HeyJaredNat Malkus
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Portraits of Progress: How States Can Reduce Chronic Absenteeism (opens the original)
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Chronic absenteeism rose dramatically during the pandemic and remains a major impediment to improving student achievement. But there are encouraging signs of progress. Rates are declining modestly across the country, and some states are nearing their pre-pandemic levels. In this web event, cohosted by AEI, Attendance Works, and the Education Trust, AEI’s Nat Malkus will report on the latest chronic absenteeism numbers. Then, Iowa Department of Education Director McKenzie Snow and Rhode Island Ed
Is Closing the US Department of Education a Good Idea? (opens the original)
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Two months into his second term, President Trump signed an executive order directing the US Department of Education (ED) to begin shutting itself down. A year and a half later, the administration has made significant progress toward this goal, and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon calls eliminating ED her “final mission.” This comes after decades of Republican opposition to ED, which was established in 1979. Ronald Reagan attempted to shutter the department during his first term. So did House
Education Policy Debate: We Should Close the US Department of Education (opens the original)
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On September 2, experts debated the motion: “We should close the US Department of Education.” Jim Blew and Lindsey Burke argued for the motion, and Ted Mitchell and Roberto J. Rodriguez argued against. All are current or former officials at the department. Topics discussed in the debate included what the concrete effects of closing the department would be and who would feel them, whether other cabinet agencies have stronger expertise for administering federal education programs, and whether wide
Early Returns, and Good News, on Attendance in Georgia (opens the original)
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Last month, I published my annual report on national progress on chronic absenteeism. The picture is not comforting. Looking at data from 45 states for the 2024–25 school year, I show that chronic absenteeism rates continue to decline from their 2022 peak, but much more slowly than in prior years. As I put it in the report: Using the American Enterprise Institute’s Return to Learn Tracker, which provides chronic absenteeism data for districts in 44 states and the District of Columbia that have r
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