The Top 10 Education Next Blog Posts of 2021 – EducationNext

1. The Government Is Paying Public School Parents Billions of Dollars to Keep Their Children HomeFamily would lose $409 a month in Pandemic-EBT benefits by moving 3 children to in-person from remoteBy Ira Stoll

2. What It Takes to Actually Improve Math EducationRepetitive practice lies at the heart of mastery of almost every discipline, and mathematics is no exceptionBy Frederick Hess

3. The Problems With Bidens Universal Pre-K ProposalThe proposed new investments in universal pre-K are not in step with the realities of the existing mixed-delivery systemBy Frederick Hess

4. Can Teaching Be Improved by Law?At least twenty states have passed or are considering measures related to the science of readingBy Robert Pondiscio

5. New Cal State LA Ethnic Studies Dean Backed Farrakhan, Wished Clarence Thomas DeadHer history of advocacy will serve her well, college president says in press release praising newly elevated economistBy Ira Stoll

6. A Rolling National Teacher Strike Is Why Schools Are ClosedContext isnt just coronavirus, but years of union activism and potential for tens of billions in federal funds from BidenBy Derrell Bradford

7. Is Hybrid Learning Killing Teaching?Bolstering the urgency of getting everyone back in person.By Robert Pondiscio

8. What Youngkins Virginia Win Means for EducationIt was all about values, frustration, and parental empowerment. And that is potent, deeply personal stuff.By Frederick Hess

9. When Does Educational Equity Become Educationally Unethical?The push for equity stumbles into a truly gruesome place when educators are being trained or directed to shortchange some students based on how they look or where they live.By Frederick Hess

10. An Encouraging Consensus on Character EducationSome recommendations for developing compassion, courage, determination, fairness, grit, honesty, patience, respect, responsibility, self-motivation, and temperance.By Andy Smarick

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The Top 10 Education Next Blog Posts of 2021 - EducationNext