EduClips: NYC’s Widening Achievement Gaps, National Flatlining in Fourth-Grade Reading — and More Must-Reads From America’s 10 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
READING — Reading comprehension among U.S. fourth-graders has remained unchanged since 2001, and other countries America used to outperform have caught up or moved ahead, according to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, or PIRLS. The U.S. scored 16th out of 58 countries that participated in the test in 2016. In 2011, the last time the test was given, four countries scored higher than the U.S. In 2016, 12 scored higher. ()
National News
PRIVACY — U.S. Agencies Grapple With Student-Data-Privacy Guidance for Schools (
CONFIRMATION HEARINGS — Senators Focus on Campus Sex Assault, Disabled Student Rights in Confirmation Hearing for Two Ed Dept. Nominees (Read at The74Million.org)
District and State News
NEW YORK — New York City’s racial achievement gaps widen as students get older, report finds ()
FLORIDA —Thousands of Miami Students Could Be Ousted From U.S. as Trump Ends Protections for Haitians (Read at The74Million.org)
CALIFORNIA —California isn’t doing enough to teach kids how to read, lawsuit says ()
NEW YORK —New York City expands integration program, adding the prestigious Bard high school in Queens ()
ILLINOIS —New Lawsuit Against Illinois School District That Did Not Allow Transgender Student to Use Locker Room ()
CALIFORNIA — More than 1 in 10 California students are ‘chronically absent’ ()
TEXAS — Texas school district bans critically acclaimed young-adult novel The Hate U Give ()
NEVADA —Two Clark County schools receive national Title 1 recognition ()
Think Pieces
SUPERINTENDENTS — New Report: What American School Districts Can Learn From How Israel Successfully Rotates Its Superintendents (Read at The74Million.org)
ROBOTS — What? A robot will be featured speaker for DePauw University’s renowned Ubben Lecture Series ()
Quote of the Day
“We seem to be declining as other systems improve. This is a trend we’ve seen on other assessments that the United States participates in. There is a lot to be concerned about.” — Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, on U.S. performance on the PIRLS test ()
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