#896: The fiscal cliff and teacher layoffs, with Chad Aldeman
- Author
- Thomas B. Fordham Institute
- Published
- Wed 15 Nov 2023
- Episode Link
- None
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Chad Aldeman, the founder of Read Not Guess and a columnist for The 74, joins Mike to discuss how the end of COVID relief funds could cause a wave of teacher layoffs. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study investigating whether schools gamed their academic gains during No Child Left Behind.
Recommended content:
- “Schools could lose 136,000 teaching jobs when federal COVID funds run out” —Chad Aldeman, The 74
- “Fiscal cliff could force layoffs of the best teachers” —Michael Petrilli, Education Next
- John Gregg and Stéphane Lavertu, “Test-based accountability and educational equity: Breaking through local district politics?” Economics of Education Review (December 2023).
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