
Chad Aldeman
Freelance Contributor at Freelance
I write about education finance policy and teacher labor markets. Father. Founder of @ReadNotGuess. Amateur bread-baker.
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1 week 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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2 weeks 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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3 weeks ago |
ohiocapitaljournal.com | Chad Aldeman
by Chad Aldeman, The 74, Ohio Capital Journal April 2, 2025 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. There’s no more fundamental task for a school than teaching kids to read. 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.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Chad Aldeman
Photo graphic by The 74 News. 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. There’s no more fundamental task for a school than teaching kids to read. 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.
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3 weeks ago |
datiak12.io | Chad Aldeman
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. There’s no more fundamental task for a school than teaching kids to read. 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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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)