“The school closures that took 50 million children out of classrooms at the start of the pandemic may prove to be the most damaging disruption in the history of American education,” the editorial board writes.

Read: nyti.ms/3sFCQ9w

I'm glad to see the NYT Editorial Board drawing needed attention to our ongoing academic-recovery challenges today and noting the relevant insights from our Stanford University The Associated Press collaboration.
New York Times Opinion Sharon Lurye BiancaVázquezToness Chrissie Thompson

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Commentary: The 'who' and the 'why' of chronic student absenteeism are key richmond.com/opinion/column… via RTD Opinions

Students in my causal inference class have found the applied papers we read challenging to parse due to technical language.

Then we read Dee & Penner's 2017 RD paper on ethnic studies.

What a beautifully written paper that is both rigorous & accessible.

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I'm glad to see a prominent education leader reflecting on evidence-based reform but concerned by the embrace of what looks like the controversial (discredited?) Visible Learning framework.

Evidence quality & knowing what we don't know matters: robertslavinsblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/joh…

Had a really fun (?) time talking about COVID impact and recovery at APPAM - this late-breaking panel session is a great format that other conferences should emulate! Tom Dee Vladimir Kogan Dr. Gema Zamarro (she/her/hers) #appam2023

My latest for Fordham Institute: State education departments are cheerleading mediocrity fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme… Michael Petrilli

Since the pandemic began, more and more students have been regularly missing school, adam harris reports. What are schools going to do about it? theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

'America’s culture wars have liberal parents opting for home-schooling'

The enduring rise of homeschooling is one of the most striking—and least understood—features of post-pandemic U.S. education.

New reporting by Charley Locke investigates👇

bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Businessweek

What to Expect for Future Public and Private School Enrollment marketbrief.edweek.org/analysts-view/… via EdWeek Market Brief

'The state's claim that 'recovery is underway' overstates the optimism these data justify,' says Tom Dee on the latest California test scores data showing students are still struggling with math & reading as a result of pandemic learning setbacks. stanford.io/46KBZmP

I was so grateful to talk with Tom Dee from Stanford University here. His research shines a light on kids who fell off the radar during COVID, or are hanging on for dear life. Data from 22-23 still emerging nationally but so far, OR is the first state not to show a rebound, per Dee.

Once again, other states show progress post-pandemic, while Oregon backslides.

This time it's a/b the shocking # of kids missing at least 16/17 days of school last year — 38%, including 45% of kindergarteners. It was 36% the previous year. 20% in 2019.

oregonlive.com/education/2023…

'Oregon’s abysmal chronic attendance problem grew even worse last year, state reveals' h/t Julia Silverman
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Two-thirds of schools struggle with high absenteeism after pandemic washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

'Pittsburgh Public considers closing schools amid budget deficit and declining enrollments' Megan Tomasic

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At the height of the pandemic, school closures disrupted many students’ lives. In 2022, nearly 16 million students across the U.S. were chronically absent, double the pre-pandemic truancy rate, according to a Stanford University analysis. to.pbs.org/3PvxRkr

'I [asked] teachers what they think has changed...One of their consistent themes was that they felt they could no longer hold students accountable academically or behaviorally because of pressure from snowplow parents & bad district policies.' Jessica Grose: nytimes.com/2023/10/04/opi…

Have classroom standards & accountability deteriorated? I spoke Jessica Grose:

“There is something enigmatic in the contradiction between increased high-school graduation and the many indicators that our students are struggling to re-engage in school.'

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New data compiled by Kalyn Belsha builds off the analysis by The Associated Press/Tom Dee showing that chronic absenteeism has remained alarmingly high going into this school year.
chalkbeat.org/2023/9/28/2389…