“Check out this numnut who works for Baucom and has nothing to do but highlight slavery at UVA,” Ellis wrote on July 22 in text messages to two other new board members. By @wpnick washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

Magilke qualified for a government grant to go back to school, she was told, at a place the center suggested: an online company called MedCerts. “They couldn’t do anything,” Magilke, now 53, said. “That’s a lot of wasted money." washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a pair of challenges to President Biden’s far-reaching initiative that would forgive nearly half a trillion dollars in student loan debt. Follow our live updates: wapo.st/3memkdb

Read this amazing parable by Laura Meckler about how the well-intentioned rush to judgment can alter people's lives. washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

"A growing number of selective and ultra-selective schools are extending those measures for multiple years or even indefinitely." washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

Nice to read a hopeful piece about the teen mental health crisis -- this one from Anya Kamenetz: washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

"The half-dozen bills, filed by a cast of GOP state representatives and senators, come shortly before the launch of Florida’s legislative session Tuesday." By Hannah Natanson / Lori Rozsa / Susan Svrluga washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

WATCH THIS VIDEO of a superintendent telling a teacher that he can't teach "slavery is wrong" because that constitutes "a stance." By Hannah Natanson washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

This publicly funded religious school would follow some education laws, like the requirement that it provide special-ed services, but could exempt itself from admitting openly gay students, for example. Moriah Balingit washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

For a snapshot of the culture wars, watch a school board meeting // <-- from the Opinion side via Christine Emba. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Youngkin directed state education officials to determine whether the course conflicts with executive order one, the governor’s first day action that forbids teaching “inherently divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory.” By Karina Elwood washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

“How can we allow my kids to be proud of their family if they can’t speak about who I am?” Read Caitlin Gibson on the vicissitudes of some Florida parents. washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023…

"He said his district received 460 applications for teaching positions between December, when the policy was adopted for next year, and early March. That compares to 127 in the same period last year." By Laura Meckler washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

“Unfortunately, because your office has been abolished, we no longer need your services.” Interesting interview by Jack Stripling washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

Pleasant Pi Day song, composed using the digits, by science journo Devin Powell: youtu.be/NmxPeBeX_38

The request has already consumed $165,000 of the district’s money and 2.2k hours of staff time, much of it drawn from her weekends and holidays. It has generated 170k pages and will take another year to complete. By Hannah Natanson & Karina Elwood washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

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Wow. By Susan Svrluga washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

Trying something new! Psyched to work with David Leonhard: Adam Kushner, a sharp, curious and collegial editor, will help oversee the Morning’s operations nytco.com/press/new-depu…

“One year stolen.” Friday’s stunning front page of The Wall Street Journal, marking the one-year anniversary of the imprisonment of WSJ Russia reporter Evan Gershkovich. “The crime: journalism.”