Just in case you need another reason to read Squawk of Spanish, it’s not only #HispanicHeritageMonth but also #NationalPetBirdDay 🦜 Complement the book with fun mazes, word searches, and crafts. Check out the activity kit here: static1.squarespace.com/static/5d0e4...

“over the last decade, [achievement] declines have not been about specific student groups. Instead, the story is largely about a growing divergence between higher- and lower-performing kids” Read my latest piece @the74.bsky.social --> www.the74million.org/article/stud...

Analysis: Student achievement is down overall, but kids at the bottom are sinking faster. Read more here from @chadaldeman.bsky.social:

The responses here are a nice balm today

Actual importance of college is probably about as high as ever. // Perceived Importance of College Hits New Low news.gallup.com/poll/695003/...

#BookFestival time is here! Meet me at the #BaltimoreBookFestival in September And at the #CrozetBookFest this October. See here for more: www.writebetween.com/events @freespiritbooks.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social

{new} Join us TOMORROW for a webinar on the education research we need for the future: eduprogress.org/building-a-n...

Reading the Project 2025 doc for the first time. I know irony is dead, but in the education section writing "Stopping executive overreach. Congress should set policy—not Presidents through pen-and-phone executive orders, and not agencies through regulations and guidance." is...

(NBC News) - President Donald Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a "bystander" who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news. @ryanjreilly.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

{new} Want to see more girls in STEM fields? In my latest piece @studentsuccess.bsky.social, I look at a large study in France which found that math gender gaps start early: weareallsolvers.org/the-gender-g...

{new} Great teachers matter. We all know this, but Texas is actually acting on it: www.the74million.org/article/texa...

This is an incredible story.

Chicago Public Schools budget deficit rises to nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars: www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

Preferences, Selection, and the Structure of Teacher Pay www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... "for three key objectives: maximizing teacher utility, maximizing teacher retention, and maximizing student achievement...schools underutilize salary and performance pay while overutilizing retirement benefits"

{new} Parents and policymakers should take 3rd grade math scores seriously and respond accordingly. Check out this interactive tool I built with @studentsuccess.bsky.social to visualize math gaps by state --> weareallsolvers.org/math-gaps-em...

Are states doing enough to close early math gaps? New analysis from @chadaldeman.bsky.social shows most gaps start in 3rd grade and widen by 8th. #WeAreAllSolvers weareallsolvers.org/math-gaps-em...

Story Time & Craft Event: Loudoun County, VA 📚 Brambleton Library. July 7 📚Ashburn Library. July 9 📚Gum Spring Library. July 10 📚Purcellville Library. July 14 📚Lovettsville Library. July 15 All at 3pm @freespiritbooks.bsky.social

The combined effect of Trump’s “big beautiful bill” and his tariffs would literally make the bottom 80% of America poorer Incredible analysis from @budgetlab.bsky.social

{new} This morning I wrote a personal note about my journey creating Read Not Guess, along with summer reading tips for parents: www.chadaldeman.com/p/read-not-g...

{new} I talked with Jessica Sobin, the Director of D.C.'s high-impact tutoring program, to hear how it's going and what they've learned so far --> Via @studentsuccess.bsky.social: eduprogress.org/making-tutor...

Why should tax deductions for private school vouchers be treated differently than every other kind of deduction?

Chronic Absenteeism’s Post-COVID ‘New Normal’: Research Shows It Is More Common, More Extreme www.the74million.org/article/chro...

Per @chadaldeman.bsky.social "school district leaders in some of the biggest, most expensive places to live are making budgetary decisions that add to the housing difficulties in their communities." Read the rest of his analysis here: 3/n

I'm still collecting these stories! Please let me know if you have anything you're willing to share -->

{new} As of late last year, 40 states and DC had passed “science of reading” laws. But what about math? I interviewed Arun Ramanathan @ PowerMyLearning to hear what's missing on the math side --> eduprogress.org/comparing-in... via @studentsuccess.bsky.social

It's frustrating that The Discourse often frames teacher evaluation/pay reforms as failing when a more accurate take is that they are politically & logistically difficult to implement well but effective when this is done. I try to describe this literature here: www.the74million.org/article/40-y...

I'm looking for ways parents got their kids to use math around the home, for a fun summer blog post @studentsuccess.bsky.social. Feel free to post it here, or DM me if you have an example you're willing to share! Thanks, ~Chad

{new} Is teacher turnover too low? That may seem like a crazy question at first blush, but I take a look at the data --> www.chadaldeman.com/p/is-teacher...

"the flowery pro-apprenticeship rhetoric from Trump’s cabinet members and executive orders doesn’t fit an administration that is cutting funds for apprenticeship programs" the-job.beehiiv.com/p/make-ameri...

{new} The worst of the teacher turnover surge appears to be in the rearview mirror: www.the74million.org/article/teac... via @the74.bsky.social

The Trump Administration is for local control... except when it doesn't align with their "priorities" -->

{new} Long vesting periods are bad for teachers —> www.chadaldeman.com/p/vesting-pe...

{new} Five Takeaways on Evidence-Based Practices for Algebra 1 --> eduprogress.org/five-takeawa... via @studentsuccess.bsky.social

{new} For Teacher Appreciation Week, we should figure out why school spending is up but teacher salaries are not --> www.the74million.org/article/inte... via @the74.bsky.social

VA now leading the nation with a law requiring the release of test scores within 45 days!

One way that the testing bill @helmerva.bsky.social and I just passed (and Governor Youngkin just signed) is game changing is in transparency for parents, students and teachers. Thanks to @chadaldeman.bsky.social for highlighting that part of the legislation!

"With less than nine weeks until the Democratic primary, none of the [NYC] major candidates has released a plan centered solely on elementary and secondary education."

{new} Call me crazy, but I think policymakers should try to expand popular, successful school choice programs like Boston's METCO: www.chadaldeman.com/p/expand-pop...

A student’s math score at age 11 is linked to their salary at age 30. We can’t ignore what the NAEP results show: flat growth, widening gaps. The time for small tweaks is over — we need real math reform, now. www.usatoday.com/story/sponso...

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NAGB just voted (reluctantly) to kill several NAEP exams over the next 10 yrs. Cuts: 1) No Long-Term Trend NAEP at all until 2033. 2) No 4th grade science in 2028 and no 12th grade science in 2032. 3) Writing scrapped altogether. 4) No 12th grade history in 2030 (1/3)

ICYMI, I wrote about a low-cost, highly effective math program that helps teachers assign, support, and grade student homework --> eduprogress.org/a-low-cost-h... via @studentsuccess.bsky.social

The Trump Administration is in favor of local control for schools but it also REALLY cares about Maine high school athletic policies: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

The Trump administration is attempting to take away all of Maine's federal education funding because it refused to comply with demands like these ⬇️ www.chalkbeat.org/2025/04/11/t...

Head of new RFK Jr. vaccine study practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids. @bethhawkins.bsky.social reports

Need some good education news? Over the last decade, the number of students taking an AP Computer Science exam more than tripled and that was no accident. In a new @pnas.org study, Daniela Ganelin & I find that roughly two-thirds of this growth can be attributed to the new AP CS Principles course.

{new} It's always a good time to expand high-quality public school options --> www.chadaldeman.com/p/abundance-...

{new} Did you know states take longer to release their annual test results than than they did 20 years ago? It's true! I crunched the numbers and point to a few leading exemplars in my latest piece for @studentsuccess.bsky.social: eduprogress.org/state-test-r...

A reminder that April is Financial Literacy Month.

Indie Bookstore Day is this April 26th! Come join me at 9:30am at Old Town Books in Alexandria, VA for 📚interactive reading of Squawk of Spanish (with puppets!) 📚Wiggly bookworm craft 📚book signing #IndieBookstoreDay @oldtownbooks.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social