and America 250
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (414+ words) This includes a boatload of revealing (and mostly worrying) opinion-and-attitude surveys, including a terrific new release from AEI (see below), as well as an Ipsos poll conducted in April and a fascinating change-over-time analysis sponsored by More Perfect and conducted…...
On NCLB, Wiener and Petrilli fight to a draw
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (562+ words) On Substack, Petrilli responded by defending accountability as one of the most successful education reforms of the last quarter century. Wiener "is simply wrong about the lack of progress in the consequential-accountability era, especially in reading," he insisted. "Ross thinks…...
Creating more pathways isn't enough. They need to work, too.
1+ week, 6+ day ago (558+ words) For several decades, K12 ed-reformers and policy leaders have pushed to expand public school options and pathways. This has led to the creation of such alternatives as magnet and charter schools, microschools and learning pods, as well as dual enrollment, course…...