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@emilysays

@emilysays.bsky.social

Education journalist, EWA's public editor. Writing book on early desegregation history of DoD schools for UNC Press. ‘23 Spencer Education Fellow, '11 Knight-Wallace Fellow.

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Erica Meltzer@ericameltzer.bsky.social · 1h ago

The big swings in New York reading scores are raising questions about whether something went wrong with the test or how it's scored. As one assessment expert told Chalkbeat, people are much more eager to look under the hood of large declines than large increases. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...

Testing experts say New York’s reading score whiplash deserves a closer look

New York celebrated a dramatic rise in elementary reading scores last year. Now much of that gain has vanished, and testing experts are asking what happened

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Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last wk.

If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org.

Anne Lutz Fernandez@lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 2w ago

This new data compiled by @mattbarnum.bsky.social is invaluable. It makes clear that worries about the teacher shortage, downplayed by contrarians, were and are warranted. Importantly, it raises a largely ignored factor affecting student mental health, behavior, and academic success.

A ‘lost generation’ of teachers left the classroom. Schools are still dealing with the consequences.

Veteran teachers left, principals cycled through too, and high-poverty schools likely faced the greatest strain. Here’s what years of churn did to classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report@hechingerreport.org · last mo.

Students say AI-assisted classes feel less interesting, less enjoyable and less important

Teachers save time with AI. Their students may pay the price

Artificial intelligence is often promoted as a way to make teachers more effective by helping them write lesson plans, generate classroom materials and provide feedback to students in seconds. But one of the first randomized trials testing AI in real classrooms found that it can also undermine learning. Students whose teachers were given access to an AI teaching assistant felt less motivated to learn. The damage was especially pronounced among students whose teachers were already weaker instructors, as measured by their performance before the experiment began. Their students also scored lower on standardized final exams, the researchers found.

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