The EduScope Lab

It’s National School Choice Week, and we’re marking it with a timely conversation on The Education Gadfly Show.

Shelby Doyle joins us to discuss why the movement emphasizes school choice, how that framing matters, and whether the growing focus on education savings accounts is a good thing.

Listen here:
https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/resources/national-school-choice-week-why-school-choice-matters-and-where-esas-fit-episode

As the world changes rapidly, lifelong learning is becoming more important than ever, but not everyone has access to it.

The OECD’s Skills Outlook 2025 shows how much background still matters.

Factors people don’t control, such as their parents’ education and occupation, their gender and where they grew up, remain important predictor of their literacy, numeracy, adaptive problem-solving skills.

Even after formal schooling ends, lifelong learning opportunities diverge. For socio-economic background, the key difference is for how long they study. For gender, the key difference is what they study.

Read the latest Skills Outlook: https://brnw.ch/21wYLYM |

Human flourishing is declining—and schools aren’t doing enough to stop it.
Dale Chu lays out how educators can better support students’ development, resilience, and sense of purpose.

Full commentary:
⬇️ https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/decline-human-flourishing-and-what-schools-can-do-about-it

A New Approach to Supporting Faculty Members This Fall The University of California at Irvine is hiring a pedagogical wellness specialist.