Not sure if handing Bibles out at this KS elementary school is an old practice or just another example of how recent Supreme Court commentary has emboldened officials to engage in clearly unconstitutional activity. the74million.org/article/kansas…

Decades of research shows socio-economic status enormously impacts student outcomes. New finding by Surgeon General offers simple explanation: “40% of parents say they’re so stressed they can’t function most days, w/ two-thirds citing financial hardship.” politico.com/news/2024/08/2…

I wrote about the Harris/Walz agenda for public schools for The Nation and how it contrasts, not just w/ the GOP, but with decades of Democratic thinking about education thenation.com/article/societ…

Troubling national survey, but 2 bright spots remind me of what has always been crucial: 80% of students say that most important thing is a teacher who “cared about you as a person” & 72% indicate they have a teacher who make them excited about the future. npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-…

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I’ve no idea what “each child in kindergarten through 12th grade has the right to school choice” means. But I can tell you that Colorado SC has failed to enforce a constitutional amendment that dictates the precise annual increase in public school funding. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/…

Next time privatizer talks about monopolies & bloated school budgets, remind them TX schools forced to hire more uncertified teachers than ever, budgets have been flat for half-decade & costs have risen while state sits on a record $32 billion surplus. texastribune.org/2024/09/04/tex…

For years, feds & states have churned through expensive education reform & research to no avail. Larry Ferlazzo⁩ offers a radically simple experiment: give a group of teachers $10,000 each to spend on students anyway they deem fit & see what happens. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

⁦Governor Jeff Landry⁩ must be confused. The state constitution doesn’t mention any gubernatorial power in education. Instead it makes the state super of ed an independent constitutional officer. Yet Landry just ordered him to go on a CRT witch hunt. lailluminator.com/2024/09/06/lan…

NC is dumping $400 million more into private school vouchers. Why would it expand vouchers to affluent families w/ perfectly good public schools nearby? And why oh why has it spent past few years claiming boogeymen were lurking in pub schools as teachers? apnews.com/article/north-…

For two decades, favorable state law and a natural disaster allowed charter schools to take over New Orleans. By 2019, there were no traditional public schools left. In August, the city opened its first new traditional public school since before Katrina. chalkbeat.org/2024/09/09/new…