Talked 2020 education proposals with the Fordham Institute’s David Griffith and Michael Petrilli.
On the promise of–and problems with–the current crop of 2020 campaign education ideas. ‘At present, absent a comprehensive, urgent agenda, millions of American kids at schools like Oakland SOL continue muddling through. This is public education in America, where things are not as they should be, but that’s just about all we’ve come to expect.’
On Kamala Harris’ teacher pay increase proposal and the 2020 K-12 conversation.
On the state of education politics in the run-up to the 2020 election.
On public education, school choice, and the efficacy of righteous outrage.
On Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the virtues of tests.
A podcast conversation with Ellevation Education’s Steve Sofronas. A short commentary on social and emotional learning for The Century Foundation.
On advances in the learning sciences and the stickiness of the status quo.
On how the administration’s immigration policies are harming US-born children of immigrants.
On how to ensure that English learners have equitable access to Washington, DC’s bilingual charter schools.
