From Jesse Coburn's investigation of school streets: 🚨 There are 50 car crashes near schools on the average school day. 🚨 There are nearly 60% more crashes on school streets at 8 a.m. than on other streets. 🚨 Students of color are more vulnerable: nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/05/24/dan…

A blockbuster investigation by Eliza Shapiro & Brian M. Rosenthal: $1 billion in public funds in 4 years & "generations of children have been systematically denied a basic education, trapping many of them in a cycle of joblessness and dependency." nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyr…

Dear letter writers I’ve read your letter to the editor about “Sold a Story,” and honestly ended up confused. I would be grateful for further explanation. I explain my failures to understand your argument in this thread. hechingerreport.org/opinion-a-call…

An Army Veteran Says He Went Into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm Club Q Gunman - The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/11/21/us/…

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Debt-Ridden 4th-Grader Shouldn’t Have Recklessly Invested In Lunch bit.ly/3IUtUTr

I asked ChatGPT to rewrite the bar scene from Good Will Hunting to focus on the legacy of a Nation at Risk. Amazing results. Derrell Bradford Marc Porter Magee 🎓 Michael Petrilli Robin Lake

You've got till Aug. 17 to submit FY 2023 per-pupil Site-Based Expenditure via IWAS. Annual reporting guidance + a recording of the most recent webinar are available here okt.to/fVkeHv. Our team is also available for on-demand office hours 👉 okt.to/KBgapz

Autzen Stadium singing “Shout” between the 3rd and 4th quarters.

Before there was NIL there was Buddy Garrity, the most legendary booster of all time. 10 reasons why he's the GOAT 🧵

A number of people in the administration were very frustrated about this. Unfortunately they didn't prevail.

This isn't just an education problem—it's a preview of our future workforce and society. When 24% of 8th graders don’t have even “partial mastery” of grade-level math skills and knowledge, we could be looking at a large cohort of students that will struggle in the future. 7/n

Couple of quick NAEP takeaways starting with, if you freaked out about the proposed funding freeze, you should probably be more worried about these NAEP results. One is a potential uncertain problem, the other an immediate crisis. whiteboardadvisors.com/major-educatio…

.@DOELouisiana is prioritizing education focused on foundational phonics and math skills. The result? Louisiana students have achieved some of the most significant academic progress in the nation, according to new NAEP, The Nation's Report Card data.

Via Chad Aldeman, behold the results of a movement that convinced itself they held the high ground on equity and commitment to historically marginalized students:

Someone should tell him what happened with VHS predictions.

Half of people at the U.S. Department of Education are being laid off. Here's my best guess of what this will mean:

I keep giving the same answers to the same queries about the Executive Order on the Department of Ed. So, as a time-saver, here’s my take: 1. In principle, I think downsizing or eliminating ED is sensible. As always, though, what really matters is whether the practical result

Two big problems here: 1. As Heather Peske notes, giving Master's pay bumps is an ineffective budget practice. It's bad for the district. 2. It forces teachers to pursue worthless Master's degrees, taking time away from the classroom while incurring more student loan debt.

It’s not a voucher vote. It’s a dollars-for-kids vote. Will Democratic governors let flexible federal funds slip away?