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Making Up For Lost Time In America's Schools

quoting Michael J. Petrillivia Politico
Monday, November 9, 2020

COVID ‘CONVEYOR BELT’ — A generation of U.S. kids is in the midst of what educators worry will amount to a largely lost school year. Will they be ready for the next grade?

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The Education Exchange: What The Election Results Mean For Education Reform

by Paul E. Peterson interview with Michael J. Petrillivia The Education Exchange
Monday, November 9, 2020

The president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the results of the 2020 presidential election, and what it could mean for education in the United States.

In the News

Politically Liberal California Rejects Affirmative Action

quoting Lanhee J. Chenvia Breitbart
Saturday, November 7, 2020

A campaign to reinstate affirmative action in overwhelmingly Democratic California has failed resoundingly despite having money and momentum.

Analysis and Commentary

Encouraging Students In A Time Of Uncertainty And Existential Crisis

by Herbert Linvia Medium
Thursday, November 5, 2020

In a letter to his students, Herb Lin emphasizes the power of activism, education and helping others during uncertain times—such as now.

Authoritarianism

Articles On: Hong Kong, Social Media, School Curriculum, Wikipedia, and Old Reform Ideas

via China Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Articles that illuminate the lack of personal freedom and political liberty under the Chinese Communist Party.

Interviews

Michael Petrilli: The Education Gadfly Show: What The Election Means For Education Reform

interview with Michael J. Petrillivia Education Gadfly (Thomas B. Fordham Institute)
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Hoover Institution fellow Michael Petrilli discusses what the election means for charter schools, accountability, and other reform issues.
In the News

California Voters Firmly Reject Affirmative Action By Wide Margin

quoting Lanhee J. Chenvia The New York Post
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Californians rejected affirmative action at the ballot box Tuesday, voting down a measure that would end a decades-long state ban of the policy.

Analysis and Commentary

For Better Or Worse, Religiously-Affiliated Charter Schools Are On Their Way

by Michael J. Petrillivia Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Ever since the first charter schools emerged almost thirty years ago, the sector has shown a remarkable ability to address the concerns of its sharpest critics, especially progressives. Many on the left detested charters run by for-profit companies—and the proportion of such schools has dropped precipitously. Critics argued that charters were facilitating racial segregation, whereupon “diverse by design” charters popped up nationwide. 

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Are Schools Essential Or Not?

by Chester E. Finn Jr.via Flypaper (Fordham Education Blog)
Thursday, November 5, 2020

Are schools essential or aren’t they? Are teachers essential workers or aren’t they? How would Americans respond if large numbers of doctors, nurses, policemen, firemen, and postal workers simply opted to stay home—and their unions defended them? If you’re essential, you go to work. Some of your work you can maybe do from home, but all your work needs to be done and done well because society is counting on you.

Stanford Oval
Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Campus Still Blue

by John H. Cochrane quoting Alvin Rabushkavia The Grumpy Economist
Thursday, November 5, 2020

California may be secretly libertarian, but not the Stanford campus.  Several thousand faculty, staff, and students who live in Stanford Campus Housing are registered to vote in Stanford’s exclusive 94305 zip code. 

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