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Education Doesn't Work 2.0
a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps
Freddie deBoer
Jul 11, 2022
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Education Week: How is Power Distributed in American Public K-12 Education?
like everything in our education system, the division of power is historically contingent, ad hoc, and pretty weird
Freddie deBoer
Jun 21, 2021
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Education Week: Review of The Education Trap
an informative and convincing book that I had a hard time getting through
Freddie deBoer
Jun 24, 2021
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if formal music education is a privilege, spread the privilege
I was encouraged by this open letter from musicians and music educators in the Guardian, responding to a deeply wrongheaded essay arguing that, since…
Freddie deBoer
Apr 6, 2017
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The Autodidact Fantasy
Silicon Valley dreams of self-driven education don't acknowledge human nature
Freddie deBoer
Mar 26, 2021
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Education Doesn't Work
student ability is remarkably static and predictable from pre-K to college and beyond, and this means that our social contract is broken
Freddie deBoer
Apr 12, 2021
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Two Education Stories That Are Just Begging for Good Journalism
Education and educational measurement are the subjects where I come closest to offering expertise; I studied educational assessment in grad school…
Freddie deBoer
Oct 25, 2022
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the Official Dogma of Education (version 1.0)
What follows is my first crack at articulating what I call the Official Dogma of Education. The Official Dogma is a set of presumptions and values that…
Freddie deBoer
Apr 24, 2017
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Human Capital is Real, and Some People Are Smarter Than Other People
until we acknowledge that, there can be no coherent discussion of education
Freddie deBoer
Jan 27, 2022
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why selection bias is the most powerful force in education
Imagine that you are a gubernatorial candidate who is making education and college preparedness a key facet of your campaign. Consider these two state…
Freddie deBoer
Mar 29, 2017
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Why Resist Blank Slate Thinking? For One, Look to No Child Left Behind
one of the worst and most consequential education laws in American history could only have sprung from a blank slate mindset
Freddie deBoer
Sep 8, 2021
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grit, or the moralist's fable about education
Pour more dirt on grit. It seems that, with a representative sample, when you throw grit into a regression along with measures of intelligence, grit…
Freddie deBoer
Aug 9, 2020
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