Dale Chu

Proud father, husband, educator, policy wonk, pragmatist, warrior. Fighting for educational excellence, equity, and opportunity.

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Segregation may make a school’s job harder. It doesn’t excuse a school from doing its job.

@nhannahjones’s account of her daughter’s experience offers important lessons about what schools can—and can’t—fix. My latest for @educationgadfly.

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https://t.co/lFJIbUOhfg #txed #HISD

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The Houston Chronicle calls #HISD’s state takeover “harmful.”

Meanwhile, D- and F-rated campuses fell from 120 in 2023 to 13 in 2026. A-rated campuses rose from 36 to 92.

Those results don’t settle every question about the takeover. But they deserve more than a passing acknowledgment of its “seeds of good practice.”

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https://t.co/NWFkYTS2mN @stephquinn721 @AnneliseHanshaw @RudiKellerMI

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Only 7 states have kept the same education chief since before the pandemic: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maine, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington.

After the midterms, that number will shrink even further.

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https://t.co/lkDDr5GZ6v @jonathanchait

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The reaction to @ElissaSlotkin's comments raises a question that matters well beyond politics: When did accountability become synonymous with retribution?

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28 out of 30 kids learned the concept.

Most educators might call that a success.

Zig Engelmann didn't.

“There were still two kids who hadn’t learned it.”

For Engelmann, it only worked when everybody got it.

What if our education system took that standard seriously?

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https://t.co/qMKWJ0JD2j @politico

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Academic screens aren't the enemy. The shortage of great schools is.

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https://t.co/m0pnKpyjRa #txed

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Careful. This might work.

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“The research shows that Direct Instruction is so powerful, it could get the vast majority of students in America to meet or exceed grade level expectations.”

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The promise of ed tech: personalized learning, limitless possibilities, a device for every child.

The reality? @NBCNews’s @tylerkingkade found that more than 95% of 17,000+ YouTube videos viewed during school hours weren't educational.

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“I have found myself wishing there were more [charter schools].”

@michelleinbklyn, hardly a choice enthusiast, on applying to NYC high schools.

When families struggle to find a good school, the answer isn't to restrict choice. It's to expand the supply of good options.

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We talk endlessly about meeting kids where they are.

Direct Instruction asks a more practical question: How much practice does each child actually need to master the material?

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“There still exists out here in this country an openness and an honesty and a sense of warmth that you feel inside…”

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In 2005, as principal of Elm City College Prep, Reading Mastery (Direct Instruction) was at the heart of our reading curriculum.

The New Haven Register took notice.

Twenty years later, we're still debating it.

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Actors use scripts. Musicians use sheet music. Surgeons follow established procedures.

Why are scripts for teachers treated as an affront to professionalism?

@ehanford explains why Direct Instruction uses them.