Performance

A Rising Tide of Mediocrity

If Spanish philosopher George Santayana is correct that those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it, then he may be disappointed in Missouri high school students. In 2017, […]

Podcast: Let’s Redesign High School with Stanford’s Macke Raymond

On the inaugural episode of There’s a Policy for That, Susan Pendergrass is joined by Macke Raymond. Macke is the founder and director of the Center for Research on Education […]

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In-Person Learning during the Pandemic (Part 2 of 2)

In my last post, I explained why school districts have had such a hard time making adjustments to accommodate in-person learning in light of COVID-19—their organizational structures are simply not […]

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In-Person Learning during the Pandemic

I recently began listening to a new podcast called Cautionary Tales, in which Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist and BBC broadcaster, weaves together a series of real-life stories to teach […]

Election Day Is a Great Day for Civics Education

My friend James Shuls is giving so-called “action civics” education a good fisking (here, here, and here) and I just wanted to add one quick point. Frederick Hess of the […]

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Action Civics: Teaching Students to Become Activists (Part 3 of 3)

In my previous two posts on action civics (which you can find here and here), I have suggested that this form of pedagogy is dangerous for two reasons. First, it […]

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