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Here is the agenda for tonight's Board of Education meeting

Here is the agenda for tonight's Board of Education meeting

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Louisiana ranked fourth in the nation for its support of education freedom. We saw the most significant jump in the country on the Education Freedom Report Card that evaluates states on education choice, teacher freedom, academic transparency, and the return on investment for education spending. https://ow.ly/oOHM50Utzet

Powerful examples of data sharing, data access, and data use at the national, university, and school district levels to understand post-pandemic learning recovery were highlighted at last night’s Harvard Graduate School of Education Askwith Education Forum. The last time I published about sharing education data was in my former role at Harvard – 11 years ago. The last time I practiced data sharing was this week in my current role at Jumpstart. Being back at Harvard and reflecting on what I thought about #EdData 11 years ago, what I do with data now, and how the landscape of education data (and results) has changed in the interim was so meaningful. The results from the Education Recovery Scorecard show large and historically important post-pandemic growth – and lags. The data exist, are publicly accessible, and can be and are being acted on. It is in that action where we will see benefits for children, schools, and society. 

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your proposal for this year's #NationalForum on Education Policy in Washington, D.C., July 10-12! Read our submission guidelines and submit your proposal using this link: https://ow.ly/O9jP50Qy3pe #educationpolicy

"Adoption of the Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public Schools Approval is significant to keeping NH as a highly ranked state overall and for Pre-K – 12 public education. Standards that create inequities, remove choices, lower quality, de-value trained and licensed teachers, and are not informed by peer-reviewed research should not be considered." ~From a collaborative letter from NHSAA, NHASP, NHASEA, NHASCD to NH State Board of Education Watch this incredible video by kartoonEDU highlighting why the Ed 306 rules are so important to NH public education standards. https://lnkd.in/eAPkXYR8

Sincere Congratulations to the Secretary of State for Education. It is heartening to see that virtually all members of the new Cabinet attended state schools. Rachel Reeves the Chancellor was a pupil at the comprehensive where I held my first teaching post! This school had a fair proportion of vulnerable and disadvantaged children; many with low aspirations . I honestly believe that Bridget Phillipson vision of change in education is grounded in reality as the school she attended most certainly would also have had its share of ‘vulnerable and disadvantaged children’. I suggest that attracting teachers into the profession and retaining them can only happen by a focus on some key priorities: 1) creating a work life balance through taking the fear and punitive onerous burden of Ofsted inspection out of the school environment; 2) retaining professional accountability through an inspectorate that evaluates effectiveness in collaboration with schools and offers support to those who need it rather than a ‘judge’ that leaves schools to the mercy of consultants when the going gets tough 3) a secondary curriculum that recognises a one size academic EBACC does not fit all; a curriculum that offers adaptability and autonomy for schools to provide their unique diverse range of children with subject choice including creative technical and vocational routes. 4) Respect for children’s learning needs especially SEND will result in more positive attitudes to learning, reignite enjoyment in learning and therefore less need for draconian punitive behaviour policies 5) an early years curriculum with greater focus on learning through play and a primary curriculum with less focus on subject silos and more interdisciplinary learning; 7) SATs exams to be reviewed as their value is highly debatable as a true indicator of children’s ability and whether they are secondary ready literate /numerate. 8) the use of AI as a teaching aid to assist teachers with a range of admin, assessment and lesson planning tasks I have not mentioned funding but these 8 changes would be very welcome to the profession and I believe raise morale while attracting new recruits and retaining those who are currently disillusioned. The impact of happier teachers and curriculum changes can only impact positively on students through raising aspirations. Department for Education

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