'Nat Malkus of the American Enterprise Institute has found that chronic absence especially afflicts lower-income homes.' Howard Husock New York Post Nat Malkus AEI Education AEI's Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility
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The debate is on! Join our COO Dr. T. Nakia Towns & UChicago Urban Labs’ Jens Ludwig on 5/16 for this important convo moderated by American Enterprise Institute’s Nat Malkus. The topic? “$190 billion was not enough: The federal government should spend billions more on pandemic learning loss.” ⬇️ aei.org/events/aei-edu…

It’s #TeacherAppreciationDay ! What can be done to help the teacher workforce in America? Mike Hansen explains.

'The total amount of student loan forgiveness that has already been forgone or forgiven is $397.5 billion... the average share for every man, woman, and child in the nation is $1,193.00.' Nat Malkus AEI Education

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'The total amount of student loan forgiveness that has already been forgone or forgiven is $397.5 billion, which means that the average share for every man, woman, and child in the nation is $1,193. For every household, it’s over $3,000.' — Nat Malkus
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💫Today we launch the Segregation Explorer!💫

Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991.

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Though generally skeptical of student loan forgiveness, it is sometimes warranted.

After another $6.1B last week, the question is: How much are you willing to spend on student loan forgiveness?

Some data based framing AEIdeas.
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I read the lawsuit(s) filed against Biden’s SAVE plan for student loan repayment so you don’t have to. Here's a quick thread stating some of the arguments... ago.mo.gov/wp-content/upl…

Biden Admin forgave another $6.1Billion in loans yesterday. 20 days after their last forgiveness press release.

In the interim the administrations' forgiveness pace was
$305 Million per day.
$12.7 Million per hour.
$3,530 per second.

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Today Biden Admin announced $6.1B in new loan forgiveness.

That's $18.50 for every man woman & child in the US.

AEI's Student Debt Forgiveness Tracker Total:

$397.5 Billion.

That is $1,208 for every man woman & child!

$3,091 per household.

aei.org/studentdebtfor…

Today Biden Admin announced $6.1B in new loan forgiveness.

That's $18.50 for every man woman & child in the US.

AEI's Student Debt Forgiveness Tracker Total:

$397.5 Billion.

That is $1,208 for every man woman & child!

$3,091 per household.

aei.org/studentdebtfor…

(Thread) Today was a sad yet empowering day at Chapel Hill. When I walked to class, I saw the Palestinian flag raised on our quad flag pole, and was immediately upset at the act that these “protestors” had made. I cannot say I am fully educated on the Israel/Palestine conflict

New PA Data on Chronic Absenteeism at R2L tracker.

Some improvement, at 22.5% in 2023 vs 26% in 21-22.

Big gain in Pittsburg at 35%, down 8pts from 43% in 22 (!).

Still bleak in Philly, 37% in 23 from 39%in 22.
Full 2023 PA data + 42 other states at returntolearntracker.net

The University of Chicago, as usual, striking the right balance. Worth reading in full. It is exactly right.

President Alivisatos’ Note on the Encampment (April 29, 2024)

Dear Members of the University Community, Just a few hours ago, a group of students established an…

🚨 NEW 🚨 We estimate all recent student debt cancellation policies will cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion.

That’s more than all federal spending on higher education over the nation’s entire history.

And it's more than all projected education appropriations over the…

Katherine Knott 🤷‍♀️(on bsky.social) and I will have more TK on this, but here's a story with the immediate news:
insidehighered.com/news/governmen…

Absolutely wild story. A Baltimore County principal was seemingly caught on recorded audio making blatantly racist and anti-Semitic comments.

After investigation... the audio was fake. AI-generated, in a plot by the school's former athletic director. thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12…

Caricature artist gonna caricature

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Chronic Absenteeism going down in Winchester! Dr. Lisa Coons VDOE News