Ed News for K12 Researchers: Cutting Ed isn’t efficient, the Mississippi Miracle, ACT bought by private equity firm, CA adds a growth measure: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
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Ed News for K12 Researchers: Cutting Ed isn’t efficient, the Mississippi Miracle, ACT bought by private equity firm, CA adds a growth measure: https://www.scoop.it/topic/ed-news-for-k12-researchers
Many of our government and grant funded colleagues have lost or are losing their jobs. If you have a position, reach out to your colleagues in research orgs (RELs, Comprehensive Centers, WestEd, MDRC, etc.). You may help keep a great researcher in the field and get a fantastic staffer. Even temporary or project work may be a lifesaver. If you can, do something to help.
Cutting education makes the system less effective and less efficient
The Mississippi miracle (or why AZ went from saying thank god for Mississippi to thank God for Alabama, at least we are not last https://www.the74million.org/article/there-really-was-a-mississippi-miracle-in-reading-states-should-learn-from-it/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Mississippi+miracle+in+reading+states+should+learn+from+it
CA adds a growth measure https://edsource.org/2025/california-takes-a-big-step-in-how-it-measures-school-performance-but-theres-still-more-to-do/727364
Is cutting schools an America last approach? https://www.brookings.edu/articles/cutting-education-is-an-america-last-not-an-america-first-approach/
Cruel to your school https://thebaffler.com/latest/cruel-to-your-school-berkshire
The end of reading https://open.spotify.com/episode/0tFL5KgZnAoUJjRSl6NGNR
What works for whom in the What Works Clearinghouse
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19345747.2024.2427762
Absenteeism is worst in K - is that news to anyone in school systems?
Detroit RPP works to improve attendance
Did you know a private equity firm purchased te ACT and will monetize it to maximize ROI? FYI: For 65 years, the ACT was managed by a nonprofit public interest organization (the same as the SAT). But in April 2024, Nexus Capital took control of the ACT exam away from the nonprofit, and immediately sued to monopolize both the test and its preparation. If they succeed, Nexus Capital will dictate who gets to prepare, how they prepare, and how much it costs. Here is a petition about this: http://Change.org/KeepACT4all. More information about the lawsuit is available at: http://ACTlawsuit.org
Does America really care how poor students do in school? https://www.slowboring.com/p/america-stopped-caring-how-poor-kids
The source of variability in research results -- 146 research teams undertake the same tasks and get different results -- it turns out data cleaning is very important!
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5152665
Teacher - student demographic changes in the US
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231251321323
Want to share your data story? https://datafoundation.org/pages/mydatastory
Enduring effects of desegregation https://www.nber.org/papers/w33365
AI in Ed update https://bellwether.org/ai-newsletter/the-leading-indicator-ai-in-education-issue-seven/
The baby boom in seven charts https://ourworldindata.org/baby-boom-seven-charts
If you are in the DC area you may want to stop by https://caldercenter.org/events/16th-annual-calder-conference
What school leaders are saying about AI https://bellwether.org/publications/surveying-artificial-intelligence-and-schools/?activeTab=1
Which investments in physical plant help students? https://academic.oup.com/qje/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/qje/qjaf013/8021051?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false&utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=qje&utm_medium=email
https://www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/1/2/101280322/bilaschon_241216.pdf
A reporter talks about the need for more math coverage
https://hollykorbey.substack.com/p/foundational-math-needs-more-attention
How school mission statements differ, and don't
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15582159.2025.2468038?af=R
NC absence patterns across time https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/01623737251315715
Why the concrete of ancient Rome is so durable https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-ancient-roman-concrete-was-so-durable?ref=fixthenews.com
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