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What we're reading this week: January 11, 2024

The Education Gadfly
1.11.2024
  • Thousands of schools across the country, including schools in Mississippi, Baltimore, Boston, and other jurisdictions, are at risk of closing because of declining enrollment. —The 74, Mississippi Today, The Boston Globe, and The Baltimore Banner
  • Students enrolled in D.C.’s Advanced Technical Center, a CTE high school, have significantly better attendance than their peers. —Washington Post
  • As tutoring balloons as a popular education intervention, timing, staffing, and technology are key factors to success. —Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report
  • New research finds that individuals who follow the success sequence, even later in life, can find a path out of poverty. —Angela Rachidi, National Review
  • Charter schools, not school choice, have the best promise for improving American education. —Matt Yglesias, Bloomberg
  • Teachers hired on emergency licenses during the pandemic fared no worse than their traditionally-trained peers.  —Chad Aldeman, The 74
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