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What we're reading this week: November 19

The Education Gadfly
11.18.2020
  • Research supports having classrooms keep only three feet of social distancing. In fact, more kids in school may prevent spread more than hybrid models. —Washington Post
  • How will the forthcoming distribution of vaccines impact schooling? —Education Week
  • Andrew Rotherham believes “Obama’s election was the worst thing to happen to charter school advocacy and politics,” because reformers got complacent. —Eduwonk
  • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s school district has been safely operating twenty-two schools on a hybrid basis for ten weeks.—Washington Post
  • These Massachusetts teachers are finding ways to engage students during this crisis. —Boston Globe
  • “Training bias out of teachers: Research shows little promise so far. —Education Week
  • The passing of Alex Trebek, former host of “Jeopardy!” makes us reflect on a time when people valued knowledge. Is that now lost in the age of Wikipedia? —New Yorker
  • Will Joe Biden—a former friend of bipartisan ed reform—choose an education secretary from the ranks of union leadership? —William McGurn
  • “Assessments and accountability plans, put on pause by the U.S. Education Department for the 2019–20 school year due to COVID-19, are expected to resume this school year.” —Education Dive
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Tags: Barack Obama COVID-19 Joe Biden Massachusetts Pennsylvania United States Department of Education
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