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Imperfect Attendance: Toward a fairer measure of student absenteeism
The need to understand how schools can improve student attendance has never been greater. This study breaks new ground by examining high schools’ contributions to attendance—that is, their “attendance value-added.”
Jing Liu, Ph.D. 4.13.2022
NationalReport
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How Biden, Pelosi, and McConnell could work together on education
Michael J. Petrilli 11.24.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Will students recover their Covid-19 learning losses?
Tom Coyne 11.24.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Testing, accountability, NAEP, and reading
Chester E. Finn, Jr. 11.23.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The grading lies we tell our students
Steven Birnholz, Eric Frey 11.23.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Can we overcome challenges facing the expansion of classical schools?
Sheila Byrd Carmichael 11.20.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The case for Sonja Santelises as the twelfth U.S. Secretary of Education
Dale Chu 11.19.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Memo to policymakers: Help teachers focus on reading
Robert Pondiscio 11.19.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Reducing grading bias against Black students
Adam Tyner, Ph.D. 11.19.2020
NationalFlypaper
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What we're reading this week: November 19
The Education Gadfly 11.18.2020
NationalFlypaper
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When excellence isn’t on a school’s menu
Erika Sanzi 11.13.2020
NationalFlypaper
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Use caution, district leaders: Even in a pandemic, there’s no immunity from financial missteps
Marguerite Roza 11.13.2020
NationalFlypaper
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The racial-justice war on merit-based schools is an injustice against excellence, critics say
Vince Bielski 11.12.2020
NationalFlypaper