Education Gadfly Show #793: How D.C. increased teacher diversity and quality
This report examines parents’ opinions on SEL and pitfalls in communicating about it. It finds overwhelming support for the essence of SEL and its place in schools, but differences by political party and challenges in getting the terminology right.
Is America a racist country? Or the greatest nation on earth? Such a divisive question leaves little room for the complexity, richness, and nuance of our country’s past and present. But it’s the sort of question that often seems to get asked in today’s polarized environment. Small wonder, then, that the tattered condition of civics and U.S. history education constitutes a national crisis.
On this week’s podcast, Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, joins Mik
On this week’s podcast, Howard Husock, adjunct scholar in Domestic Policy Studies at AEI