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Equitable K-12 public school ratings, elevating diverse and global majority schools, shifting focus from parent income to educators making a difference.

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Joined March 2012
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Retweet if you support fair school ratings, instead of ratings that favor wealthy schools and underrate high quality lower income schools. Parents need a more balanced view on school quality when making a housing decision. @zillow @Redfin @realtordotcom bit.ly/3u77qUO
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“Low school ratings in neighborhoods with histories of #inequality do not merely reflect that inequality, they help drive it.” @TomBrown1974 @SchoolSparrow offers an alternative in #PovertyandRace. tinyurl.com/PandRv30no3a12 #redlining #segregation #StillNotEqual #JUSTassessment
Today's school ratings are based on the legacy proficiency model. Proficiency is an affluence rating. The value-add model accounts for student demography, elevating diverse schools. Let home buyers decide which method is better for their family. @councilofmls @nardotrealtor
“Low school ratings in neighborhoods with histories of #inequality do not merely reflect that inequality, they help drive it.” @TomBrown1974 @SchoolSparrow offers an alternative in #PovertyandRace. tinyurl.com/PandRv30no3a12 #redlining #segregation #StillNotEqual #JUSTassessment
Check out these new entrants to the Top 10 Boston Elem Schools where educators, not socioeconomics, are making the difference. @SumnerBPS @LyonK8 @CraigCMartin12 @MatherSchool blog.schoolsparrow.com/2021/…
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School desegregation was good, it turns out. nber.org/system/files/workin…
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It is so important for parents to evaluate a school’s community. Parents would visit schools they might otherwise not consider if they were aware of SchoolSparrow.
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Despite the fact that charters in NC siphon resources from public schools, and that the highest performing public school students tend to get moved to charter schools; still, public schools outperform charters in NC. public.tableau.com/app/profi… @theNCForum @ncpublicschools @PS1NC
Not sure why—years after courts & scholars revealed teacher eval systems (based on standardized test scores) to be fatally flaw—North Carolina thinks they will help. It will just further demoralize a state that has been bleeding teachers for a decade. forbes.com/sites/petergreene…
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So true. There are thousands of "inner-city" schools that suffer from deep inequities, yet many of these schools are providing a great education. Today's school rating system doesn't allow a distinction between the two. All marginalized inner-city schools get low ratings.
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A win in New Hampshire for public schools.
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Parents, don't overlook these underrated @BostonSchools public schools, they are among the best in the state of Massachusetts! @mjperkins2014 @hkentschool @ O W Holmes Elementary @BriannaMillor
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Despite the unfair low ratings you'll see on @zillow @redfin and @realtordotcom, @BostonSchools is a high quality school district. Parents, don't let these biased ratings steer you away from some of the best schools in Massachusetts! Find more truth here: schoolsparrow.com/boston/sch…
I’m grateful for Superintendent @BCassellius’ strong leadership for @BostonSchools over the last three years to build healthy, nurturing, equitable school communities. Thank you, Dr. Cassellius, for your unwavering commitment to our young people. bit.ly/220207-letter
More families would move to Boston instead of choosing the suburbs if @BostonSchools were more fairly and equitably represented to the public. @MayorWu @wutrain @revrenddoctor
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This is a good read:
super-promising results here (if I say so myself!)
Honored to have been included in this special issue newsletter by @PRRAC_DC. There are over a dozen great articles in this issue, definitely worth the read. @susan_e_eaton @DerekWBlack @JoshuaPStarr
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"Ten of the top thirteen ranked public elementary schools in CA on Niche are located in the Palo Alto USD...All the public has to do is buy a home in a neighborhood where the median home value was $2.8M in 2020." Palo Alto doesn't crack the top 100 here: schoolsparrow.com/california…
The government works much harder to help rich people make money off their homes than to help poor people find shelter. f-st.co/CROvINJ
The Top 30 Schools in (almost) every State in the US. If you are going to consider test scores when evaluating a school, then our ratings will tell you more truth about how a school community, not socio-economic status, is influencing student performance. bit.ly/3pkkHdu