Lawmakers and panelists at a Wednesday House hearing blamed sharp decreases in student achievement since the pandemic on the politics of extended school closures, teacher union influence in reopening schools, and decades of underfunding of public schools.
GW's Joshua L. Glazer, Associate Professor of Education Policy, is available for interviews on this subject. Dr. Glazer's research and teaching examine multiple approaches to improving under-performing schools in high-poverty, urban environments. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the replication of effective school improvement models, the role of external interveners in large-scale reform, charter schools and the challenges confronting charter management organizations that operate neighborhood schools, and the dynamics of race and class in state takeover of schools, among others.
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