![School exterior](/sites/default/files/styles/top_attachment_size/public/2024-08/mp-8-21-24.jpg?itok=EmgRMneQ)
The complicated interplay between race, poverty, and schooling
Fordham’s new study by Paul L. Morgan and Eric Hengyu Hu, "Explaining Achievement Gaps: The Role of Socioeconomic Factors," raises as many questions as it answers. Among them: How can we explain the different patterns for the Black-White achievement gap for reading, on the one hand, and math and science, on the other? Why does SES explain so much more of the Hispanic-White gap than the Black-White gap? And what’s the role of family structure in explaining the Black-White and Hispanic-White gaps?
Michael J. Petrilli 8.22.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Teacher writing on chalkboard](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/td-4-15-24.jpg?itok=Co1VgOQV)
How did teacher evaluation become a thing?
Tim Daly 4.15.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Line graph pointing down](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/mp-4-10-24.jpg?itok=LkFHUGZU)
Doing educational equity wrong
Michael J. Petrilli 4.11.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Overwhelmed school teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/rp-4-10-24.jpg?itok=q47z5kJp)
The “case for curriculum” is about reducing teachers’ workload
Robert Pondiscio 4.11.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Tutor and student](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/lh-4-10-24.jpg?itok=kGaiQJhQ)
Schools must go beyond surface-level learning, and better tutoring can help
Laurence Holt 4.11.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Fordham Gadfly image](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/gadfly-guy_1.png?itok=T5kJJU5Q)
Cheers and Jeers: April 11, 2024
The Education Gadfly 4.11.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Fordham Gadfly image](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/gadfly-guy_2.png?itok=FPBVOsr0)
What we're reading this week: April 11, 2024
The Education Gadfly 4.11.2024
NationalFlypaper
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#915: Eliminating school boundaries, with Derrell Bradford
Derrell Bradford, Michael J. Petrilli, Amber M. Northern, Ph.D., David Griffith 4.10.2024
NationalPodcast
![Bored teen student at home doing homework](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/bw-4-9-24.jpg?itok=pynOi_s9)
Lengthy school closures were especially hard on high achievers
Brandon L. Wright 4.9.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Hammer piggy bank](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/mp-4-2-24.jpg?itok=yFXmGOjr)
School choice need not mean an expensive windfall for the rich
Michael J. Petrilli 4.4.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Overwhelmed school teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/db-4-2-24.jpg?itok=ubM7jND3)
We’ve made teaching impossible or: What I learned talking to 200 teachers
Daniel Buck 4.4.2024
NationalFlypaper
![House Chamber US Capitol](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/cf-4-2-24.jpg?itok=c72PFAUO)
Cross-partisanship vs. bipartisanship in education
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 4.4.2024
NationalFlypaper
![Happy school teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_attachment_size/public/2024-04/4-3-24.jpg?itok=IxIp9xmB)
Can an upfront cash incentive improve teacher recruitment and retention?
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. 4.4.2024
NationalFlypaper