The New Reality Roundup
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Week 230
It's week 230 in our new reality and we are thinking about all the kinds of learning that happen outside of a classroom that we label “extracurricul...
Week 228
It is week 228 in our new reality and we are thinking about what makes an education system more “public.”
That’s the topic of a new essay by ...
Week 226
It is week 226 in our new reality and we are thinking about the state of learning loss in our country.
“The analysis from the testing group NWEA...
Week 224
It is week 224 and we are thinking about which students have access to extra help when they need it and which students do not.
“Our study is to ...
Week 222
It is week 222 in our new reality and we have some good news and some bad news.
We will start with the bad news. According to a new analysis from...
Week 220
It is week 220 in our new reality and we are thinking about what the future holds for AI and education.
Last week, Apple unveiled its approach to...
Week 218
It is week 218 of our new reality, and in states across the country, the future of education is coming into focus.
As we explore in this issue ...
Week 216
It’s week 216 of our new reality and we are thinking about what we say to students when we pretend that failure is now good enough.
“After s...
Week 214
It’s week 214 of our new reality and we are thinking about what enrollment declines mean for the future of public education. “According to the cen...
Week 210
It is week 210 of our new reality and we are thinking about what America’s teachers are telling us about the state of our schools. In a newly releas...
Week 208
It is week 208 of our new reality and we are thinking about the fourth anniversary of the Covid-era school shutdowns. Is there any point in looking ba...