From the President’s Pen: Mind the Gaps
For decades, the education leaders in the United States have heard that same resounding call: to mind the gap of student achievement. State boards of education have been laser focused on the gaps among subgroups since the early 1970s. Yet there has been little success in actually closing them. Until we mind the many subgaps and fissures that bedevil our complex educational system, we will not close the larger achievement gap that looms in front of the majority of our students.
Related Content
-
Addressing Learning Loss through Acceleration: A Conversation with David Steiner
In January, NASBE hosted a webinar on using research-driven strategies to address student learning loss. There were more questions than we had time for, so we’ve asked Dr. David Steiner of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy back to have a more in-depth conversation on which interventions will further exacerbate achievement gaps and which […]
-
NASBE’s Standard Explores Challenges Facing Rural Schools
Rural schools are the heart of community life, but they face significant challenges that the pandemic has only magnified. The January 2021 issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard explores many of these factors: a lack of resources, cultural and virtual isolation, poverty and demographic trends, educator recruitment and retention, and risks to student health and […]
-
Acceleration vs. Remediation: Research-Driven Strategies to Address Learning Loss
Join NASBE for a webinar presentation by with three experts on addressing learning loss and moderated discussion.
i
i
