With student enrollment plummeting, which schools should be considered candidates for closure?
Forcing students to switch schools can be traumatic and even harmful. Yet closing an underenrolled school can also be beneficial when displaced students land in better alternatives, and when it ensures that innumerable children in future generations are well-served. But how should policymakers identify which schools should be candidates for closure? Our latest study offers some answers.
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., Michael J. Petrilli 9.26.2024
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What we're reading this week: May 6, 2021
The Education Gadfly 5.6.2021
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Developing students’ social and emotional skills may be more important now than ever
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Don’t let them make you do it, Haley!
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 5.3.2021
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Don’t believe the haters. The federal Charter Schools Program deserves full funding.
Libby Sobic 4.30.2021
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I believe “antiracism” is misguided. Can I still teach Black children?
Robert Pondiscio 4.29.2021
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Three things to watch for in schools’ post-Covid recovery
Dale Chu 4.29.2021
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How to pump the Acceleration Imperative up to full speed
Kalman R. Hettleman 4.29.2021
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How parents determine childcare quality
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.29.2021
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The bias toward complexity when humans attempt to solve problems
Jeff Murray 4.29.2021
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The Education Gadfly Show #767: The fight to get kids back in class five days a week
Michael J. Petrilli, Clarice Schillinger, David Griffith, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.29.2021
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Cheers and Jeers: April 29, 2021
The Education Gadfly 4.29.2021
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