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What we're reading this week: February 22, 2024

The Education Gadfly
2.22.2024
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  • Seemingly positive daily attendance data can mask the realities of chronic absenteeism. —Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report
  • With the recent influx of immigrants, many Denver schools are at capacity, struggling to get necessary resources. —Chalkbeat
  • A focus on practical policy and sensible reform could win both Democrats and Republicans public trust on the issue of American education. —Rick Hess, Mike McShane, and Ruy Teixeira, Education Next
  • There’s a strong case, one that can appeal to conservatives and liberals, for raising base teacher salaries to $100,000. —Daniel Pink, Washington Post
  • We should re-engage business leaders and bring them back into education reform. —James A. Peyser, Education Next
  • Despite recent papers arguing otherwise, the evidence is clear that education has a positive return on investment. —Noahpinion
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