Month: August 2022

School Superintendents Head for the Exits

/* custom css */ .tdi_2_831{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_4_d5d{ vertical-align: baseline; } In January 2021, after five years as superintendent of schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, Jack Smith announced that he was retiring, effective June 1. A lifelong educator—he’d been ...

From Cat Videos and Cooking Tips to the History of the Punic Wars – by Michael J. Petrilli

I don’t mean to brag, but my 10-year-old son knows all about Admiral Yi Sun-sin, a 16th-century naval commander who successfully fended off several Japanese invasions of the Korean peninsula. That’s not because I’m some sort of Korean history expert or parenting genius, and it’s not because he studied it in school. It’s because I’m such a pushover when it comes to screen time ...

EdNext Podcast: Health Benefits for Retired Teachers Strain State Budgets – by Education Next

In many school districts, teachers receive generous health care benefits even after they retire, but states and school districts have not been putting aside sufficient funds to pay for those promises.  Chad Aldeman joins EdNext editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss his article, “Health Care for Life: Will teachers’ post-retirement benefits break the bank?” The...

Strategies for Implementing Personalized Learning While Evidence and Resources Are Underdeveloped – by John F. Pane

Innovators are exploring new designs for the primary and secondary education system under umbrella of personalized learning. The overarching set of practices being explored in the space is quite broad, but there is not consensus on a precise definition of personalized learning or on which component practices are essential. Practitioners and policymakers seeking to implement pe...