As TN’s voucher bill stalls out in final weeks of the legislative session, one lawmaker implores “citizens of TN who truly value public schools to sleep w/ one eye open.” “Deals get cut late at night.” And while I take any wins, these are multi-year fights chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

Yes, this is clearly the agenda: they’ve given up on public schools and the larger mission of democratic pluralism and broad upward social mobility they represent.

About to talk culture wars in schools w/ one of my all time favorite journalists: JoAnn Wypijewski eventbrite.com/e/ldsj-lecture…

High profile GOP donors back North Carolina superintendent candidate who called for executing Biden & Obama on live TV, saying she'll bring back civility and respect* to NC schools wunc.org/politics/2024-…

Why don't we allocate education the way we allocate other goods in a capitalist society? Because sometimes markets fail. And sometimes such failures are intolerable. We explore on the latest Have You Heard.
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Read two fascinating studies this week on how 1) desegregation in the South resulted in more votes for Democrats and 2) unionization results in more votes for Democrats

Democrats need to reckon with the fact that the teachers they've been vilifying for decades may hold the key to energizing the base. Great argument from Jennifer Berkshire in The Baffler:
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“A history of the nation’s cultural conflicts over public education and a call to action in our current one. . . . Readers will come away inspired and, hopefully, energized.” -Kirkus Reviews on THE EDUCATION WARS by Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider! ow.ly/v6oI50R5UmC

Picking up on some consistent themes across the eras nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/…

Fewer educated kids getting good jobs where they pay taxes that more than compensate for their education to own the libs

NEW: The Heritage Foundation is urging states to make undocumented children pay to attend public school. The conservative think tank w/ close ties to Trump is looking to challenge the landmark Supreme Court decision, Plyler v. Doe chalkbeat.org/2024/04/09/ply…

Since 1975, students with disabilities have been guaranteed a free and appropriate education. Now, half a century later, privatization efforts are threatening to roll-back their rights. The latest Have You Heard:
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This is actually a perfect description of the GOP's top education policy priority: getting taxpayers to pick up the tab for families who send their kids to private religious schools

Have You Heard? I'm on the Have You Heard ! Take a listen and think about what's taking place in your state/county/district. Wanna hear more from me? I've got a podcast for that, Advocacy Bites! #Autism #nced .

School vouchers are being presented as fresh thinking and a way to drive educational innovation via the free market. But you can go back the original civil rights backlash and find the exact same policy, the same argument (and similar results) Here's Louisiana: