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Students exposed to #HomeViolence don’t significantly harm classmates’ test scores or behavior. @gradingatlanta and @CarycruzBueno find that the negative impact on classmates’ grades, if any, is too small to matter.
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6. Right-sizing benefit amounts has a greater than 1:1 impact on the cost of the program because 65% of individuals have incomes sufficient to cover a portion of the maximum benefit amount. A 50% cut to the per-head rates, would result in a much greater cut to the overall cost.
A good start for test scores in @apssupt's first year. Results released Friday show the highest achievement relative to the state average since at least 2010 (now 0.37 grades below the state average; up from 0.55 grades below average last year). public.tableau.com/app/profi…
Hadn’t done the division in a few years and was surprised APS has budgeted to spend $36.6k per student next year. The budget across funds is $1.8B and the initial allotment sheet from the state shows 48,873 students. Particularly big year for construction but still remarkable.
Love this push. MARTA rides cost $20 each way bc the existing infrastructure is so underused. More stations and more density around the stations is a sensible way to invest in Atlanta transit. Every destination makes the other stations more valuable.
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Jarod Apperson retweeted
2+ yrs ago I co-authored a letter warning not offering Algebra I in public middle schools was anti-equity, as the wealthy could go private.
Yesterday I discovered a great example: the main CA Math Framework author put her kids in a private school teaching Algebra I in 8th grade.
[New Post] I analyzed the 2023 Milestones using the same data and questions I have in past years gradingatlanta.blogspot.com/…
I have enjoyed listening to the first four episodes of Nice White Parents. The most recent episode contrasted culture and approaches at two schools in the same building. I was curious about the results. 2019 math achievement shows a smaller gap in the basement school.
Not a bad week for @mackenziebezos. On Tuesday, she gives away $1.7B to HBCUs and other nonprofits. On Thursday her ex announces AMZN earnings, adding $2.5B to her wealth. Overall up $700M for the week. Not easy to empty this safe.
Giving $2k to everyone sounds nice. I can use it to buy stocks. But wouldn’t raising unemployment maximums be more sensible? Those laid off should have close to full income replacement until the path forward is clear. $330 a week replaces income for almost no one.
Zelphine Smith-Dixon: "For kids, you want them to all have the same equal probability of being identified and getting a label." This seems completely blind to the history and present reality of race, slavery, and discrimination in this country. ajc.com/news/local/state-req…
Schools have to meet students where they are and identifying special needs is a key mechanism for providing necessary supports. To pretend that students of different races on average arrive at APS with the same footing is absurd.