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Fordham Institute Cites Mississippi’s Test-Based Promotion Policy Report
Recent commentary, "Getting Reading Legislation Right," authored by Dale Chu on the Fordham Institute site, referenced WEPC research on the Mississippi Test-Based Promotion Policy.Policy BriefWorking Paper
New Study: Holding Kids Back One Key Factor in Mississippi’s Reading Revolution
Politics and school libraries: What shapes students’ access to controversial content
BROOKINGS - School libraries have become a key battleground in contemporary culture wars over public education. In the 2021-22 school year, PEN America reported a record-setting 2,532 book challenges affecting 1,648 different titles in 138 school districts. Many of...
Students want new books. Thanks to restrictions, librarians can’t buy them.
WASHINGTON POST - In one Texas school district, school librarians have ordered 6,000 fewer books this year than the year before, because under a new rule parents must have 30 days to review the titles before the school board votes to approve them. In Pennsylvania, a...
What Book Bans Are Doing to School Library Purchases
EDUCATION WEEK - As books are banned and challenged across the country, they might have a much larger impact than the removal of a few titles: They may be changing the makeup of entire school libraries, due to the chilling effect they create. Research published by...
WEPC Faculty Included in 2022 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
Education Week - The 2022 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings ranks the university-based scholars in the United States who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy. Two WEPC faculty are included on this year's list, including Faculty...
Mass. teacher turnover was flat, but diversity increased during the pandemic
WBUR - Massachusetts teachers largely stayed in their jobs during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. That analysis also revealed some surprising trends, like a significant increase in incoming teacher diversity. Turnover during the...
Kids Left Schools Last Year Because of the Switch to Remote Classes; Early Numbers Suggest They May Not Be Coming Back Soon
The 74 MILLION - With the release of new data in recent months, a clearer picture is emerging of how K-12 enrollment has responded to the pandemic. A research brief released in September by scholars at the University of Michigan and Boston University, Tareena...
4 trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19
THE CONVERSATION - When schools began the fall semester of 2020 – six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – many of them reported a significant decline in student enrollment. To better understand these enrollment declines, authors...
Public schools see fewer enrolled kindergartners. Where’d they go?
Public schools see fewer enrolled kindergartners. Where’d they go?NPR Marketplace - Among the many things the pandemic has disrupted, education is near the top of the list — public school education, in particular, and enrollment in public schools, specifically. Some...