Ed News for K12 Researchers: Thank God for Mississippi! Accountability’s future, good schools are good for all, LA makes progress, science of reading implementation spotty https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: Thank God for Mississippi! Accountability’s future, good schools are good for all, LA makes progress, science of reading implementation spotty https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Thank god for Mississippi https://www.chadaldeman.com/p/thank-goodness-for-mississippi-and?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=997417&post_id=176589108&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3dr75&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Accountability with a lighter footprint https://crpe.org/making-room-for-what-matters-innovative-school-leaders-want-accountability-but-with-a-lighter-footprint/
The future of accountability isn't more testing https://www.the74million.org/article/the-future-of-school-accountability-isnt-more-testing/
Causal effects of cell phone bans https://www.nber.org/papers/w34388
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-cellphone-bans/
America is sliding toward illiteracy https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/education-decline-low-expectations/684526/
The challenge of functionally illiterate graduates https://www.joannejacobs.com/post/20-of-high-school-graduates-are-barely-literate
ACT 2025 results https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/2025-ACT-Graduating-Class-Infographic.pdf
Lighting up high ability with NEON https://apnews.com/article/national-education-equity-lab-nonprofit-carnegie-corporation-a762da7d96c9a70dd1fa8ae4468f1e7f
Half of families with young kids are struggling https://www.the74million.org/zero2eight/survey-nearly-half-of-families-with-young-kids-struggling-to-meet-basic-needs/
Good schools are good for all https://www.the74million.org/article/are-good-schools-good-for-all-students-the-answer-seems-to-be-yes/
Charting a new course for education https://www.gettingsmart.com/2025/10/14/charting-a-new-course-foresight-climate-and-ai-a-conversation-with-katherine-prince/
Insights from null results in ed studies https://edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1295
Science of reading implementation is spotty https://www.the74million.org/article/science-of-reading-training-practice-vary-new-research-finds/
But Science of Reading not paying off yet in OH https://www.the74million.org/article/disappointing-ohios-science-of-reading-switch-not-yet-bringing-results/
School enrollment shifts after the pandemic
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775725001141?via%3Dihub
Impact of high quality CTE https://edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
New Hampshire's test results https://statetestscoreresults.substack.com/p/new-hampshire-2025-assessment-results?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1796653&post_id=176324603&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3dr75&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Test score gains in LA https://www.the74million.org/article/historic-los-angeles-testing-gains-lift-even-the-lowest-performing-schools/
Involving parents in ed
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2506130122
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