“In the past 10 years, Congress has enacted about 2 million to 3 million words of law each year. The average length of a bill is nine times what it was in the 1950s.” George F. Will via Washington Post Opinions The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

.Houston ISD improves score in all three subcategories of unofficial A-F Texas Education Agency ratings. Story by Claire via Houston Chronicle houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… #txed #HISD

Thank God Mike Miles came to the rescue and put our children first via Houston Chronicle Opinion Houston Chronicle houstonchronicle.com/opinion/letter… #txed #txlege #HISD Mike Miles Houston ISD

WATCH: “The city began experimenting with a longer school year in 2023 trying to make up for learning loss as a result of the pandemic.” Scott MacFarlane via CBS Mornings CBS News Jason Kamras Richmond Public Schools Angela Wright Tiffany VDOE News

“‘I’m so depressed,’ Amanda Rae Aragon, executive director of the education advocacy group NMKidsCAN, tells Axios.” Russell Contreras axios.com/2024/08/31/pub… 50CAN PIE Network

“The effort has partnered with education leaders in five states — Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Wisconsin — to help pilot test the approach starting in January, Timothy Knowles says.” Jeff Young via EdSurge edsurge.com/news/2024-08-2… #AssessmentHQ Nicol Turner Lee

“Reading proficiency is one of the greatest equity issues of our time. The principal is the driving force when it comes to improving reading outcomes & preventing reading failure for all learners at their school.” Sharon Dunn via ACSA leadership.acsa.org/who-is-in-the-… #AssessmentHQ

“I don’t really get what the thesis is [for getting rid of U.S. Department of Education] other than it’s a bumper sticker.” Margaret Spellings via Evie Blad Education Week edweek.org/policy-politic… Bipartisan Policy Center Martin West

“We’re enmeshed in a race between education and technology, and we need to act the part.” Frustrated Frederick M. Hess via Education Next educationnext.org/the-end-of-edu… AEI Education

WATCH: Under Stephanie Lugo’s leadership, McGowen Elementary went from a D-rated campus to an A-rated one. This is what unstoppable looks like! #txed #HISD HISDNorthDiv Chelsey Pierre Jacob Johnson

“Kamala Harris hasn’t said whether she’d continue Mr. Biden’s assault on the charter school movement or revert to the Clinton/Obama approach, but the enthusiasm of her endorsement by the teachers unions doesn’t bode well for [poor kids]…” Jason Riley wsj.com/opinion/biden-…

Headline of the week, in which the silent plurality weighs in on the reforms underway in Houston via Houston Chronicle #txed #txlege #HISD

Is the economic argument for raising teacher salaries a good one? It’s not as iron-clad as you might think. Chad Aldeman explains in The 74 the74million.org/article/does-m…

“4 years after the pandemic caused the largest education crisis in modern history, our national leaders have retreated to the ideological fringes. They should instead look to successful policies at work in states across the partisan spectrum.” Jeanne Allen newsweek.com/why-arent-2024…

“American politics is highly gangster-like activity.” Cornel West via Brian Slodysko Dan Merica The Associated Press apnews.com/article/cornel… (h/t The Dispatch)

Don't let the name fool you: The “Healthy Homework Act” is anything but. Story by Abigail Buchanan and Tom Teodorczuk via The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/0… #caedu #caleg #AB2999 Jonathan Butcher

WATCH: “We’re coming off a year of great success [and] bold reform. That’s the only thing that will change a large urban district. We can’t keep doing the same things. We know that.” Mike Miles via FOX26Houston fox26houston.com/video/1511170 #txed #HISD Houston ISD

“The high-level takeaway from our report: It is extremely difficult on most state report card websites to track longitudinal performance data at the school level going back to before COVID.” Morgan Polikoff 🏳️‍🌈 via The 74 the74million.org/article/new-st… Center on Reinventing Public Education

“The law was meant to give traditional public schools some of the flexibility that charter schools had long enjoyed, granting exemptions from mandates on class sizes, start dates, and certification requirements.” Jaden Edison Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2024/09/04/tex… #txed #txlege

“The accountability movement isn't dead, but it's on life support.” Thanks to Axios’ Russell Contreras for allowing me to weigh in on Center on Reinventing Public Education’s new report along with the state of play vis-à-vis ed policy and politics writ large. axios.com/2024/09/05/sta… Fordham Institute