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Eliminating the Department of Education Won’t Fix Education’s Dysfunctions, But Neither Will Denying They Exist

3 weeks ago | edpost.com | Robin Lake

Proposals to eliminate the Department of Education (ED) have been a Republican talking point since Ronald Reagan first suggested it in the early 1980s. The Trump administration’s executive order to weaken the agency is just the latest attempt. While the stated goal is to cut waste, reduce inefficiencies, and refocus education on students, there’s a reason ED has never been eliminated.
New research finds schools of education fail to prepare teachers to use AI

4 weeks ago | route-fifty.com | Robin Lake |Steven C. Weiner

This article was originally published by The 74. The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is exposing a glaring disconnect in teacher preparation. While forward-thinking superintendents are rolling up their sleeves to build AI literacy among teachers, college programs tasked with preparing the next generation of educators are largely absent from the conversation. This isn’t just a missed opportunity; it is an existential crisis for teacher prep programs.
New Research Finds Schools of Education Fail to Prepare Teachers to Use AI

4 weeks ago | the74million.org | Steven C. Weiner |Robin Lake

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is exposing a glaring disconnect in teacher preparation. While forward-thinking superintendents are rolling up their sleeves to build AI literacy among teachers, college programs tasked with preparing the next generation of educators are largely absent from the conversation. This isn’t just a missed opportunity; it is an existential crisis for teacher prep programs.
New Research Finds Schools of Education Fail to Prepare Teachers to Use AI

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Steven C. Weiner |Robin Lake

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is exposing a glaring disconnect in teacher preparation. While forward-thinking superintendents are rolling up their sleeves to build AI literacy among teachers, college programs tasked with preparing the next generation of educators are largely absent from the conversation. This isn’t just a missed opportunity; it is an existential crisis for teacher prep programs.
The Pandemic Was a Sputnik Moment for Rethinking American Education. We Blew It

1 month ago | the74million.org | Robin Lake |Paul Hill

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The pandemic gave the country a chance to rethink how states and school districts deliver quality education. When schools shut down, there was an opportunity to create more flexible, innovative learning models tailored to students’ varied needs. America had a chance to build stronger connections between schools, families, and communities.
Opinion: The Pandemic Was a Sputnik Moment for Rethinking American Education. We Blew It

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Robin Lake |Paul Hill

The pandemic gave the country a chance to rethink how states and school districts deliver quality education. When schools shut down, there was an opportunity to create more flexible, innovative learning models tailored to students’ varied needs. America had a chance to build stronger connections between schools, families, and communities. In March 2020, resilience, innovation and adaptability became urgent priorities, backed by billions in federal funding.
The Pandemic Was a Sputnik Moment for Rethinking American Education. We Blew It

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Robin Lake

Austin had the greatest increase in population of any metro in the nation during the pandemic period, per new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Why it …
Mend, Don’t End, the Institute for Education Sciences

2 months ago | the74million.org | Dan Goldhaber |Ashley E. Jochim |Robin Lake |Andrew Rotherham

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Last week, DOGE’s “shock and awe” campaign came to education. The chaotic canceling of grants and contracts for various research activities at the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), a little-known yet important agency rarely at the center of public debate, was unprecedented. It showed that the Trump administration is becoming adept at using the tools of government against the federal bureaucracy.
Mend, Don’t End, the Institute of Education Sciences

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Dan Goldhaber |Ashley E. Jochim |Robin Lake |Andrew Rotherham

Last week, DOGE’s “shock and awe” campaign came to education. The chaotic canceling of grants and contracts for various research activities at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a little-known yet important agency rarely at the center of public debate, was unprecedented. It showed that the Trump administration is becoming adept at using the tools of government against the federal bureaucracy.
The New NAEP Scores Are Alarming. Hope Is Not a Strategy for Fixing Them

2 months ago | the74million.org | Robin Lake

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results are alarming, but they do not surprise me. If anything, they confirm what we at the Center on Reinventing Public Education have been seeing for years — and what we documented in our latest State of the American Student report. Pandemic recovery has been inadequate and uneven, with the most vulnerable students falling even further behind.