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Michael Petrilli

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7 years

I changed my party registration this morning to unaffiliated. If the GOP decides to be the party of Lincoln again, I may reconsider someday.

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My only regret about leaving the GOP after Charlottesville is that I cannot leave it again after the “shit hole” comment.

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On Tuesday my 7th grader watched movies in most of his classes. The last day of school is Thursday. Just a reminder about how much instructional time (some) schools waste. So I call BS on people who are anti-standardized tests because they eat up too much time.

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Likewise, we don't educate migrant children because they are American, but because we are American.

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3 years

Am about to go on @CNN @NewDay to explain why it’s terrible that schools are shutting down again. @CNNSchools

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4 years

The view from the roof of the DC Fordham Institute office. My family and I are about to go show our support for the peaceful protesters. It’s a wonderful day in Washington DC. #BLM

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Michael Petrilli

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I've had a reporter ask me what @POTUS could do to get Chicago teachers back in class. I honestly don't know. A BETTER question is what @rweingarten could do. Time for America's education journalists to hold her feet to the fire. @alexanderrusso @DanaGoldstein @laurameckler

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

The retired generals are defending America from our greatest threat: The president @MaxBoot

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Michael Petrilli

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5 years

I'd like to see @BetsyDeVosED take a stand against her boss's racist tweets and statements. Something like: "We would never condone a ten year old telling a fellow student to 'go back' to where she came from, and we shouldn't condone it in our president... (more)

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Michael Petrilli

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5 years

Happy Halloween! (I'm a Quid Pro Quo, I mean a Squid Pro Go)

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Michael Petrilli

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4 months

The right response should be inspired by the late Cardinal James Hickey, in reference to Catholic schools serving low-income students regardless of their faith: "We don't educate these children because they are Catholic, but because we are Catholic."

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 months

Ugh Think tank with ties to Trump lays out plan to deny free education to undocumented students

Heritage Foundation lays out plan to end undocumented students’ rights to a free education

The conservative think tank with ties to Trump says it’s time to reconsider Plyler, the Supreme Court decision that said schools can’t charge tuition based on immigration status.

www.chalkbeat.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

Checker Finn: "We should teach our kids how full-on socialism has ended whenever and wherever it’s been imposed." (With repression, famine, political prisoners, and a more or less total collapse of human rights.) @JonahNRO @rickhess99 @smarick @rpondiscio

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Michael Petrilli

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3 years

School quarantines keep too many kids at home — with barely any effect on covid h/t @John_Bailey fyi @ProfEmilyOster @RbnLake @karenvaites @DonnaStGeorge

Perspective | School quarantines keep too many kids at home — with barely any effect on covid

Some states and school districts are shifting — against the CDC’s advice — to a sensible "test and stay" approach.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

10. A big takeaway is that schools and districts had better make sure their virtual learning programs are WAY better than what they offered this spring. Because a whole lot of families, and teachers, are likely to depend on it. --End--

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

1. Yes, Trump, DeVos, et al are right that schools should "reopen" this fall. But was anybody planning on NOT reopening?

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Michael Petrilli

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4 months

@TheTonus It's not about their rights. It's about what's right. They are children. They should be in school.

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@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Trump “tried—and is still trying—to commit voter fraud, and it is flatly outrageous and disgusting. He’s literally the one trying to steal the election, and...he’s trying to do it by claiming his enemies are the guilty ones.” - @JonahDispatch

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Michael Petrilli

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3 years

Every reporter seems to be writing about the debate over face masks in schools this fall, which is understandable, but few seem focused on quarantines, which have the potential to be MUCH more disruptive to student learning. @chendrie @alexanderrusso @RbnLake @ProfEmilyOster

Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

3 years

"Second Clayton County school starts year online after outbreak of COVID-19"

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

Every single family should be given the option of remote learning until the pandemic is over. Nobody should be forced to send their child to a school building until there's a vaccine. #AskReuters

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4 years

Query: For the students that are forced to attend at least 50% in-class, what happens when a parent or other immediate family member has little to no immune system, the student brings Covid-19 home, & something unbearable occurs? Who bears responsibility? #AskReuters

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Michael Petrilli

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2 years

ARGH our schools are TERRIBLE at telling parents the truth. Few parents are interested in tutoring and the like for their kids to address learning loss...in part because they think their kids are doing fine. Because they trust their kids' report cards.

Low parent interest in COVID-recovery interventions should worry educators and policymakers alike |...

Learning recovery options will not be as successful if they are not communicated clearly and made feasible to parents.

www.brookings.edu

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

Folks who claimed that declining ACT scores prove that Common Core isn't working: Will you reverse yourselves now that SAT scores are rising? Or can we agree that ACT & SAT scores are terrible measures of national progress or the lack thereof? Much less the impact of one policy?

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

SOMETHING I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER SEE: The state of Mississippi praised in the pages of the New York Times! It is well deserved, Magnolia State. @ehanford @Mississippi1st @DLeonhardt @Juliarafalbaer @DTWillingham

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@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

I hope they called it PARC

Choice Media

@ChoiceMediatv

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Illinois Scraps PARCC Test in Favor of Shorter Exam with New Name via @knthayer #PARCC #EdPolicy

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

Violent kids take over Florida’s classrooms, and they have the law on their side h/t @alexanderrusso

Violent kids take over schools and have the law on their side

The same laws that protect disabled students make it difficult for schools to remove a student as profoundly disturbed as the Parkland school shooter. Even threatening to shoot classmates is not a...

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

"The court seems to be groping, with Chief Justice Roberts and perhaps Justice Gorsuch in the lead, toward what it thinks is a resolution of America’s culture wars that combines an expansive definition of equality with strong protections for freedom of religion." - @professordunn

Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Today the Supreme Court ruled that teachers at religious schools do not enjoy anti-discrimination protections. Here's what that decision and other recent ones mean for the culture wars. @professordunn @IraStoll @ProfMartyWest @rickhess99

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Michael Petrilli

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6 years

I just finished helping to coach my eight-year-old son’s soccer practice. And I was reminded why I do education policy and not education practice! Lordy it is hard to channel the energy of 12 eight-year-olds when you don’t know what you are doing! @Doug_Lemov @palan57 @rickhess99

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

1 year

It’s time to dump Reading Recovery @ehanford @kymyona_burk @LevesquePat @Dyrnwyn @OhioExcels

It’s time to dump Reading Recovery

This month, Ohio joined a growing list of states and school systems that require schools to use high-quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading, an approach to reading instru...

fordhaminstitute.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

Kudos to @DLeonhardt : "My half of the political spectrum — the left half — too often dismisses the importance of family structure." @KayHymowitz @IanVRowe @WilcoxNMP @FamStudies @JonahNRO @MJGerson

Opinion | A One-Question Quiz on the Poverty Trap (Published 2018)

What are the biggest signs that a community’s children will remain poor?

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

I've been struggling to identify what it is I'm feeling...now I realize it's hope. I've missed it. Let's all pray for the success of President Biden and Vice President Harris, and for this wonderful country we love. Amen!

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

9. And another big unknown is how teachers and staff will react. Many are going to refuse to show up if they don't think their schools are making good-faith efforts to keep them safe. And they SHOULDN'T show up if they or family members have underlying health issues.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Given the current surge in coronavirus cases, AND knowing that remote learning has been a terrible substitute for the real thing, shouldn't schools delay the start (and end) of the 2020-21 school year rather than start on schedule with full-time remote learning? Go October-July?

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

7 years

My 7 year old just now: “It’s like a graph.” @thnkscommoncore @StudentSuccess @paigekowalski @DTWillingham @Doug_Lemov @eureka_math

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

2. The question is not whether to reopen schools (yes!) but whether to welcome all students back to school, in person, every day.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

How to Treat a Disgraced Ex-President Should Donald Trump receive a lifelong salary, a government-funded office, and a presidential library? A look back at past failed presidents. @tbalcerski @BulwarkOnline @BillKristol @JVLast @SykesCharlie @JimSwiftDC

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

Hey reporters: THE big issue right now is that a bunch of districts are staying closed vs trying to operate online, I think because they're worried about getting sued over SpEd concerns. This OCR "guidance" seems to be the problem:

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

The original version said that schools should stay closed if they're in a community still "requiring significant mitigation." That was deleted and replaced with: "Are you able to screen students and employees upon arrival for symptoms and history of exposure?"

Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

The original CDC guidance about reopening schools (quashed by the White House) is here: The final guidance is here:

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Michael Petrilli

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6 years

Let me get this straight: LAUSD, like many big bureaucratic systems, is so poorly managed that class sizes are crazy-high, nurses & books are in short supply, et cetera. So we should...attack the better-run charter schools that have avoided these problems, even with less money?

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Michael Petrilli

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5 years

Folks, we have a problem. People were eager to dismiss it when @maxeden99 was the messenger. But it will not be so easy to dismiss this sort of reporting from the mainstream media. @rickhess99 @EricaLG @laurameckler @chendrie @kevincarey1

Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

Violent kids take over Florida’s classrooms, and they have the law on their side h/t @alexanderrusso

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

Is it Time to Drop ‘Finding the Main Idea’ and Teach Reading in a New Way? (Yes!) Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

Two great reviews of @ThomasSowell 's new book "The Collapsing Case against Charter Schools" by Kevin D. Williamson in @NRO "At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why." by Robert Pondiscio in @EducationNext

Charter Schools and Their Enemies

At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.

www.educationnext.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

I feel for civics teachers in Trump Country right now. They have an obligation to explain to students that it is not normal, and not OK, for Trump and his cronies to attack democratic norms, and our election system, like they are doing. But imagine the wrath when teachers say so.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

If states published school report cards that included examples of the books assigned every student, math problems kids are expected to solve, and a sample of writing prompts by grade, it would get us much closer to what we all have in mind when we conjure “academic quality.”

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

3. The Administration's own guidance from the CDC recommends social distancing in classrooms and on buses, which almost surely means not operating schools at anywhere near full capacity. Schools and districts have thus been gravitating toward "hybrid" schedules.

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Michael Petrilli

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5 years

THIS IS NOT OK Charter schools (which serve a disproportionate number of children of color) are underfunded to the tune of $13 billion a year. @The74 @bellwethered @arotherham @Ninacharters @Dyrnwyn @HowardLFuller @RebeccaSibilia @caldis

Analysis: New Analysis Shows How a $13 Billion Funding Gap Between Charter Schools & Traditional...

Twenty-seven years into the national charter school experiment, funding of charter schools and traditional public schools remains wildly unequal. In fact, charter school students receive 27 percent...

www.the74million.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman attended a private school growing up; her mom works in a charter school. h/t @alexanderrusso fyi @Ninacharters @Tommy_USA @Dyrnwyn @HowardLFuller @capriceyoung @MyrnaCastrejon @EricaLG

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

4. So it sure feels unfair for DeVos to blast districts like Fairfax County, VA who are planning on welcoming students in person 2 days a week, and having them learn at home on the other days. (Fairfax DOES deserve grief for its terrible remote learning efforts this spring.)

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

YES, YES, A MILLION TIMES YES No one likes the SAT. It’s still the fairest thing about admissions. Eliminating standardized testing would remove the one admissions criterion that can prevent fraud and increase social mobility.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

Yes yes yes. Via @DavidAFrench The Right Should Reject Tucker Carlson’s Victimhood Populism @rickhess99 @smarick @rpondiscio

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

3 years

If staffing shortages force schools to shutter, the pro-kid policy would be to cancel classes entirely (for, say, two weeks) and tack on those two weeks at the end of the school year. Rather than do pretend school (i.e., "remote learning"). @ProfEmilyOster @John_Bailey @RbnLake

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

3 years

School Closures Were a Catastrophic Error. Progressives Still Haven’t Reckoned With It. Sometimes you need to own up to an error so it’s not repeated. By @jonathanchait @John_Bailey @ProfEmilyOster @RbnLake @karenvaites

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Michael Petrilli

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6 years

Pro tip: don’t schedule an #edpolicy discussion at the same time as the hearing of the century! #Ed2020

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Michael Petrilli

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8 years

An instant classic from @rickhess99 : "Education Is So Far Left, It Can't Really See The Right" @smarick @rpondiscio

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

This is a charter school. For LGBTQ kids. IN ALABAMA! Remind me again why people say that #charterschools are not "progressive"??? @Ninacharters @Dyrnwyn @HowardLFuller @schoolchoicewk @arotherham @kevincarey1 @RbnLake @JeanneAllen @KaregaRausch

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4 years

Birmingham LGBTQ safe space charter school approved for 2021 opening

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

8 years

While there are many unknowns about Betsy DeVos I'm going w/ 2 thumbs up, especially considering the alternatives @PoliticsK12 @caitlinzemma

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Michael Petrilli

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2 years

Hey friends, here's a fun question: Can you think of an example of a major state education policy success story over the past decade or so? A policy reform that led to a positive measurable impact and has now been around a while?

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

3 months

First schools should ban kids' phones. Then they should curtail their Chromebooks, writes Fordham's @MrDanielBuck

Next, curtail the Chromebooks

Phone bans are the hottest education policy since banning critical race theory. Districts across the country are strictly limiting their use, locking them in Yondr bags, or confiscating and sealing...

fordhaminstitute.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Are you trying to work at home with your school-aged kids around? Here's a list of the best YouTube channels, podcasts, movies & TV shows, etc. for learning @davepell @JimSwiftDC @JVLast @smarick @JonahDispatch @declanpgarvey

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

2 years

Here's any idea that will infuriate everyone but might do some good: Let's make 21 the official age of adulthood in America. No buying guns 'til 21. No voting 'til 21. No being charged as an adult 'til 21. No getting drafted 'til 21. Who's in?

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

No, it's not OK for a president to send racist tweets, to disparage duly elected members of Congress, or to purposefully divide the country for his political gain. #NeverTrump

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

At this point in his presidency, Barack Obama already had several public schools named after him. Not so with Trump. If he's so beloved in red America, why is that?

Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

At last count: Abraham Lincoln: 607 public schools named after him Barack Obama: 26 Donald Trump: ZERO

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

How about @JohnBKing for Ed Sec? President-Elect Biden has largely chosen Obama-era officials for his cabinet. Why not a reprisal for Secretary King, especially since he only served a year in the role before? @PoliticsK12 @EricaLG @laurameckler @laurenonthehill @emrichards

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

8. The big unknown is how parents will react to all of this. Surveys indicate that a LOT of parents aren't going to send their kids back. Even more so if schools can't do social distancing. Some schools could be looking at 50% or more kids choosing remote learning.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

3 years

The Biden Administration got this one exactly right. Waive the accountability requirements but keep the testing mandate, while allowing states to use shorter exams, and/or delay them until the fall. I especially like that last part.

Matt Barnum

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3 years

NEWS: The U.S. Department of Education will not let states cancel federally required standardized testing this year

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

Charters employ more diverse teachers than traditional public schools. Is it giving them a leg up with minority students? Via @LASchoolReport @The74 @charteralliance @CALcharters @Ninacharters @capriceyoung @edu_post @DFER_News @Dyrnwyn @shavarjeffries

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

7. But it's certainly reasonable for districts to follow Fairfax County's lead and start the year with a hybrid schedule so as to allow social distancing. Better to err on the side of safety. And then adjust in October, November, December, etc.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

Wow! "High school juniors and seniors are eligible for three-year apprenticeships in fields ranging from financial services to manufacturing. Students earn $25,000 to $30,000 during their apprenticeship while splitting their time between work and school."

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

My heart aches for our beloved country. Much love to the family of Jacob Blake, the victims of the vigilante shooting in Kenosha, and everyone trying to survive Hurricane Laura.

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Michael Petrilli

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6 years

I don't know what did or didn't happen back in the 80s between Kavanaugh and Blasey Ford (and the others). What I do know is that there are other well-qualified conservative legal scholars who would make great Supreme Court justices, including many women. Why not go for Plan B?

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Michael Petrilli

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4 years

5. What's complicated everything is that the nation's pediatricians have recommended getting all kids back to school, even if social distancing is not feasible. So Trump and DeVos aren't dreaming this idea up on their own. But it's putting school administrators in a tough spot.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

People thought I was crazy when I proposed that parents should be able to tune into a live-stream of their kids' classrooms. But here I am listening to my 10 year old's Zoom class and it's pretty darn cool. What's the difference? @michaelbhorn @leoniehaimson @RbnLake @rweingarten

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

10 years

Give me a break @arneduncan . It's YOUR policies on teacher eval that's led to an explosion of bad tests. http://t.co/zdQxY0lN7m @rickhess99

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

More social studies in elementary school may produce better readers, new study suggests @Chalkbeat @annschimke @matt_barnum @redandexpert @nellduke

More social studies in elementary school may produce better readers, new study suggests

To get better readers, U.S. elementary schools should spend more time on social studies.

www.chalkbeat.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

9 months

"If you can’t teach To Kill a Mockingbird without traumatizing your students, then you shouldn’t be a teacher at all. Go where your heart leads you and work as the prison guard you were always meant to be." - Kevin D. Williamson

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Michael Petrilli

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3 years

Is it just me or is @Chalkbeat consistently doing some of the best reporting from inside the classroom? Kudos! First-graders in the reading red zone: How one Colorado school is tackling pandemic gaps @elizwgreen @matt_barnum @annschimke @chendrie

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

2 years

Hey reporters, beware of Orwellian spin on NAEP by state departments of education. While some declines might be worse than others, no decline should be viewed as "good news." Let's not sugar-coat the deep hole we find ourselves in. @alexanderrusso @chendrie @jillbarshay

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

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A new study finds that schools are the LEAST INTEGRATED place in America. Which is sad, but also important to keep in mind when someone argues we shouldn't have #schoolchoice because public schools are melting pots. They're not.

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Michael Petrilli

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1 year

Gov. Reynolds Appoints Chad Aldis to Lead Department of Education, Innovate Iowa Schools

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

3 years

Wait, two Democrats--opponents in the race for RI governor--are fighting over who is MORE PRO-CHARTER? More of this please! @Ninacharters @Dyrnwyn @Juliarafalbaer @mcmageejr @CharlesBarone @shavarjeffries @esanzi @EvieBlad @PoliticsK12

Mayor Elorza declares war on Governor McKee over charter schools - The Boston Globe

The move to allow the non-union Achievement First to operate a school in the same building as a traditional public school has drawn criticism from the city’s teachers’ union, which has long opposed...

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Michael Petrilli

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The problem: Student achievement in math & reading plummeted post-pandemic to levels we haven’t seen in 20 years. The solution: A bipartisan group of #education advocates came together to highlight policies that put kids first.

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Michael Petrilli

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6 years

Rick Hess in @thehill : “For all the annoyance and anger these [annual state] tests engender, we would do well to remember that they exist mostly in response to a sensible expectation that public schools be accountable and that parents know how their children are doing.”

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

So yes, I'm dressed like the biker dude from the Village People, but the best part is that Russ Whitehurst is coming over in an hour to do our podcast. Any bets on his reaction? Think he'll be in costume? @SarahDSparks @lfl925 @Kress_Sandy @rickhess99 @KnowledgeAll #eduween18

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Michael Petrilli

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3 years

...and those factors are surely important. But as @DLeonhardt points out today, another key driver is the relationship between risk aversion and party. Republicans tend to underplay Covid risks, and Democrats tend to exaggerate them.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

6 years

CRAZY OR CRAZY SMART? Let's say you run a district, or elementary school, where virtually all the children are poor, and enter Kindergarten not ready, and leave Kindergarten not ready for 1st grade. Why not make Kindergarten last two years instead of one? "Redshirt" everyone.

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

It's a Catch-22: If you try to open online but can't serve SpEd kids you run afoul of the law. If you stay closed and don't serve anyone, you're OK. But how is that better for SpEd kids? THIS IS AN EMERGENCY PEOPLE. Shouldn't we try to do what we can and throw out the rule book?

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

A few smart takes on reopening schools via - @ProfEmilyOster : - @j_g_allen : - @JenniferNuzzo & @drJoshS : - @SarahCohodes :

Opinion | We Have to Focus on Opening Schools, Not Bars (Published 2020)

Resuming classroom instruction is crucial. Infection control inside and outside classrooms can let it happen.

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Um no Biden hasn’t said he would “close all charter schools.”

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Forgive my bragging but my fourth grader is taking the MAP-M right now and is being asked about concepts he's never studied...given that it's an adaptive test that means that HE MUST BE CRUSHING IT, BABY! OK, back to editing the Gadfly... @minnichc @AbbyJavurek @paigekowalski

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

A wonderful tribute from @UConnNeag 's Suzanne M. Wilson Education professor David K. Cohen died last month. His work changed me — and our field Classroom instruction, in all its complexity, was at the core of his work. @Chalkbeat @matt_barnum

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Kudos to @CollegeBoard for committing to at-home testing for this spring's Advanced Placement exams. Impressive! @Dale_Chu @michaelbhorn @tvanderark @NMSI @rpondiscio @RbnLake @StudentSuccess @cgewertz

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

@BetsyDeVosED "...both in Washington and in our classrooms we shouldn't shy away from vigorous debates about our American ideals and how to best live up to them. But we can disagree with people's views without attacking their background or dignity."

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

10 months

Huge congrats to @Ninacharters on one heck of an 11 year run at @charteralliance ! This has been a challenging stretch for the charter movement for sure, but Nina's handled it all with aplomb. Excited to see what's next for Nina and the organization.

Special Message from Rick Cruz - National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

On behalf of the Board, I’d like to thank Nina for her service and celebrate her tremendous impact at the helm of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.It would be difficult, if not...

publiccharters.org

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

7 years

The jokes are funny...but I'm actually working all day in this costume. #eduween17 @ChadAldeman @EWAEmily @paigekowalski @KPennington23

Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

7 years

#eduween17

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

BIG IDEA OF THE DAY We're going to need more substitute teachers next year, given that teachers (especially older ones) should stay home at the smallest sign of illness. Districts may want to hire more "permanent" subs than usual--folks who can rotate around a school as needed

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

4 years

Distance Learning Is Better I’m 13 years old, and I prefer working at my own pace without classroom disruptions. @rickhess99 @RbnLake @michaelbhorn @Tommy_USA @maxeden99 @John_Bailey @lindseymburke @DeAngelisCorey @JoshuaPStarr

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Michael Petrilli

@MichaelPetrilli

5 years

This headline cracks me up. “Lawmakers plan to fix education system this year” @rickhess99 @smarick @arotherham @caldis @rpondiscio @jaypgreene @RbnLake @alexanderrusso @jenalexanderct @PIEnetwork