Imagine trying to hit multiple invisible and moving targets with a single shot from a clunky weapon with an imprecise scope. Needless to say, you’re not going to end up as an award-winning marksman under such conditions. This, I believe, is one way we can think about the limitations of using public policy to develop the workforce of the future. Even under the best circumstance...

www.twenty20.com/@lisette18us On Tuesday, the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) released its inaugural Federal Policy Survey. While the sample was too small to claim much statistical validity and the sampling didn’t necessarily yield representative responses, I love the idea of accomplished teachers systematically sharing their take on pressing quest...

Polarization was the theme of 2016, and we’d be kidding ourselves to think that will be much different in 2017. Still, there has rarely been more need for new ideas that people can begin to come together around, especially in education. Here are six to start us off. What are yours? 1. High expectations for students with unique needs An important case being heard by the U.S. Su...

/* custom css */ .tdi_2_d16{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_d66{ vertical-align: baseline; } People march against student debt around the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022. Members of the Debt Collective, which describes itself as a borrowers̵...

The share of U.S. school-age children attending private elementary schools peaked during the postwar boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, reaching 15 percent in 1958. By the mid-1970s, it had fallen to 10 percent and remained quite steady for the rest of the 20th century. Those relatively stable numbers mask significant changes in the mix of school types that make up the pr...

On Teacher Beat, Madeline Will reviews the results of a new study of teacher coaching. When teachers receive instructional coaching, the quality of their instruction improves enough to also lead to gains in student achievement, years of research show. But there’s a catch, a new analysis found: Larger coaching programs are less effective than smaller ones. So how can coach...

Three universities partnered with Amazon last year to provide some students with free voice-activated devices (Echo Dots) programmed to answer questions from students about everything from grades and financial aid to meal plans and faculty office hours, reports Lindsay Ellis in The Chronicle of Higher Education. In the Spring 2018 issue of EdNext, Michael Horn wrote about how v...

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This summer marked the launch of a new initiative called Pathway 2 Tomorrow: Local Visions for America’s Future aimed at producing a catalog of locally inspired policy proposals to meet the needs of state and local education leaders. The centerpiece of the effort is an open call for proposals for innovative policy solutions that are tied to the needs of specific communities—but...

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