Elevate 215’s Post

This week, MSDE released the 2023 #MDReportCard, providing a comprehensive overview of school success and progress. Discover how Maryland schools, including those in Baltimore City Public Schools, are navigating challenges and fostering improvements: https://lnkd.in/exb7jwv3

Today we celebrate Brown v Board of Education, but our schools are approaching segregation rates we haven’t seen since 1968. This is why new schools, like Madison’s South Elementary— that EQT is proud to have taken part in creating— are vital. It is the same with addressing the history of redlining in Wisconsin. EQT knows we can’t return to the days before Civil Rights, so lets stand tall in defending diversity and investment in our students. https://lnkd.in/gYDh3UTS #EducationEquity

The impact of mayoral control is something that has been brought up in past episodes. It’s impacted staffing, priorities, the birth and death of initiatives, diversity in schools, space, what we teach and how, and so much more. A lot is hinged on an individual and their allegiances. It’s time to advocate for something new, and something better. Mayoral control of NYC schools is up for extension and there are hearings happening this month and next that are open to the public to share your feedback. Here is the link to see the dates, schools, and links to sign up to testify. You can also submit written testimony. https://lnkd.in/ejfphZDf It’s an important issue to chime in on. We cant get the old system, the current one is flawed. We need something better, and now is a chance to share your ideas and experiences. #nycschools #nycmayor #nyc #mayoralcontrol

Interesting read and statistics given the declining enrollment we are facing in our own county schools! it's real and we need to recognize that while closing a school is never easy.. We need to recognize that there are sound reasons for doing so. The school’s size will also be its demise, Sara Randazzo and Matt Barnum write. Los Angeles Unified School District is closing Solis this summer, citing declining enrollment that has severely limited the school’s offerings. As birthrates have dipped, families have moved elsewhere, and public school alternatives have grown, many urban districts have hemorrhaged students. That has left officials with the difficult choice of keeping open shrinking schools with resources spread thin or shutting them down, a move that inevitably garners fierce community backlash. How school leaders navigate this challenge could define urban school systems for the next several years. But if schools get too small they face a paradoxical problem: Costs per student tend to rise, but programming tends to shrink. “When schools get below a certain size threshold, they start facing these unique challenges that make it hard to deliver a high-quality education,”.

The Public Interest Law Center is compiling excellent updates on this landmark decision at https://lnkd.in/eeaEm3NT.

Charter schools seem like the education world’s bad boy with a report card full of potential. Three decades in, the shine is wearing off, with critics firing accusations of profiteering and segregation. #CharterSchools Remember the original dream? Community-run schools breaking the mold, igniting innovation, and giving kids a fighting chance? The brightest stars like @chartercollab in the charter universe are still shining. They’re the ones with the multiple accountability measures, the ones empowering communities, the ones obsessed with transforming lives, not lining pockets. Dynamic public education needs renegades AND reformers. The renegades push boundaries, the reformers hold them accountable. So, let’s ditch the misinformation and have a real conversation. Can charters be the future of education? Absolutely, but only if they get back to their roots. Thoughts?🤔 #TheFutureIsNow #PublicEducation #DynamicDuo #AccountabilityWins #EmpoweringEducation #CommunityControl #EducationRevolution #charterschoolsweek #blackeducators https://lnkd.in/eTDVFQ3U

#1 feature/benefit of any chartered or public edu alternative is instructor-to-learner ratio. This quotient is the primary predictor of student achievement. Anything else is a shadow factor.

A new report concludes what we already know: charter schools deliver more bang for the buck than district schools. Did you know that in NYC– public charters receive significantly less funding than district schools? Imagine what public charters could do if they received equal funding. https://bit.ly/49PPLXo

As the NYS budget is finalized and next year's education allocation becomes clearer, NYU Metro Center asks a question. What would truly equitable funding of public schools look like? This latest VUE article examines the initial Fair School Funding (FSF) formula,and outlines still necessary changes to best serve vulnerable communities, inclusive of low-income and ELL students. This issue of Voices in Urban Education (VUE), titled Chasing Equity: Fighting for Justice in New York City Schools, highlights a selection of the late education advocate Norm Fruchter’s writings. Norm has written extensively about a host of pertinent education topics, including access to higher education, non-traditional schooling, connecting to legacies of racial justice movements, community involvement in schools, school segregation, and school funding. Read this article, Revisiting the DOE’s Fair Student Funding Formula, and more in NYU Metro Center’s Voices In Urban Education (VUE), here: bit.ly/3w9dx1e #NYUMetroCenter #NYUSteinhardt #VUE #VoicesInUrbanEducation #NormFruchter #ChasingEquity #Equity #FairSchoolFunding #FSF #FundingFormula #DOE #NewYorkCity #PublicSchools #NYCPS #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #Budget #SchoolFunding #Students #Youth #Families #Communities #Teachers #Administration #Priorities #LowIncomeStudents #ELLStudents #ELL #Budget #Budget2024

As the NYS budget is finalized and next year's education allocation becomes clearer, NYU Metro Center asks a question. What would truly equitable funding of public schools look like? This latest VUE article examines the initial Fair School Funding (FSF) formula,and outlines still necessary changes to best serve vulnerable communities, inclusive of low-income and ELL students. This issue of Voices in Urban Education (VUE), titled Chasing Equity: Fighting for Justice in New York City Schools, highlights a selection of the late education advocate Norm Fruchter’s writings. Norm has written extensively about a host of pertinent education topics, including access to higher education, non-traditional schooling, connecting to legacies of racial justice movements, community involvement in schools, school segregation, and school funding. Read this article, Revisiting the DOE’s Fair Student Funding Formula, and more in NYU Metro Center’s Voices In Urban Education (VUE), here: bit.ly/3w9dx1e #NYUMetroCenter #NYUSteinhardt #VUE #VoicesInUrbanEducation #NormFruchter #ChasingEquity #Equity #FairSchoolFunding #FSF #FundingFormula #DOE #NewYorkCity #PublicSchools #NYCPS #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #Budget #SchoolFunding #Students #Youth #Families #Communities #Teachers #Administration #Priorities #LowIncomeStudents #ELLStudents #ELL #Budget #Budget2024