Chad Aldeman
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I write about education finance policy and teacher labor markets. Father. Founder of @ReadNotGuess. Amateur bread-baker.
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3 days ago |
alternet.org | Chad Aldeman
There’s no more fundamental task for a school than teaching kids to read. This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. But what about kids living in poverty? Don’t schools need more money, and more staff, to be able to get good results? Well, yes and no. Poverty is certainly correlated to reading scores, and the best evidence suggests money helps boost a range of student outcomes.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Chad Aldeman
School spending is up. So why aren’t teacher salaries? For example, from 2002 to 2022, per-pupil spending in the Los Angeles Unified School District rose 108%. That’s in real terms, after accounting for inflation. But that money didn’t lead to higher pay. In fact, the average salary earned by district employees rose just 5%. These trends are not unique to Los Angeles and are, in fact, playing out in most schools and districts across the country.
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3 weeks ago |
chadaldeman.com | Chad Aldeman
In my last piece about expanding high-quality public school choice options, I mentioned the Boston METCO program. What is METCO? There are three things you need to know about it. The first is the program’s history.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Chad Aldeman
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Every Student Succeeds Act. I predict there won’t be any grand celebrations. That’s because ESSA is proving to be a weak law. Although it was hailed at the time for its bipartisan nature and called “the largest devolution of federal control to the states in a quarter-century,” student achievement has fallen dramatically, especially for the lowest-performing youngsters.
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1 month ago |
chadaldeman.com | Chad Aldeman
The best time to open a high-quality public school was last year. The second best time is now. In February, the Massachusetts state board of education board voted on five proposals to expand charter school seats. The state’s acting commissioner had brought all five to the board and recommended approval. Thanks for reading Aldeman On Education. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
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RT @karenvaites: "The average low-income California fourth grader is a full year behind their counterpart in Mississippi." I’m glad to see…
"one of the most underrated developments in recent political history is that Democrats have lost their traditionally large issue advantage on education." --@mattyglesias https://t.co/vZAslCI8Pd
Ya who cares how American children are doing against long-term achievement trends? Or science? Or writing? Or high school history?
.@GovBoard just voted (reluctantly) to kill several NAEP exams over the next 10 yrs. Cuts: 1) No Long-Term Trend NAEP at all until 2033. 2) No 4th grade science in 2028 and no 12th grade science in 2032. 3) Writing scrapped altogether. 4) No 12th grade history in 2030 (1/4)