what I read (week of august 21)

Readings on education and technology

My reading this week is split into two categories:

• Education (with some thoughts on Biden’s student loan bill)
• Technology

Education

• Incentive based programs to incentivize reduce the attrition rate of effective school teachers (WSJ)
• Interesting company x school partnership I mentioned in my essay but too political for classrooms (NYT)
• Biden Loan Relief Bill passed³, preserving the power and pockets of universities while not solving the problem for the groups who need it most and worsening economic conditions. This is a classic example of American signaling vs. root fix solutions.
• Teacher interview on what’s being taught in history today² (NYT)
• DeSantis revises curriculum requirements in Florida (NYT)
• Biden ships legislation for instant publication of publicly funded research (NYT)
• De Blasio has 96,000 students enrolled in his universal pre-kindergarten program and is heading to Harvard to work on public policy and health. (NYT)
• UMBC is excelling at providing rigorous and diverse STEM exp. to students. $1.2B on construction for 120 biotech labs and cybersecurity companies (NYT)
• Top-rated jobs by generation according to Glassdoor (Twitter)
• 37% of college degrees…