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ICYMI: The VP has been reintroducing herself to the American public— as a woman of color who ascended to her role not by privilege or political anointing, but guided by the first words she said when started her career in California courtrooms: “Kamala Harris, for the people.”

FIVE UNC Press titles are NC Humanities finalists for 2025 North Carolina Reads A 🧵 Help spread the word. Voting open now through August 2nd!

Did you know there are teachers competing in the Olympics and Paralympics?! Here are three to watch, including a science teacher who uses his disability to help students understand engineering concepts. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

One way to deal w/ teacher shortage: let students get a BA from a community college – as Washington State does; Michael Burke reports from Yakima; a good read The CSU California Community Colleges California Teachers Association edsource.org/2024/how-washi…

YVote, a nonprofit by and for young people, is working to combat media illiteracy among Gen Z ahead of the 2024 presidential election buff.ly/3yvTJX0

.Chalkbeat’s Student Voices Fellowship applications are live. For 2024-25, we’re running our teen essay-writing program in NYC and, for the first time, in Detroit. cc: Chalkbeat New York Chalkbeat Detroit chalkbeat.org/2024/08/02/stu…

“It seems that when a mixed-race Black American appears to be ascending to the pinnacles of American power, some white Americans suddenly forget the race rules that white society created.” -⁦Ida Bae Wells⁩ on Trump’s attack on Harris’s identity nytimes.com/2024/08/04/mag… via

.Lauren Camera reports that more than two-thirds of Black and Hispanic voters in swing states say they do not think Democrats are focused enough on improving K-12 schools, according to a new poll. #EDlection2024 buff.ly/3Sv7QTt

Mystified by a recent vice-presidential pick and seeking to understand that strange beast you didn't know existed out in the red hinterlands, the rural progressive? Have I got a book for you.

Could Tim Walz go from teaching history to being part of it? wapo.st/46yvt3k

“Hey. Hi. Did Education Week interview VP candidate Tim Walz in 2007 when he left his job as a teacher for Capitol Hill?” “What a specific question! Yes, we did.” edweek.org/policy-politic…

Really striking view of Tim Walz from deep in the The New York Times archives archive.is/2024.08.05-031…

By the inimitable and brilliant Samuel Freedman in 2008.

Two weeks until our workshop with Investigative Reporters & Editors! We’ll teach a variety of investigative skills, including techniques to conduct investigative interviews, how to access public information, and tapping into the power of data and AI. Apply for funding by 8/28! idabwellssociety.org/news/hbcu-inve…

SPJ strongly condemns the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s decision to deny KFOR-TV journalists access to a news conference with State Superintendent Ryan Walters in Oklahoma City. Read our full statement: spj.org/news.asp?ref=3…

SCOOP: A working paper will be published tomorrow providing the first credible estimates of the effect of US teacher strikes. Do these labor stoppages work? Do they deliver gains for workers? Do they help or hurt students academically? I've been covering teacher unions for over

Many colleges cut scholarships after the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, putting college access and lower debt burdens at risk for underrepresented students hechingerreport.org/cutting-race-b… via Meredith Kolodner & Joanna Hou for The Hechinger Report

Marguerite Roza, a research professor at Georgetown University and director of the Edunomics Lab, is this week's guest on the Education Exchange podcast. bit.ly/473vPix

Her grandmother did not have the right to vote until she was 30. Now, Gabriella Cázares-Kelly, a member of the Tohono O'odham Nation, is working to ensure everybody has access to the ballot in November as Pima County's first Indigenous county recorder. 19thnews.org/2024/09/how-a-…

Black girls are disproportionately overrepresented across ALL areas of school discipline, from in-school suspensions to arrests by police. This dashboard is first-of-its kind, with data showing the real & very distressing impact of exclusionary school discipline on Black girls.