Seeking a Truce in the Civics & History Wars: Is 'Educating for American Democracy' the Answer?
Like the cicadas now infesting the mid-Atlantic, debates over how to present American history and civics to our children come around with striking regularity. In the early 1990s, the focus was on proposed national standards for U.S. history, which the Senate eventually condemned with a vote of 99–1. A few years ago, the dust-up was over the Advanced Placement U.S. History course.
The Education Gadfly Show #772: What’s going to happen to the NAEP reading test?
The Education Gadfly Show #771: Same old, same old: How districts are spending federal relief dollars (so far)
The Education Gadfly Show #770: Hooray for Florida’s new school choice legislation
On this week’s podcast, Doug Tuthill, president of Step Up for Students, joins Mik
The Education Gadfly Show #769: Should we break up behemoth school districts?
On this week’s podcast, Howard Husock, adjunct scholar in Domestic Policy Studies at AEI
The Education Gadfly Show #767: The fight to get kids back in class five days a week
The Education Gadfly Show #766: The U.S. Department of Education’s puzzling take on testing in 2021
The Education Gadfly Show: Does Biden have the right tack on school reopenings?
The Education Gadfly Show: The education issues facing state legislatures in 2021
Webinar: How should schools spend federal Covid-19 aid?
With federal coronavirus relief, schools are wrestling with a host of thorny questions. Especially under the new Joe Biden administration, how much federal aid is coming? What rules will govern its use? Most importantly, how can schools spend the funds effectively when reopening schools, improving remote learning, and helping students get back on track?
The Education Gadfly Show: Emily Oster and Noelle Ellerson Ng answer the big question: Will schools reopen this spring?