A Louisiana lawmaker said he wants to protect parents' rights by requiring students to get parental permission to change pronouns. Yet the bill lets teachers refuse to use kids' preferred pronouns — even when parents give permission. #lalege nola.com/news/education…

In Wisconsin, a school board searching for a new superintendent lists “conservative, christian values” as a mandatory requirement for the job.

This quote from Rachelle Feldman, the vice provost for enrollment at UNC-Chapel Hill, just says it all to me.

(hard to read with completely dry eyes)

Via Asher Lehrer-Small: Houston ISD is considering a partnership with a Chinese university to offer language and cultural lessons.

Dozens of schools/colleges have recently ended similar programs amid GOP criticism that they're a Chinese 'soft power' campaign. houstonlanding.org/hisd-considers…

Michigan School Shooter's Parents Sentenced to at Least 10 Years in Prison edweek.org/leadership/mic…

The drop in FAFSA (financial aid form) completions by state is jaw dropping. Look at CA. by the amazing Phil Hill onedtech.philhillaa.com/p/visualizing-…

I present to you: Crispus Attucks High School students freaking out about the eclipse. Makes me miss being a high schooler. Story and photos to come!

My students will tell you, THIS IS HER PET PEEVE:
Can you imagine if this was the countdown to food insecurity🙈traumatic household🙈
abusive caregiver🙈

Watch (but really listen) as these Dallas students experience absolute ELATION when day becomes night during the total solar eclipse: dallasnews.com/news/education…

Video by Stewart House/Dallas Morning News

BREAKING: Rep. Todd Warner, R-Chapel Hill, becomes the first TN Republican legislator to call on Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds to resign.

He says his last straw was Vivian Jones's story about Reynolds signing a tuition waiver when she did not qualify for it. NewsChannel 5

Via Asher Lehrer-Small: Houston ISD illegally suspended roughly 1 in 10 homeless students in 2022-23, causing them to miss about 3,000 days of class.

Gene Wu, who co-sponsored bill banning many such suspensions, called the numbers 'beyond disappointing.' houstonlanding.org/hisd-illegally…

Science! 🌒

I'm so jealous of local reporters today.

Everyone in Little Rock Find the Washington Post TikTok Guy Challenge

I was teaching a class 'How to love your neighbour who is sad'. To illustrate 'secret sadnesses', I shared that our dog has just died, and started to well up a bit. One girl came up to me afterwards, looked me in the eye and gave me a piece of paper. 'This is for you,' she said.

Your alarming Friday update on the #FAFSA completion crisis (courtesy of National College Attainment Network (NCAN)):
As of March 29, 1.45 million high school seniors submitted Free App for Federal Student Aid. That's about 540,000 fewer than a year ago. That's down 27 percent. Very, very worrisome.

Disturbed families at a Florida private school are weighing leaving the school after its Autism Awareness Week was called off by its pastor who called the activities 'idolatry and demonic' in a school-wide email.

Here's what to know: palmbeachpost.com/story/news/edu…

Oklahoma Supreme Court Weighs 'Test Case' Over the Nation's First Religious Charter School edweek.org/policy-politic…

A new bill in Louisiana would make it a criminal act for a librarian to use any taxpayer money to go to a conference that the American Library Association is involved in bookriot.com/louisiana-hb-7…

Missy Testerman Makes Immigrant Students Feel Welcome. She's the National Teacher of the Year edweek.org/teaching-learn…