Education News Roundup – March 2022
Education News Roundup – March 2022
We missed a roundup in February because that month is just too darn short. Here’s what we at Educational Endeavors have been reading and thinking about over the last couple months.
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Wondering what being waitlisted for college admission might mean? Check out this podcast from Rick Clark, the director of undergraduate admissions at Georgia Tech.
Alternatives to traditional grading as a way to reduce student anxiety and put the focus on student learning are a growing movement. At the Washington Post, Valerie Strauss and Donna St. George talk to some of the practitioners of alternative grading and weigh where it seems to work and where it might not be as effective.
As reported at Chalkbeat Chicago, after years of decline, retirements and resignations are surging among the teaching labor force, and there’s some indications that the pace of leaving the profession may increase. The same data shows that principals and other administrators are also leaving in increased numbers. One response from principals is to advocate for district school leaders to unionize in order to increase their collective power in advocating for improved conditions at their schools.
A new review of numerous studies presented by the Harvard Graduate School of Education says that time spent studying student data collected through standardized assessments does not translate to improved student learning. All the energy expended on trying to figure out how students are doing appears to be less important than helping teachers figure out what they should be doing differently.
A controversial school ratings system in Chicago that has been on hold during the pandemic will be suspended another year as officials explore alternatives for a new campus accountability system.
The University of California at Berkeley wanted to increase the number of students they admitted. Locals who were worried about housing and property values sued. Now 5000 students are in limbo, provisionally accepted, but not knowing if the school will have space for them.
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