Roland Fryer, Harvard economist, talks about what we know works to improve schools. The discussion on financial incentives for parents and students is great.
I don’t think there are rules in AZ stopping a private school from giving financial rewards, for example, paying students who complete their homework. But, with ESAs maybe there should be….
A more recent podcast with Kirabo Jackson, an economist from NU, covers recent research on school choice in Trinidad and Tobago. The take away: parents seem to care about non-test score outcomes like teen pregnancy and criminality and tend to choose schools that help with these outcomes.
Maybe states need to be tracking and publicizing more than just test scores.
Let’s not forget about selection bias, but it’s still interesting that AZ charter schools are doing so well.
Why is this? Is it mostly the Basis Schools attracting some of the smartest students in the state?With more people talking about balanced literacy, Tom Loveless reminds everyone that the Common Core State Standards are a political compromise, not research based standards.
The standards era protected whole lang. and balanced literature. How did it happen? Louisa Moats explained early in the implementation of Common Core: "the CCSS purported to be consistent with research on learning to read, write, and do math, but actually reflected current 1/4The idea behind having a common core of knowledge that every student learns is great (see Hirsch for arguments). The idea that the US is going to have a good set of content-rich standards anytime soon is fanciful.
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