This is our deep dive into 2024 ILEARN results. We analyze outcomes across Marion County, including local charter school performance. And look closely at ILEARN outcomes for Black, Latino, and low-income students, comparing 2021’s baseline to today. Continue reading ILEARN Analysis: Disaggregated Data, Marion County Performance, and Where We Go From Here
Pass or fail? That’s the question when ILEARN results drop each summer, typically applied to students, schools, and districts. Today, I’m going to look at how local education outlets covered ILEARN. I analyze who offered what detail and what gaps might remain. Continue reading Grading Local Education Outlets’ ILEARN Coverage
The Recess Podcast hosted Full Circle Indy for Season 3, Episode 11. We cover what we think the biggest stories of the upcoming school year will be. Listen in. Continue reading The Recess Podcast Hosts Full Circle Indy
ESSER funding will soon run out. We’ll be sailing off of the funding cliff. What kind of landing are schools in for? Continue reading The ESSER Funding Cliff Approaches
Excuse the clickbait title. Let me clear up any possible incoming misconception and be candid with you. The answer to that question is, for me, an unequivocal “no.” But for Steven Wilson, founder of the Ascend Learning charter school network and author of a forthcoming book tentatively titled The Lost Decade, the answer seems to be “yes.” Continue reading Is a pursuit of racial equity to blame for stagnant education outcomes?
A 16-month-long investigation by education news outlet The 74 discovered a sobering truth: immigrant teens with a legal right to attend public school more often than not face refusal (not to mention prejudice and discrimination) when they try to enroll. Continue reading Refused: the Shameful Reality Experienced by Immigrant Students
