#896: The fiscal cliff and teacher layoffs, with Chad Aldeman

<p>On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Chad Aldeman, the founder of Read Not Guess and a columnist for <em>The 74</em>, 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.</p><p><b>Recommended content:</b></p><ul><li>“Schools could lose 136,000 teaching jobs when federal COVID funds run out” —<a href='https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-could-lose-136000-teaching-jobs-when-federal-covid-funds-run-out/'>Chad Aldeman, The 74</a></li><li>“Fiscal cliff could force layoffs of the best teachers” —<a href='https://www.the74million.org/article/schools-could-lose-136000-teaching-jobs-when-federal-covid-funds-run-out/'>Michael Petrilli, Education Next</a></li><li>John Gregg and Stéphane Lavertu, “<a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775723001322?fr=RR-2&amp;ref=pdf_download&amp;rr=82603e258d6c2a9c'>Test-based accountability and educational equity: Breaking through local district politics?</a>” Economics of Education Review (December 2023).</li></ul><p><b>Feedback Welcome:</b> Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Daniel Buck at <a href='mailto:dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org'>dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org</a>.</p>