Excellent news! Giant Pandas returning to DC! washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Chilling story about how cystic fibrosis is diagnosed -- and when it isn't but should be -- from Liz Szabo

Billions in taxpayer money- the vast majority of the total - is being used to pay tuition at religious schools, as state voucher programs expand dramatically and the line separating public education and religion fades. We crunched the numbers. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06…

Louisiana’s law requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms will test the new legal climate created by the Supreme Court, which has tossed earlier standards that protected church-state separation, experts said Thursday. Michelle Boorstein and @dpaqreport washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/06…

Wow, Rebecca, thank you for this kind thread.

Super interesting story here. Take a look.

If we stop talking about it maybe it will go away?

Such a crazy situation- The controversial Biden administration Title IX regulation protecting transgender students from discrimination took effect today in 24 states but remains on hold in the rest of the country amid pending litigation. washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

Some good news! Those to be released included American journalist Evan Gershkovich of @wsj and Paul Whelan, as well as several Russian dissidents who demanded freedom and democracy or criticized the war in Ukraine. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

For a small group of students trying to take a stand on gay rights, a teacher and coach named Tim Walz stood right beside them. A quarter-century later, they're still talking about his influence on their lives. Joanna Slater Karin Brulliard wapo.st/4dsGw0k

Gov. Tim Walz’s education record: hell no on vouchers, lots more education $$, cautious on covid school reopenings and nearly always in line with teachers unions. W/Hannah Natanson washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

Congratulations on an outstanding run Steven Litt! What a contribution you have made to Cleveland.

There have been rumblings for a while, with districts here and there banning cell phones in class. The rumblings have reached a roar. Lots of schools worried about mental health of teens and distractions in the classroom. w/Hannah Natanson Karina Elwood washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

There's still pushback -- especially from teens who, umm, don't like relinquishing their phones for any reason at any time -- but there's undeniable movement toward cell phone free schooling. washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

These are text messages, exactly as they were written and sent, between a mother and her two daughters during yesterday’s shooting at Apalachee High School. The family shared the texts with The Washington Post. Both daughters were unharmed and now safe.