Chicken Little Journalism Fails Education (Again and Again): Up Next, the Science of Science? – radical eyes for equity

Chicken Little Journalism Fails Education (Again and Again): Up Next, the Science of Science? – radical eyes for equity

Chicken Little Journalism Fails Education (Again and Again): Up Next, the Science of Science?

Often education journalism is disturbing in its “deja vu all over again“: Why Other Countries Keep Outperforming Us in Education (and How to Catch Up).

Criticizing U.S. public education through international comparisons is a long-standing tradition in the U.S. media, reaching back at least into the mid-twentieth century.

This is one of many crisis approaches to covering education—Chicken Little journalism—that makes false and misleading claims about the quality of U.S. education (always framed as a failure) and that because of the low status of the U.S. in international comparisons of education, the country is doomed, economically and politically.

Oddly enough, as international rankings of education have fluctuated over 70-plus years, some countries have risen and fallen in economic and political status (even inversely proportional to their education ranking) while the U.S. has remained in most ways the or one of the most dominant countries—even as we perpetually wallow in educational mediocrity.

Yet, this isn’t even remotely surprising as Gerald Bracey (and many others) CONTINUE READING: Chicken Little Journalism Fails Education (Again and Again): Up Next, the Science of Science? – radical eyes for equity

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A VERY BUSY DAY Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

 Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

A VERY BUSY DAY

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The latest news and resources in education since 2007

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amberzen / Pixabay If you don’t already know about the work of Stacey Abrams and her colleagues, and what undergirds their work, you might want to check out my previous post, Here Are Resources For Learning About The Work Of Stacey Abrams & Her Colleagues. You might also be interested in The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change .

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StockSnap / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Many Chicago teachers stay home to protest school reopening plans. is from The NY Times. This is happening in our county and is nuts: Roseville high school students return to campuses for live, in-person instruction is from The Sacramento Bee. Yes, there’s risk in opening schools. But

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by Larry Ferlazzo / 21h

nvodicka / Pixabay Some of these predictions are educated guesses that I hope don’t come true, and some may be pipe dreams. Check them out, let me know which ones are off-base, and share your own! You can see the predictions I’ve made in previous years at the end of this post. *The new stimulus package will be a much-needed boost for schools. However, it won’t be sufficient to deal with the full

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geralt / Pixabay We’re halfway into the and I suspect that many of us who are teaching remotely (and our students!) could use some new ideas. I’ve shared what I’ve been doing here , and would love to hear about specific lessons, instructional strategies, online tools, or class routines that have been working well with you while teaching English Language Learners. If you’re interested in writing a

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heblo / Pixabay Joe Biden will take the oath of office on January 20, 2021 and become the 46th President of the United States. I have previously shared a number of resources to help teach about what’s been happening between the election and now. Here are some resources for teaching about the event itself: What you need to know about Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration is from The Washington Pos

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mojzagrebinfo / Pixabay Teresa Thayer Snyder, a former school district superintendent in New York State, has written a very popular Facebook post pushing back on the idea of “learning loss.” You can read her whole statement 

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