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Leadership

Philadelphia students show marginal gains on standardized tests

The city's schools are in the midst of a $70 million curriculum overhaul, and Superintendent Tony Watlington says slow progress is to be expected. “We have an awful long way to go.”

Policy and Legislation

Missouri school districts show improvement in annual performance report

State officials once again delay classification of school districts based on performance report scores.

Op-ed

Walking through Paris can provide inspiration for educators

Learning should be less rigid and more like exploring a beautiful city.

Policy and Legislation

Illinois’ 2024 report card is out: SAT scores are down, but high school grad rates are up

Chalkbeat Chicago

The state's public school students in grades 3-8 have seen reading scores exceed pre-pandemic levels, but math is still lagging.

Student Achievement and Assessment

LAUSD overhauls $120 million Black student academic program after conservative activists file civil rights complaint

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the district will reformat the Black Student Achievement Plan in response, but without sacrificing the impact of the program.

Research

EdTrust releases tool to help district leaders evaluate quality of social-emotional learning assessments

The education policy and advocacy organization analyzed 11 assessments commonly used to measure student wellbeing and social and emotional needs, and offers advice and guiding questions for education leaders to consider during implementation.

Op-ed

Assessment in STEM: Making learning visible

A more thoughtful, student-centered approach can transform assessment into an ongoing conversation, giving students a chance to grow, iterate, and refine their learning.

Op-ed

The “average student” is a myth. Teaching to those at the margins helps all kids.

Because learner variability is the norm since the pandemic, educators need to start designing for it. Here's what that could that look like.

Op-ed

In Houston ISD, a wholesale transformation delivers better education for students

Superintendent Mike Miles: Personalized learning, strong leadership, career-focused classes, effective teaching — districts know what to do. They just need to do it.

Success Stories

Closing struggling schools helped student achievement in Denver, study finds

Chalkbeat Colorado

The analysis found that most students who left closed Denver schools and attended new ones saw their test scores go up, with greater gains for English learners and students with disabilities.

Research

Report: Tutoring significantly improves learning, but impacts lessen as programs scale up

New research from the Annenberg Institute finds tutoring is highly effective at accelerating learning for small groups of students, but cautions that large-scale implementations are often much less successful.

Strategic Planning

Chicago Board of Education adopts new 5-year plan prioritizing neighborhood public schools

The plan's priorities and goals include reducing chronic absenteeism, increasing reading and math scores and reducing teacher vacancies. It also seeks to increase support and funding for neighborhood schools, where enrollment has declined.

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