freddiedeboer.substack.com
Two Education Stories That Are Just Begging for Good Journalism
6 min · · Education and educational measurement are the subjects where I come closest to offering expertise; I studied educational assessment in grad school, wrote my dissertation on standardized tests of… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
freeblackthought.substack.com
ABRIDGED: Six Unsettling Features of DEI in K-12
20+ min · · A briefer version of our guide for parents, educators, and anyone concerned about new curricular interventions · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
er.educause.edu
Engaging Students Through Asynchronous Video-Based Discussions in Online Courses
9 min · · As growing numbers of students take online and hybrid courses, higher education institutions are looking for ways to cultivate and sustain engagement · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell, Ines Bieler
The Intercept
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist
5 min · · High school senior Shiva Rajbhandari won elected office in Boise, defeating an incumbent school board trustee backed by local extremists. · Shared by 48, including Eric Pooley, slumos, Rick Powell, Karen K. Ho, Steve Silberman, Juan Cole, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
The New York Times
Opinion | Lower Black and Latino Pass Rates Don’t Make a Test Racist
6 min · · One sociolinguistic study helps show why the issue is more complicated. · Shared by 26, including Jeffrey Flier, Ibram X. Kendi, Michael Shermer, Alex Tabarrok 🛡️, Rick Powell
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Education Doesn't Work 2.0
20+ min · · a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps · Shared by 129, including Rick Powell
Quillette
Anti-Racism as Office-Politics Power Play: a Canadian Academic Case Study
7 min · · Last week, 53 top Canadian academic administrators convened in Ottawa for a biannual membership meeting of Universities Canada, a group dedicated to “providing university presidents with a unified… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Quillette
The Demoralization of the American Teacher
9 min · · “Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” ~Charlie Munger Ten years ago, I showed up for my first day as a high school teacher. I had landed… · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Why students learn better when they move their bodies
10 min · · Whether they’re in a classroom or online, students should be encouraged to move around. An expert on learning with technology explains why. · Shared by 75, including Miguel Angel Escotet, Rick Powell
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Is It Ever OK to Enunciate a Slur in the Classroom?
· Shared by 10, including Rick Powell, Scott F. Kiesling
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Why Resist Blank Slate Thinking? For One, Look to No Child Left Behind
7 min · · one of the worst and most consequential education laws in American history could only have sprung from a blank slate mindset
Scott Alexander
Kids Can Recover From Missing Even Quite A Lot Of School
15+ min · · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
mattbruenig.com
Another way to spend money on education
2 min · · The educational achievement of a child involves many inputs: parents, household situations, neighborhoods, nourishment, and of course schools. As a result of the education reform movement, all non… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
freddiedeboer.substack.com
Is the Conventional Wisdom on Educational Spending All Wrong?
8 min · · I doubt it, but who knows · Shared by 7
Andrew Sullivan
Killing The SAT Means Hurting Minorities
9 min · · The evidence is clear. But the woke refuse to accept it. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell