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Analysis about America's education system by researchers, leaders and educators

AI in the Classroom
AI in the Classroom

11 AI Prompts Every Teacher Should Know

A useful guide that can help teachers save time, spark engagement and help students actually learn.

Jeremy Caplan
Author: Jeremy Caplan
Bright Spots
Bright Spots
Bright Spots

Florida District’s Goal: Reading Proficiency for 90% of 3rd Graders

Aldeman: Indian River's initiative started with 2 moms. Now there are 25 school literacy coaches, extra help for kids and family engagement programs.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Juneteenth
Juneteenth

Juneteenth Reminds Us of Black Americans’ Long Struggle for Education Following End of Slavery

Juneteenth made clear that freedom was not just confined to someone’s physical enslavement, but mental enslavement as well.

Rodney Coates, Miami University
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analysis

A Surprising Sliver of Hope in New NAEP Scores for the Lowest-Performing Kids

Aldeman: The results provide the first signs in more than a decade of increases among students at the bottom. The question is how to expand them.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Analysis
Analysis

There Are 2 Types of Grade Inflation. Students’ Learning & Earnings Are at Risk

Aldeman: New research finds giving a D rather than an F can help. But pumping up averages lowers graduation rates, college attainment & future income.

Chad Aldeman
Author: Chad Aldeman
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

Analysis: As Some Dallas Schools See Gains Through Program Pairing Top Educator Talent With Data-Based Instruction, Could Other Districts Benefit From Similar Strategy?

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Analysis

Rose & Weisberg: Do Kids Fall Behind in Math Because There Isn’t Enough Grade-Level Material, or Because There’s Too Much? It’s Both

Joel Rose & Daniel Weisberg
Union Report

Union Report: Great New Essay Tells the Truth About Teacher Pay. Unfortunately, in Ed World, the Truth Is Just Another Story

Mike Antonucci
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

The Power of a Principal: How Dallas’s ACE Program Pairs Effective Teachers With ‘High Growth’ School Leaders to Help Students Progress

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

A School Data Breakthrough in Dallas: How an Innovative School Model Is Proving That Data Can Help Teachers Shape Individualized Instruction — and Achieve Impressive Student Growth

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Accelerating School Excellence in Texas

Accelerating Excellence in Texas Schools: How the ‘ACE’ Initiative Is Changing the Way Dallas Evaluates Its Teachers and Empowers Students with Data-Driven Instruction

Anne Wicks & William McKenzie
Analysis

Fisher: Who You Know — 3 Ways Schools Can Foster Competency-Based Education by Focusing on Student Relationships

Julia Freeland Fisher
Analysis

Aldeman: We Think We Know How to Teach Reading, but We Don’t. What Else Don’t We Know, and What Does This Mean for Teacher Training?

Chad Aldeman
EDlection 2020

Leery of Charter Talk, Democratic Candidates Wade into Teacher Pay, College Debt, the Next Ed Secretary — Almost Any Other School Issue — During Thursday Debate-a-Thon

Carolyn Phenicie
Analysis

Children First: What a ‘Values-Based Budget’ Looks Like

Mark Swartz
Analysis

Union Report: Read Across America, the NEA’s Most Successful Public Relations Campaign, Gets a Makeover

Mike Antonucci
Analysis

Garg: Research Is One Area of Education the Federal Government Does Best. It’s Time for Congress to Boost Funding for Education R&D

Kumar Garg
Future of Work

Sparger & Jarrat: Colleges and Employers Are Not Communicating About the Skills Students Have — or Need. How They Can Bridge This Gap

Lori Sparger & Dave Jarrat
Analysis

Stafford-Brizard: Teachers and Researchers Have Deep but Distinct Expertise. By Bringing Them Together, We Can Transform Education

Brooke Stafford-Brizard
Analysis

Sargrad: The Country Is Thinking Big on Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. We Should Think Big About School Funding, Too

Scott Sargrad
Newark

Malkus & Martin: When It Comes to Merit Pay, Newark’s Teacher Contract Is Out With the New and in With the Old

Nat Malkus & RJ Martin
Analysis

Pondiscio: I Just Wrote a Book About Success Academy Charter Schools. It Does Not Support Your Preferred Narrative. I Hope You Hate It

Robert Pondiscio
Union Report

Union Report: In the Byzantine World of American Federation of Teachers Membership, Numbers Just Don’t Add Up

Mike Antonucci
4Fams

Barrett: Reading Books With an Adult Is a Great Way to Build Empathy and Other Social-Emotional Skills in Kids

Lindsay Barrett
Analysis

Sandelius: As Schools Reopen for the Year, 3 Ways They Can Use Data to Help Their Special Education Students Succeed

Sarah Berger Sandelius
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