U.S. teachers feel overworked and underpaid. Authors of a new report recommend increasing teacher pay, reducing hours worked — particularly uncontracted and uncompensated hours — and improving working conditions to boost teacher retention. bit.ly/44LFp6V

As child poverty doubles, states launch or expand their own tax credits stateline.org/2023/09/21/as-… via Stateline || bsky @stateline.org

Colorado once again leads the nation in having the biggest gap between teacher pay and pay for other college-educated workers. Teachers made an average 37.4% less in 2022 than their similarly educated peers. #copolitics #coleg #cogov epi.org/publication/te…

The Nones: a sweeping package from ⁦The Associated Press⁩’s Religion Team on the growing ranks of nonreligious people in far-flung countries around the world projects.apnews.com/features/2023/…

"Baby Bonds Would Reduce Racial Wealth Inequities. Here’s What Policymakers Need to Know." Urban Institute urban.org/urban-wire/bab…

got some fun pictures of a red-tailed hawk diving for a mouse, then flying away with it in its talon

Jake Sherman Max Cohen Jordan can’t even cover the spread.

This incredibly sincere white guy trying Indian food for the very first time and having his mind blown is so wholesome

NEW MONDAY: A state contract to create the nation’s first religious charter school has not yet been executed, and the chairman of the OK governing board that voted 3-2 to authorize it refuses to sign off on the document. #oklaed tulsaworld.com/news/state-reg…

Here's the share of each state that was atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particular in 2008 and 2022. In 2008, there were high concentrations of nones on the West Coast and the Northeast. By 2022, the nones had risen above 35% in almost every state in the union.

"Five takeaways from our investigation on foster kids in private psychiatric hospitals" motherjones.com/crime-justice/… via Mother Jones

“The board members who approved this contract have violated the religious liberty of every Oklahoman by forcing us to fund the teachings of a specific religious sect with our tax dollars,” OK Attorney General #edpolicy kfor.com/news/ok-attorn…

got a fun new (to me!) camera, took some pictures at Barr Lake State Park Colorado Parks and Wildlife

New Research Shows High Desire Among Black Americans to Become Foster Parents, But Distrust And Discrimination Prevents Them - blackenterprise.com/study-25-perce…

CFRC Releases New Report on Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality in the Illinois Child Welfare System newswise.com/articles/cfrc-…

been lots of fun continuing to play around with the camera I got last week

great to see elements being considered by a task force that I work with in this report: reconsidering scope of mandatory reporting, revisiting definition of neglect to avoid criminalizing poverty, connecting families w/ resources & supports before system involvement is necessary

always shocks me to see how many states only use male pronouns in statute, like "he shall" rather than "they shall" or "he/she shall". i've come across this in ID, MA, MS, NH, NJ, NY, SC, SD, VA & WY - and there are probably more - in my current 50-state comparison project