This piece is the first in the Critical Perspectives on Educational Buzz Series. In education, there are common terms in education that we hear and use daily – achievement gap, college ready, learning, and global citizenship, to name a few. They are so familiar, we assume to know their meanings, yet they produce some of
This is the fifth contribution in the AJE Forum Election Issues series. Together, these pieces will introduce and analyze relevant issues in education policy and politics that will shape the 2020 Presidential election including the politics of school choice, Black Lives Matter and social justice, reopening schools during a pandemic, prioritizing funding for students with
Which city has more charter school students than any other? New York? New Orleans? Washington, D.C.? These hotbeds of charter school activity do not hold a candle to Los Angeles, which has about 140,000 students in charter schools, more than double the enrollment of New York City. Also, charter schools in L.A. vary a great
We are currently in an era of intense focus on teacher evaluation, teacher accountability, and teacher value-added as means to reduce racial and socioeconomic status achievement gaps. Although the outcome of teacher effectiveness is important, we should also be emphasizing what is occurring in the classroom that theoretically leads to measures of effectiveness–teaching. In other
Policymakers and practitioners alike express concern that NCLB’s new waiver requirements will overshadow the individual needs of historically disadvantaged students and draw attention away from the achievement gap (Dervarics, 2011; Fensterwald, 2011; Stokes, 2012). The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
