Education
The 4-Day School Week Doesn’t Improve Teacher Recruitment or Retention
This is the headline finding from a recent study I conducted with researchers from several universities. The four-day school week (4DSW) has expanded rapidly nationwide and especially in Missouri, where roughly one-in-three districts now use it. The…
A bumpy fall semester for America’s teachers
A summer spent watching the rise of AI, tragic school shootings, and bumpy national politics hasn’t…
Scores down, absences up for Chicago low-income,…
Chicago Public Schools’ low-income and minority students recorded lower proficiency rates…
UK Uni. of St Andrews’ Sir Hew Strachan on the…
The Learning Curve Sir Hew Strachan Albert Cheng: Well, hello everybody and welcome to another…
A decade of lost learning could cost $90 trillion
As test score results continue to be quiet reminders of the millions of students who fell behind or…
Over 2-in-5 Chicago teachers chronically absent
Last year, 43% of Chicago Public Schools teachers missed 10 or more school days. Statewide, it was 34%. With teacher absences shown to hurt student achievement, Chicago students’ low proficiency rates are not being helped when their…
High school girls inspire hope for the future in…
High school girls from around the state spent their Saturday at the Minnesota Capitol bringing…
Michigan State Turns Teacher Training into Ideological…
Prospective teachers should spend their college years learning how to manage a classroom and teach…
Hopes, hurdles, and hard choices in school enrollment
More than half of parents say they would choose a school type other than a traditional public…
What does it mean for a Minnesota school to exceed…
Understanding Minnesota’s abysmal test scores — with 42.6 percent of students performing at grade…
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