While students who attend only a KIPP middle school don’t seem to benefit, those who attend KIPP for both middle and high school experienced large gains.
Education issues are often national, progress in schools is possible, history matters, research doesn’t have all the answers, and parents view schools differently than pundits.
The shift in approach from Zuckerberg’s philanthropy marks something of a coda to an era when various advocates and funders believed that computer-based ‘personalized learning’ could dramatically improve education.
“I would love us to try to agree on some goals,” said Arne Ducan at a forum on Tuesday. “I don’t have a lot of optimism that it’s going to come at the national level.”
Experts aren’t sure why recovery has been more consistent in math.
Here’s what we know: high-poverty schools face a bigger cliff, that more federal money won’t be forthcoming, and that school budgets will be shaped both by districts’ own financial decisions and those made by state politicians.
Her book discusses the racial history of school vouchers, the more progressive arguments for school choice, the rise of charter schools, and choice advocates’ recent focus on culture war issues.
The loss of extra programming — like after-school tutoring, smaller class sizes, additional staff — could make learning loss recovery even more challenging.
This suggests that critiques of American education are making inroads with the public, but don’t appear to reflect most parents’ own experiences.
Meckler describes the lessons from Shaker Heights, Ohio, which has maintained racially integrated schools for decades.