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Promises and limitations of financial incentives to address special education staffing challenges (Brookings Institution)
Elizabeth Bettini discusses in a Brookings Institution article the challenges school districts face when hiring and retaining special education teachers and possible solutions to address the issue.
How Mississippi boosted its reading scores (CBS News)
WEPC faculty director Marcus Winters was interviewed on CBS News. Policy BriefWorking Paper
Fordham Institute Cites Mississippi’s Test-Based Promotion Policy Report (Fordham Institute)
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.
New Study: Holding Kids Back One Key Factor in Mississippi’s Reading Revolution (The 74)
Kirsten Slungaard Mumma and Marcus A. Winters are cited.
Politics and school libraries: What shapes students’ access to controversial content (Brookings Institution)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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...