Jack Schneider
@jackschneider.bsky.social
professor at umass.edu | co-host of haveyouheardpodcast.com | director of umass.edu/education/organizations/center-education-policy previous book: offthemarkbook.com | latest book: educationwarsbook.com | next book: in progress.
Writing in the Boston Globe, Distinguished Professor @jackschneider.bsky.social argues that Governor Healey and Massachusetts should turn down federal money offered through Trump's privatizing education tax credit program.
The real cost of Trump’s ‘free money’ for Massachusetts schools - The Boston Globe
Governor Healey should reject the Education Freedom Tax Credit.
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The Trump administration wants its hands on your state’s schools. @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and I weigh in.
The real cost of Trump’s ‘free money’ for Massachusetts schools - The Boston Globe
Governor Healey should reject the Education Freedom Tax Credit.
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New article in Educational Policy. We looked at how school culture and climate measures changed before, during, and after the pandemic. Findings underscore the importance of "soft" data for student engagement and school improvement. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @jackschneider.bsky.social
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Just in time for America's birthday... @kevinkumashiro.com and Michael Olneck discuss the recent surge of attacks on DEI and situate it within longer struggles over who belongs in the American civic imaginary. The link below should get you over our journal's paywall. Enjoy.
Policy Dialogue: DEI, Culture Wars, and the History of Education | History of Education Quarterly | Cambridge Core
Policy Dialogue: DEI, Culture Wars, and the History of Education
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“Enacting Democratic Processes at the District Level” — my piece with @derekgottliebphd.com — is one of School Administrator magazine’s “Best of 2025-26.” Free access below.
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Alright @jackschneider.bsky.social can't possibly promote ALL his pieces on the same day, so I guess I should point out that our co-authored article on how local school districts can open up their governance practices to their communities got chosen for #AASAmag ’s “best of 25-26” issue:
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AASA's award-winning magazine provides big-picture perspectives on a broad range of issues in school system leadership.
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This new law passed unanimously because it was hard to argue against what it includes. The problem? What it leaves out…
State’s new reading law ignores a crucial ingredient: time | Ashley Carey & Jack Schneider
In our research, we’ve talked with hundreds of teachers just like her — teachers who are just barely making it through each day. For them, time is a zero-sum game. Any new demands on their time come a...
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Like so many education policies, Massachusetts new reading law fails to account for a critical ingredient: teacher time. Instead, it leaves teachers to figure it out. Because we've seen this movie before, we can tell you what will happen: www.masslive.com/opinion/2026... @jackschneider.bsky.social
State’s new reading law ignores a crucial ingredient: time | Ashley Carey & Jack Schneider
In our research, we’ve talked with hundreds of teachers just like her — teachers who are just barely making it through each day. For them, time is a zero-sum game. Any new demands on their time come a...
masslive.com
“This paper should remind policy leaders that any program that hopes to succeed has to factor in not just the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of teacher implementation, but the ‘when.’” @palan57.bsky.social writing about our team’s latest.
Want Education Change? Give Teachers The Time To Implement
A new paper from the Albert Shanker Institute should remind policy leaders that any program that hopes to succeed has to factor in not just the “what” and “how” of teacher implementation, but the “whe...
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In our new @shankerinst.bsky.social paper, we show how TIME is the crucial mediating variable when seeking to change classroom practice via policy. (1 of 3)
"Without sufficient time to learn new practices, implement them with fidelity, and collaborate with colleagues, even well-intentioned policies can lead to superficial compliance, temporary transformation, or complete failure."
On the Clock: The Centrality of Time in Teacher Work
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Really excited to get this into the world. A great team worked on it.
On the Clock: The Centrality of Time in Teacher Work
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I would have argued this a little differently, but the general point stands.
Opinion | The ‘No Child Left Behind’ Nostalgia Is Delusional
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If you're within driving distance of @umassamherst.bsky.social, mark your calendars. The inimitable @johannneem.bsky.social will be speaking on Sept. 16 in a public event at @umasseduc.bsky.social
Johann Neem: The Daily Life of Democracy : College of Education : UMass Amherst
In this talk, Prof. Neem will discuss who contributed to the public good during the founding of our country: men and women, free and enslaved, rich and poor.
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The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social is a good one. We talk with friend of the show Jon Valant about Trump’s new federal voucher, which some on the left are calling “free money.”
#220 Waste, Fraud and Abuse
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Saying “Fix grade inflation” shows how little someone knows about why the phenomenon exists.
Opinion | It’s Becoming Impossible to Know How Your Kid Is Doing in School
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The latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social looks at the so-called demographic cliff and looming school closures. If the future rhymes with the past, closures won’t be welcome…and the pain wont be distributed equally.
#219 Shutting Down
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For the very small audience longing to hear me in conversation with @derekgottliebphd.com
37. Why Involve Your Community At All?
Podcast Episode · The School Perceptions Podcast · May 19 · 47m
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The Educational Opportunity Project now has updated data for school years 2022-2025. It’s a powerful illustration of why it’s important to look at growth, and not just achievement, to understand how schools are doing. edopportunity.org/trends/explo...
The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. Here are all the articles -- free to you. 1/n
Have you heard? @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social are presenting during ELC’s Education Justice Lecture on June 3! Register or sponsor using the links below! #webinar #publiceducation #teachertok #fyp #publicschools
I'm so behind on @haveyouheard.bsky.social episodes, but this one featuring @jaustinedu.bsky.social, @johndownesangus.bsky.social, @annieabrams.bsky.social, & Nora De La Cour might be the best of the year. A Dream Team of tackling this exact dilemma: soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
#216 The Blue State Blues
It isn’t just red states where books are being pulled from schools. In blue states, books have given way to out-of-context passages in the name of test and career prep. Add in new literacy laws that s
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You asked for another episode on Big Tech and education… at @haveyouheard.bsky.social we aim to please.
#217 Silicon Valley’s Dystopian Vision for Schools
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Join @haveyouheard.bsky.social Podcasters, Authors and Educators, @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social and @jackschneider.bsky.social, for ELC’s 17th Annual Education Justice Lecture edlawcenter.org/join-podcast...
Alright, so after many many drafts, my NEPC education “policy review” covering Year I of Trump II is out. A “Not great, Bob!” gif might have served as well. I end up arguing that doing the life-giving work of good education requires intensely local effort in a newly obvious kind of way.
Studying the First Year of Trump’s Second Term: The Renewed Importance of Participatory Governance
The first year of Trump's second administration has marked a sharp departure from six decades of federal education policy. This policy brief examines how the administration has expanded executive auth...
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“One of the assumptions about AI tutors is that once we replace the human with an AI agent, everyone will keep interacting with the AI as if they were still dealing with the human. That’s a silly assumption, particularly in a school setting. Students do not even treat humans like other humans.”
Peter Greene@palan57.bsky.social · 4mo agoA Big False Assumption About AI In Schools. Can you plug in AI without changing anything else? open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu...
