This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here):

Why So Many Conservatives Are Talking About ‘Grooming’ All Of A Sudden is from Five Thirty Eight.

Urban Superintendents Come and Go is by Larry Cuban.

California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students this year is from The L.A. Times.

Time to End the Zero-Sum Mindset and Adopt Inclusive, Gifted-for-All Programs in Public Schools is from The 74.

Teacher Job Satisfaction Hits an All-Time Low is from Ed Week.

What’s not clear to me is whether these pay increases will keep up with inflation. Many teachers are probably experiencing an (inflation-adjusted) pay cut right now. https://t.co/BsvVVJkWKw

— Matt Barnum (@matt_barnum) April 14, 2022

Exclusive: Members of far-right forums are threatening violence against teachers & school officials they see as “groomers.”

One member of https://t.co/IGMVAqqQSZ even posted the address of a Connecticut superintendent and urged people to “execute her”https://t.co/8sLWGRShSA

— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) April 13, 2022

In my first piece for @voxdotcom, I talk about the conservative coalescence around “grooming” and Florida’s law.

The vagueness isn’t the only point—so is the desperation. https://t.co/N22u6c6gPt

— Christian Paz (@realcpaz) April 13, 2022

It’s official: starting April 27, the edTPA will no longer be required to teach in New York https://t.co/vtLnVjAy0l

— Reema Amin (@reemadamin) April 12, 2022

More than 110,000 students leave California public schools state officials say https://t.co/owLbRo4bFc pic.twitter.com/ZByRIdGtcf

— Sawsan Morrar (@sawsan24) April 12, 2022

How Extreme Weather Has Created a Disaster for School Infrastructure is from The Washington Post.