Advancing Equity With Policy
How to build fairer schools through smarter policy
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Jean-Pierre Jacob, M.Ed., MS, is a freelance policy writer and AP Biology Teacher.
Tag: equity
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As discussed in my previous blog post, New York State is currently facing challenges with a high teacher turnover rate and a decreasing supply of new teachers. As seen in Figure 1, teacher retention is the lowest it has been in about a decade except for 20+ year teachers. This data matches up with the…
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While public discourse often frames the teacher shortage as a post-pandemic crisis, two decades of empirical evidence tell a very different story. In short, New York has struggled to recruit, prepare, and retain qualified math teachers for more than twenty years. This teacher shortage is the product of long-standing structural conditions, labor-market dynamics, and policy…
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In my last post, I showed that New York’s Grade 8 math performance has declined over the last 8 years. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the average Grade 8 math score for New York public school students in 2024 was 271, with only 26% of students scoring at or above NAEP…
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