It's not really spring in Northwest PA until it snows one more time. But it certainly is pleasant right now. So that's something. Let's see what we have to read this week
Nancy Flanagan has noticed that acceleration is having a moment, and she has some thoughts about those shenanigans.
Taking the SAT with the Breakout Expert from Operation Varsity BluesJohn Warner took the SAT and then talked to Akil Bello about it, and the result is your must-read of the week, filled with insights and revelations about the test.
Matt Barnum, the Chalkbeat reporter I trust best, offers a look at what the data are saying about teacher resignation, and there does not appear to be a covid-fueled rush to the exits just yet.
Betsy DeVos’ hand-picked candidate for Wisconsin state school superintendent loses
At Salon, Sarah Burris has the story of Betsy DeVos's first big after-office defeat. Good news for Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, the Kansas City Star reports that there's a lot of high roller interest in the school board. Ruh-roh.
Andy Smarick (Bellwether) offers what turns out to be a pretty balanced look at what the data really reveal about who's for what. (Spoiler alert: the closed school buildings may not simply be the result of an evil teachers union plot).
Okay, this is probably of most interest to language study nerds, but it's pretty cool. Carol Zall has the story at Public Radio.
The Fed’s education constitutional amendment would turn schools over to economists and lawyersIn the Minnesota Reformer, Will Stancil explains how a constitutional amendment that promises good things for education is actually very bad news.
Have You Heard's podcast talks to MIT's Justin Reich, who talks about how ed tech's golden opportunity to deliver the goods vanished right up the goose's butt.
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