Dale Chu

In my latest for @educationgadfly: Policymakers are pushing to reduce screen time in schools. But what happens when the accountability system still depends on screens?

“The looser academic accountability measures for the program included in the bill come after state testing results showed ESA participants underperformed their peers from traditional public schools.” @itsmelissabrown

tampabay.com/news/education… #AssessmentHQ

“The move to online assessments, after all, has driven much of the shift to classroom computers, at no insignificant cost. But can schools really make a return to paper and pencil testing?”

Yet another reminder: when push comes to shove, school isn’t treated as essential.

To make matters worse, the Man with the Yellow Hat is using three-cueing.

Manatees: still undefeated. With César Chávez in the news, it’s a good time to re-read @rpondiscio’s excellent take on naming schools.

“There are more schools in California named after Chavez than Martin Luther King Jr.”

Meet the New Department of Education via @bradyafr @HannahBowenAEI @AEI

In my latest for @educationgadfly: Policymakers are pushing to reduce screen time in schools. But what happens when the accountability system still depends on screens?

nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/… @IdahoGOP @idahoednews @IdSBOE @BluumOrg

“We’ve experienced this huge shift, from believing that the public schools were a bastion of our democratic republic that could use more accountability to believing we shouldn’t give them any money at all.” @julieyam57

edweek.org/policy-politic… #AssessmentHQ #WaiverHQ

Helpful overview via @educationweek’s @AlysonRKlein. For those who want to get into the weeds, I’ve been tracking this closely over at #WaiverHQ.

hechingerreport.org/proof-points-8… @hechingerreport @ReadingShanahan @GreatMindsEd

“They used to say the progression in school was you learn to read and then you read to learn. Now people realize it needs to be both for much longer. ‘Reading to learn’ should start earlier, and ‘learning to read’ must continue well past third grade.”