Matt Barnum
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Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, the college wage premium remains high. I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data. https://t.co/ebJVSuVFui
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Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
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New: I spoke with MagicSchool's Adeel Khan about the AI in schools. –Khan says AI can draft IEPs. -He says that schools should empower students with information to make their "own choices" about AI. –He responds to math errors I ran into in the platform. https://t.co/FqiTPefphh
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Adeel Khan says special education teachers can do their jobs better if they use AI to draft IEPs. And he responds to concerns that AI can’t be a math tutor and is used as a shortcut for students.
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What will AI actually mean for schools over the next several years? Here are my theories: –The student cheating problem won't go away. –AI will increasingly become a ubiquitous teaching assistant. –AI will *not* be a super-tutor. https://t.co/TaMsZ54vuo
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The cheating problem isn’t going away. More teachers will use AI as an assistant. But AI will never be a supertutor.
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New– Margaret Spellings, the former Education Secretary under George W. Bush, tells me that she does not think it would be a good idea to close the Department of Education. Actually, she says, it would be inefficient. Check out our full interview https://t.co/BoS9GcsCiT
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Margaret Spellings, who led the Department of Education under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be "inefficient."
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Leaving the Journal—the job of a lifetime with so many terrific colleagues—was a difficult decision. Yet I'm convinced we need fresh, clear thinking about the various challenges facing U.S. schools. I’m excited to try something new at Chalkbeat.
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[taps mic] This is my last week at the Wall Street Journal. I'll be returning to Chalkbeat to launch a new section focused on the big ideas and debates in American education. More on this soon! You can sign up to keep following my work here: https://t.co/xuEvTdrXQ5
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New— Bloomberg Philanthropies had big ambitions, good intentions and a lot of money in their effort to get more low-income students into selective colleges. But this has proven harder than it initially seemed. @melissakorn and I explore why. (link below)
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"We think we have moved the needle. We have not solved the problem." Bloomberg Philanthropies has fallen short of its lofty ambitions to get more talented, lower-income students into top colleges. @matt_barnum and I look at why. https://t.co/vUAq70Yzp0 via @WSJ
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The bulk of the funds have gone to a remote college-counseling program and an initiative aimed at connecting college presidents.
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New from me and @melissakorn — Trump's vow to abolish the U.S. Department of Education has gotten a lot of attention. But he also has a plan to use the power of the department to fight the culture war in education. (link below)
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Sources: RAND https://t.co/qeWsZQzbRb Pew https://t.co/uHjvNMZRpe Teacher turnover https://t.co/Zt0EkjDfkY Teacher pay https://t.co/nqAm0zoK7t Work from home research https://t.co/NiMhne4s0X EdChoice https://t.co/CWhA1OE0wE Useful historical context https://t.co/gqsfEiRr48
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We examine the state of the U.S. K-12 teaching profession over the last half century by compiling nationally representative time-series data on four interrelated constructs: occupational prestige,...
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13/13 Read more about challenges facing the teaching profession here: https://t.co/6f0cMQWeSc
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Student behavior problems, cellphones in class, anemic pay and AI-powered cheating are taking their toll on America’s teachers. Many are demoralized or leaving the profession.
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12/In more encouraging news, most teachers say they would still choose teaching as a profession, per RAND.
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11/All in all, would teachers recommend the profession to others? Not enthusiastically according to multiple polls, including this one from EdChoice.
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10/ One perk that few teachers have though is the ability to work from home. A recent study found that many workers value that in real dollars.
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9/Teachers still have lower salaries than most other professionals. On the other hand, teachers have perks that most others don't, including summers off and (usually) a pension.
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8/What about teacher pay? Amid rising inflation, average pay dipped in real terms between 2019 and 2021. (Keep an eye for more recent data to see if it's recovered.)
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7/ So are more teachers leaving the classroom? In 2022, turnover was the highest on record in several states. In 2023, it dipped—but was still higher than pre-pandemic rates in many states. We don't have data yet for 2024.
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6/Meanwhile, job-related stress among teachers is down from a couple years ago—but still much higher than other professionals, per RAND. Burnout is also nearly twice as high among teachers.
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