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What we're reading this week: December 3

The Education Gadfly
12.2.2020
  • The federal government should provide states with new funds that target students who struggled the most to adapt to remote learning. —Marguerite Roza
  • Even during the pandemic, the Dallas school district is expanding its programs to train students in career and technical skills. —Dallas Morning News
  • A call on the NAEP Governing Board to “not approve the proposed replacement of NAEP's assessment of reading comprehension.” —E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
  • Virtual learning is hurting disadvantaged children the most, but affluent kids will probably be just fine. —Washington Post
  • Here is how Baltimore’s school district is facing the political, social, and public safety challenges of in-person learning. —New York Times
  • Parents and children wrestle together with the emotional toll of isolation and remote learning. —Washington Post
  • Rhode Island is “shutting bars and gyms as the coronavirus surges—but not schools.” —Washington Post
  • Most schools must stay closed this winter. The chance to make communities safe enough to reopen is now lost. —Leana S. Wen
  • “This entire second-grade D.C. class fell behind in reading. Now what?” —Washington Post
  • Los Angeles’s school district is making the most of virtual learning, bringing in “experts to teach topics ranging from aeronautical engineering to agricultural science.” —EdSource
  • How will the pandemic change the way we fund K–12 education? —Wall Street Journal
  • Experts have yet to reach a consensus on whether test gaps are growing. —Chalkbeat
Policy Priority:
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Tags: Dallas Marguerite Roza National Assessment of Educational Progress Rhode Island
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