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Trump Presses School Choice, Charters in Campaign Preview – by Ira Stoll

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in Washington. President Trump on Tuesday, at what was billed as a press conference but turned out to be more of a Rose Garden 2020 presidential campaign kickoff, attacked Vice President Biden on education issues. Trump described “the Biden-Sanders agenda” as “t...

What Google Search Data Reveals About Learning During the Pandemic – by Andrew Bacher-Hicks

As states and districts consider how best to educate students this fall, it is critical to understand how the pandemic-induced school closures affected students’ engagement with online learning resources intended to compensate for lost time in school. One way to do that is by using high frequency, nationally representative Google search data. These data allow us to document in...

Pushing Kids in Sports vs. Pushing Kids in School – by Robert Pondiscio

My daughter had two great privileges growing up: she attended a pair of first-rate private schools; and she played youth sports for many years at a competitive level. Here’s something I’ve said privately for years, but have been reluctant to say publicly: If I had it to do all over again and could provide only one of those two advantages—private school or competitive sports—I’...

Reopening Resilient Schools

/* custom css */ .tdi_14_541{ min-height: 0; } /* custom css */ .tdi_16_a61{ vertical-align: baseline; } A student at the Sainte-Croix elementary school works as half of her writing desk is marked with a tape to ensure that safe distance…