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A Solution To Charter School Religious First Amendment Problems
ICYMI: Hatches Battening Edition (12/29)
Federal Voucher Bill Offers Big Returns For Wealthy
Are We Wasting Too Much School Time?
It's Here. Replacing Teachers With AI
ICYMI: Three More Sleeps Edition (12/22)
Federal Anti-Commie Education Bill
PA: Why Commonwealth Charter Academy Is Bad News
Just How Bad Is the ‘Educational Choice’ Bill in Congress that Trump Is Expected to Support?
6 Top Education Stories For 2025
FL: Waving the Sheep's Clothing
No, The Sliding Scale Won't Work For Vouchers
ICYMI: 10 Shopping Days Left Edition (12/15)
Stock Trading Naughtiness With Stride
GA: Voucher Program Blowing Up Real Fast
AI in Ed: The Unanswered Question
NH: Vouchers Subsidizing Religious Education
What Is In The Federal School Voucher Bill
Student Surveillance Is Still A Scary Thing
Ohio’s School Cell Phone Policies Taking Hold
How Trump’s Second Term Could Impact Pennsylvania School Districts
For Book Banners, It's Never Enough
ICYMI: Blizzard Edition (12/8)
Meet Florida's Top Book Banner (The Daily Show)
Free Market Is Bad For Education
OK: Walters Wants Superintendents To Be Elected
Is Your Board Working With This Anti-Woke Board Group? Watch Out.
Trying To Explain Voucher Defeat
ICYMI: December Already??!! Edition (12/1)
Research: Is There Another Way To Lift Student Achievement?
OH: Another Attack On Church-School Wall
Can Public Education Make a Deal?
ICYMI: Another Thanksgiving Edition (11/24)
Should High School Juniors Stop Worrying About The SAT And ACT?
Department of Redundency Department
This Election Actually Showed Americans Still Love Their Public Schools
So Linda McMahon Is New Ed Secretary
OK: More Mandatory State Religion
ICYMI: Blue Skies Edition (11/17)
Heritage: How To Make More Babies
America’s First Failed Education Reform
Eating Our Education Vegetables
Will Trump Really End The Department Of Education
Is It Time For Conservatives To Get Back To Ed Reform
ICYMI: Catch Breath Edition (11/10)
The Hard Right's Planning Document for Education
Betsy DeVos Has Some Thoughts On Trump 2.0
Even In A Red Wave, Voters Reject School Vouchers
Teaching Elections and Getting On With Things
DC: SEED Charter Is "A Parent's Worst Nightmare."
ICYMI: Mattress Edition (11/3)
Some Reformsters Just Won't Let It Go
Another Choice Advocate Gathering
Seven Lessons About School Vouchers From The Privateers
ICYMI: Canvassing Edition (10/27)
Computers And Defective Children
In Wisconsin, A Proposal To Decouple Public And Private School Systems
Interview: A Teacher Surgeon Speaks Out and Fesses Up
Investors Warned: Stride Is A Mess (Still)
ICYMI: I've Had Enough Edition (10/20)
Are Candidates Ignoring Education? Should We Care?
Three States Put School Vouchers On The Ballot
Uniformity Clauses, School Choice, and Undergrad Musings
ICYMI: End of Season Edition (10/13)
Three Lessons from Management Guys
Oklahoma Board Asks Supreme Court To Further Dismantle Wall Between Church And Schools
SCOTUS Won't Take On Parent Protest Lawsuit
News From The DeAngelis Redemption Tour
ICYMI: Applefest 24 Edition (10/6)
NPE Launches National Center for Charter School Accountability
Neither College Nor Career Ready
NH: Suing For The Right To Harass Teenagers
Which States Are Having The Most Trouble Filling Teaching Positions
AZ: Fighting For Less Accountability for Taxpayer Funds
What The Heck Did Vance Just Say About Education??
ICYMI: Helene On Earth Edition (9/29)
How Can Schools Respond To Racist Incidents
VT: Court Backs Unqualified Education Chief
What Are History Teachers Really Teaching Students
In Florida, A School District Puts Books Back On The Shelves
ICYMI: Black Cat Nazi Porn Election Edition (9/22)
OK: License Stripping May Have Been Illegal
ICYMI: CMO Birthday Weekend Edition (9/15)
CO: A Bonkers School Choice Constitutional Amendment
Why Do State Report Cards Stink
Court Strikes Down South Carolina School Voucher Program
In New Hampshire, An Attempt To Overturn A Landmark School Funding Decision
PA: Public Dollars For Private School Psychologist
ICYMI: Privateers Edition (9/8)
New Report Shows Pennsylvania’s Cyber Charter Schools Are Failing Black and Hispanic Students
Are Grade Level Texts The Magical Cure? (The Ghost of Common Core)
It's The Guns. But It's Not Just The Guns
Moms For Liberty and Trans Panic Recruiting
PA: Trying To Shut Down A Discriminatory Charter School
ICYMI: Labor Day 2024 Edition (9/1)
Research Suggests That Teacher Strikes Work
The Thirteen Presenters Who Will Ruin Your First Day Back
About Those Childless Teachers
OK: Stripping LIcense of Teacher Who Posted LInk to Library
When The State Takes Over The Church
Five Caveats About AI Hazards In The Classroom
ICYMI: Batten The Hatches Edition (8/25)
Will This Be The Year That Schools Shut Down Cellphones?
Mystery Coalition Opposes Harris-Walz
Chicago Schools' Terrible Awful No Good Very Bad AI Guide
Court Says, Again, That Schools Accepting State Funds Must Follow State Rules
How Khan Academy (And Others) Fudged Their Research
OK: State Rescinds Approval For Christian Charter School--For Now
ICYMI: Teacher Start Up Edition (8/18)
Petrilli: Can Conservatives Back Both Public And Choice Schools
How To Help Students Write About Theme
DeVos Gets Over Trump Disapproval
OK: House GOP Coming For Ryan Walters
ICYMI: Teacher VP Edition (8/11)
Is This A Case For Standardized Testing?
ICYMI: Out Of The Office Edition (8/4)
ICYMI: Surprise, Surprise Edition (7/28)
Trump’s Agenda 47, Like Project 2025, Wants to Dismantle Public Education
Why Education Advocates Shouldn’t Get Behind Josh Shapiro as Harris’s Vice President
ICYMI: Fun Field Trip Week Edition (7/21)
In Nebraska, School Vouchers Are Back On The Ballot
KY: Vouchers Would Be Bad News, Says Study
At The Heart of Education, An Insoluble Problem
ICYMI: Horrific Violence Edition (7/14)
What Does Project 2025 Actually Plan For Education?
Cato's Failed Argument Against Public School
The Free Market Won't Save Public Education
Bill Proposed To Clamp Down On Profit-Making Charter Schools
OK: Ryan Walters and Project 2025
Let Teachers Take Back The Classroom
ICYMI: Picnic Leftovers Edition (7/7)
Will Public Funding For Religious Schools Ease Culture Wars?
Taxation Without Representation
PA: Bill Proposes $8000 Payoff To Ditch Public School
Debunking the School Choice Movement’s Top Evangelist
The Education Wars Provides A Guide For Supporters Of Public Education
ICYMI: Family Visit Edition (6/30)
Have Charters Been Captured By The Wokeness?
Dear Teachers: Don't Make Your Lesson Relevant
OK: Walters Taking High Court Decision As Well As Could Be Expected
Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules Charter School Is Public School, Can’t Skirt Religion Rules
Elizabeth Binmore and the Canadian Teaching Profession
ICYMI: Not A Dry Heat Edition (6/23)
ID: Fake Superintendent Durst Sues School District
Louisiana Just Put The Ten Commandments In Every Classroom. Here’s The Other Danger With That Law
School Vouchers And Outsourcing Discrimination
Utopia Thinking (Education Is A Journey, Not A Destination)
CO: Charter Backers Trying To Buy A State Board Seat
ICYMI: Fathers Day 2024 Edition (6/16)
Colorado State Board Of Education Primary Election Attracts Big Money
Florida Wanted To Take Her Teaching License Over A Black Lives Matter Flag. A Judge Just Said No
This Is Where Attacks On Reading Take You
MO: More Book Banning Foolishness
ICYMI: Party Day Edition (6/9)
How Stupid Can A Shooting Drill Get ?
Christopher Rufo and the End of Public Education
Five Takeaways from "They Came for the Schools"
Whose Money Follows The Child?
Where Does High Quality Curriculum Come From?
ICYMI: Hell Of A Week Edition (6/2)
Universal Vouchers and Privatization
Parents Defending Education Goes Anti-Immigrant
School Vouchers: Dodging Democracy In Nebraska
KY: A Constitutional Voucher Amendment
ICYMI: Memorial Day Washout Edition (5/26)
New Report Exposes the Cyber Charter School Racket in Pennsylvania
CO: GOP Says Pull All Kids Out Of School
AI Proves Adept At Bad Writing Assessment
In Pennsylvania , A Cyber Charter School Builds A Real Estate Empire
20 Rules for Life (2024 Edition)
A Mother Takes School To Court Over Her Child's Name
What Public Schools Can Learn From Parental Rights Movement
ICYMI: Career Day Edition (5/19)
More Momwashing For Privatization
Something Else AI "Teachers" Can't Do
The Freedom Foundation Assault On Unions
OK: Getting On The Satan Chaplain Train
The State Pre-School Gap Continues To Grow
ICYMI: Feeling Appreciated Edition (5/12)
The Push For School Chaplains Comes To Pennsylvania. Who's Behind It?
MO: Put Those Lazy Kids To Work
A Good Teacher Is Not Like A Candle
Elon Musk Has Some Education Thoughts
Best Teacher Appreciation Week Gift? It Depends On Who You Are
VT: An Unqualified Ed Chief, Whether They Want Her Or Not
PA: Serpents and School Boards and the ILC, Again
What Does A High-Quality School Look Like
School Vouchers Have A Transparency Problem
TX: Greg Abbott Wants Teachers To Dress Regular
ICYMI: Opening Weekend Edition (4/28)
ACT Will Be For Profit (And Join The Ghost of Pearson)
PA: Let's Digitize The Big Standardized Test
OK: Walters Continues (Unsuccessful) Harassment Of Teacher
FL: Ron DeSantis vs. Words (Also, Satan)
FL: Book Bans, Classical Schools, Charter Turnaround, And More
ICYMI: Tech Sunday Edition (4/21)
How Pennsylvania’s New Right-Wing School Board Organization Might Operate
PA: Far Right Law Group Comes To Meadville
When Local Control Turns Toxic
New Documentary Portrait Of Trailblazing Florida Teacher
Creating More Defective Children
DEI, Charlamagne, and Racist Confusion
ICYMI: River's Rising Edition (4/14)
NE: Protecting Vouchers From Democracy
Curriculum As The Next Reformy Frontier
Heritage Versus Immigrant Children
Vouchers Are About Abandoning Public Education, Not Freeing Parents
Vermont’s New Secretary Of Education Is About To Take Office Surrounded By Controversy
ICYMI: Big Fat Eclipse Edition (4/7)
A Useful Public School Support Resource
The State Of The Teaching Profession
NC: A Truly Terrible Candidate For Education Chief
Tennessee’s Failed School Takeover Experiment May Finally Shut Down
ICYMI: Easter Knee Birthday Band Edition (3/31)
Four Lessons Science Of Reading Supporters Can Learn From Common Core
The Trouble With Classical Education
What Ever Happened To Coursmos (Or, How Those MOOCs Doing These Days)
Tim Alberta And The Mystery of What Happened To The Church
ICYMI: Wavin' Those Palms Edition (3/24)
Kirk Cameron and M4L Have a Book for You
Why Teach Literature Stuff #7 Everything Is Reading
New Report Gives Pennsylvania a C Grade for Its Support of Public Schools
Why Teach Literature Stuff: #6 Not For These Reasons
Why Teach Literature Stuff: #5 Language Is Power
Maine Court: Schools That Accept State Funding Must Abide By State Rules
Teacher Morale: Is Everything Fine?
Why Teach Literature Stuff: #4 Books Versus Video
Why Teach Literature Stuff: #3 Knowing Stuff Is Useful
When Grades Get In The Way Of Learning
Why Teach Literature Stuff: #2 Humanity
Why Teach Literature Stuff: #1 What Is It?
OK: Walters Wants To Take Local Mess National
ICYMI: My Least Favorite Holiday Edition (3/17)
Gigging, Progress, and the Unmaking of American Work
Practicing On Cyber Students (Sort Of)
PA: Vouchers Feed Discrimination
ICYMI: Lost Hour Edition (3/10)
Vouchers Are For Dodging Regulations
A Truly Terrible Use For ChatGPT And Its Ilk
AI Judgement And The Shake And Bake School Paper
The Independence Law Center Seeks To Impose Its Biblical Worldview On Pennsylvania School Districts
60 Minutes Asked Moms for Liberty The Right Questions
ICYMI: In Like A Weasel Edition (3/3)
ID: The Fake Superintendent Saga Continues
DeVos And Other Rich Carpetbaggers Target Texas
School Choice Movement Fissures (2024 Edition)
Report: North Dakota Number One In Nation For Public Education Support
ICYMI: Audition Edition (2/25)
How Much Are Universal School Vouchers Costing Arizona?
TN: More Unregulated, Unaccountable Vouchers On Tap
Beauty, the Rip, and Expectations
Survey Finds Bipartisan Support For Public Schools, Wide Gaps On LGBTQ, Race Issues In Education
Just How Discriminatory Are Private Christian Schools
PA: Hillsdale Headed For State College
TX: Using Computers To Make STAAR Test Worse
Parents Defending Education Comes Out As Anti-Choice
American Board: Bush II's Teacher Cert Workaround
Did DeSantis Back Off Book Bans? Well....
ICYMI: Presidential Birthdays Edition (2/18)
PA: Central Bucks Culture Panic Board Members Consider Their Options
Administrators and The Big Chill
In Florida, A Bill To Stop “Woke” Teacher Training
IN: From the AG, Another Edu-witch Hunt Site
New Anti-Woke School Board Association
ICYMI: Sleepover Edition (2/11)
Research Shows What State Standardized Tests Actually Measure
Measuring Success: A Study in Contrasts
WSJ Runs Anti-Union Choice Spin
Schools As Vocational Training
Where Reading Improvement Comes From
Can Girls Get A Christian Classical Education
ICYMI: Ice Festival Edition (2/4)
Inquiry Vs. Direct Instruction
Study: Test Data Does Not Help Students Raise Test Scores
OK: New Senator Deevers All In On Christian Nationalism
We Need Public Education, Media Literacy, and Real History (Reminder #423,997)
In Iowa, Legislators Consider Singing Requirements And Unlicensed Chaplains For Schools
ICYMI: Halfway There Edition (1/28)
Mystery Coalition Pushing National School Choice
TX: Dumb Fight On Hair Mountain
The Real Obstacles To School Choice
The Fallacy In Learning Loss Panic
Will New Version Of Snow Days Make Districts Wimpier?
ICYMI: Seriously Winter Edition (1/21)
Dear TC: About School Vouchers
When There's No Support From The Front Office
Pennsylvania’s Path To Better (And More Expensive) School Funding
Who's Behind The Stripping Of Child Labor Protections?
Relay Graduate School of (Charter) Education
"Evidence Based" Does Not Mean What You Think It Does
Does The New Mean Girls Get High School Right?
Just How Many Rights Can A School Grant Parents?
ICYMI: All The Weather Edition (1/14)
Report: Arizona’s Voucher Report Card Shows Much Room For Improvement
Why The Reading Wars Will Never End
Denver Archdiocese Sues For Right To Discriminate On Public Dime
Ron Johnson Says It Out Loud: Other People's Children Aren't My Problem
OK: Freedom and Rights Only For The Chosen
OH: New Education Czar Does Not Impress
ICYMI: Getting Up To Speed Edition (1/7)
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Merit
Voucher Bankruptcy's Feature Future
Directory of Anti-Teacher Trolls
IA: How Federal Judge Gets It Right, Blocks Don't Say Gay
Rufo, Horse Racing, and Bullying
Christian Nationalists Are Closer Than Ever To Getting Church-Run Public Schools