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Dale Chu @Dale_Chu

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

Joined January 2011
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Dale Chu
@Dale_Chu
Jun 11
Can a single test simultaneously serve as an accountability instrument, an instructional tool, and a measure of local flexibility? My latest for @educationgadfly on why we need to be wary of promises that sound too good to be true.
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The ultimate college admissions paradox: The better a public high school is at preparing its students, the lower their chances of getting into top UC campuses like Berkeley. When you kill the SAT, rigor becomes a liability and grade inflation becomes a shield.
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thefp.com/p/bring-back-the-s… @TheFP

Bring Back the SAT

California universities dropped the SAT to help low-income and minority students. The policy is doing the opposite, writes Svetlana Jitomirskaya, a professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley.

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WATCH: “I don’t know how anybody thinks this is going to be a world-class country when you got kids going to college today that do remedial reading and math.” @RahmEmanuel

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If Bennet wins, a “Bennet 2.0” education agenda would almost certainly look different from his days at DPS.
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chalkbeat.org/colorado/2026/… @ByJasonGonzales

Here’s how the two Democratic governor candidates differ on education

We analyzed the education records of the Democratic candidates for Colorado governor ahead of the primaries on June 30. Here’s what voters need to know.

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We’re sounding the alarm on chronic absenteeism, yet schools are quietly canceling class. The 5-day school week is becoming a rarity as structural calendar tweaks shave away full instructional days.
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educationnext.org/the-quiet-…

The Quiet Erosion of the Five-Day School Week

Four-day school weeks attract attention and debate. Traditional calendars packed with student-free weekdays deserve it, too.

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“We’ve advanced the aspiration to educate more people primarily by watering down the product.”
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Hard work is good

Plus an Ike-less America, the case for Alex Bores, and basketball globalization

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There’s no such thing as bad publicity. Thanks @palan57 for engaging with my latest in @educationgadfly!
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Jun 12
CURMUDGUCATION: Fordham Institute Almost Figures Out Testing curmudgucation.blogspot.com/…
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Take Pew’s political typology quiz here: pewresearch.org/politics/qui…

Political Typology 2026

Take our quiz to find out which one of our nine political typology groups is your best match.

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Dale Chu
@Dale_Chu
Jun 12
Pew’s new 2026 political typology confirms what many of us already know: The factions are deeper and more nuanced than the standard red-blue binary suggests. Where do you land? I found myself in the “Pragmatic and Polite Right.”
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Pew’s new 2026 political typology confirms what many of us already know: The factions are deeper and more nuanced than the standard red-blue binary suggests. Where do you land? I found myself in the “Pragmatic and Polite Right.”
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Study splits Americans into nine political groups. Where do you belong?

Polling 10,000 Americans, the Pew Research Center found divisions on the political left and right, plus the Tuned-Out Middle.

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My daughter’s reaction to the latest NAEP data: “The boys are NOT smarter.”
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chalkbeat.org/2026/06/11/gir…

A puzzling gender gap has emerged in America’s learning loss crisis

Girls’ scores have fallen faster than boys’ on major tests, and the gap has not gone away. The latest NAEP results make the pattern harder to dismiss.

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The original 1926 SAT: 315 questions in 97 minutes. Today’s SAT: 98 questions in 134 minutes.
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pewresearch.org/short-reads/… @jennhatfield1

For the 100th anniversary of the SAT, a look at standardized test scores over time

As the SAT nears its 100th anniversary, here's a look at how the test has changed since 1926 and how scores on both the SAT and ACT have shifted over time.

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The data speaks for itself. #HISD
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houstonchronicle.com/project… #txed #HISD

Which HISD high schools performed the best on STAAR this year?

Since the state takeover of HISD in 2023, Texas' largest district has improved performance across all five STAAR exams, a Houston Chronicle analysis of newly released data shows.

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While the critics were busy shouting about politics, #HISD students were busy learning.
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foxnews.com/us/texas-largest… #txed #HISD @HoustonISD @Mahaleris

Texas’ largest school district sees test scores soar after state takeover despite racism claims

Houston ISD sees dramatic improvements in student grades and test scores across more than 270 campuses in the years since Texas state takeover began in 2023.

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