"Today’s AP exams require students to know less information, read shorter and simpler texts, answer more basic questions, and complete easier writing tasks with more time, more scaffolds, and more generous rubrics." bit.ly/47U0W1t

"A slouching kid said, “Well, our president promised to spend a trillion dollars mailing $5,000 checks to everyone if his party wins next week.”
“So, he is a communist,” murmured Ike."
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"Sure enough, even though they are clearly fans of CID, they thoughtfully explore why it’s frequently a poor fit for isolated, harried school systems in which teachers and leaders harbor a lot of distrust for one another." bit.ly/4jq6Kqp

"I’ve been a Never Trumper for over a decade, and Tuesday’s overwhelming repudiation of Trump, Trumpism, and MAGA is what I’ve been craving all these years. Yet now that it finally happened, I find myself with a pit in my stomach." bit.ly/4sEA1A0

"Unlike the New York City Public Schools, where fewer than half of Black and Latino students perform on grade level in English and math, a growing number of the city’s charters now boast near universal student proficiency." bit.ly/4ACPDb3

"The nation’s public schools today are undergoing a sustained decline in student enrollment. This phenomenon echoes what happened between 1972 and 1989, when enrollment dropped by more than five million students." bit.ly/4iGqVOJ

"Either way, SGOs will need to follow a series of steps to comply with the law. These five steps delineate what implementation will look like." bit.ly/4i5Oj9f

"Analyses conducted at a more granular level reveal that many policies enacted in response to the pandemic not only aggravated learning losses during the shutdowns, but also in fact extended the impact after schools reopened." bit.ly/4yrJgG6

"The case arose from one of Governor Jared Polis’s signature initiatives: a universal preschool program. Created in 2022, the program funds up to 15 hours a week of preschool per child at participating schools, including private ones." bit.ly/4jRWcR5

"Indeed, almost every aspect of the AP program has become easier than it was just a decade or two ago." bit.ly/47U0W1t

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"More immediately, state leaders could unofficially partner with a trusted SGO that commits to sending a fixed share of its funds to students at the highest poverty public schools. Here again, state backing would go a long way for an SGO." bit.ly/4sytqaj

"Why do I bring this up? Because Trump’s gambit so perfectly captures how the comfortable and connected have stolen sports from kids and families." bit.ly/4ii4QWm

"Put simply, we now have rigorous, empirical evidence on the real-world, long-term impact of students using AI." bit.ly/4rLyCaJ

"“What do you think of the White House taking part ownership in American businesses?” asked another student.
“You elected a communist?!” Ike spat."
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"The pushback on AI and data centers is widespread and real, but parents seem a lot less worried about the devices that have overrun their kids’ classrooms." bit.ly/4hr4z4k

ICYMI: Why Educators Should Embrace the “Science of Math.” The research about how children understand numbers doesn’t always reach teachers. bit.ly/4iBWeve

Clint Bolick, the 44th Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, is this week's guest on the Education Exchange podcast. bit.ly/3W6qVjD

"Whether you’re talking about a district school, charter school, or private school, it is the adults inside who determine that school’s expectations and norms." bit.ly/4z8MAX0

In a new forum, Education Next invited three experts to weigh in on the advantages and downsides of education savings accounts: Katherine Bathgate, Alisha Thomas Searcy and Ashley Rogers Berner. bit.ly/4iixjg3