Critical deconstruction of school financing formulas – paying particular attention to how the formula protects what is measurable and mandated while leaving the arts, music, libraries, and co-curricular activities unprotected.
This article questions the neutrality of traditional grading practices. There’s plenty of research in this area. The article is valuable because it highlights the contradictions in a particular policy moment – following the repeal of the MCAS graduation requirement.
How Ambiguity in Standard IV-C Can Enable Arbitrary Evaluation – This article is about thoroughly vetting educator evaluation rubrics to avoid ambiguity. It questions high-stakes language that is left open-ended.
Examination of policy language and a deconstruction of terms that appear scientific and objective, but that are about human judgement about what counts as success. / explain introducing the author to discourse analysis. / I say this to say, that when the papers are not fully fleshed out in some way, but have promise, our …
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