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What we're reading this week: November 11, 2021

The Education Gadfly
11.11.2021
  • “Education finance guru Marguerite Roza on how schools can best spend Covid aid.” —Education Week
  • With recent elections elevating the voice of suburban parents and the conversation on critical race theory, what will the future of education politics look like? —Chalkbeat
  • David Banks, founder of Eagle Academy schools, is likely to become Mayor-Elect Eric Adams’ pick for school chancellor. —Chalkbeat New York
  • Let’s get past the bad ideas from both sides of the aisle, such as abolishing all kinds of testing or opposing ethnic studies and focus on improving education basics like literacy. —Matt Yglesias (in a two-part essay)
  • “Colorado’s school board races reflected state’s shifting political ground.” —Chalkbeat Colorado
Tags: Colorado COVID-19 Eric Adams Marguerite Roza Matthew Yglesias
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