As Sec. McMahon said: “Success isn’t about how much money we spend, but who spends it.” Parents + states must be in the driver’s seat. That’s how we save education. Secretary Linda McMahon @USEDGOV hubs.li/Q03HZfCx0

🇺🇸 Today we honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and the heroes who showed extraordinary courage. May we never forget their sacrifice and always strive to build a future rooted in freedom, hope, and opportunity.

Innovation in Action, Vol. 11: Pioneering AI Credentials for FL Students | Expanding Opportunity in Milwaukee | If You Build It… Adapting for Success in Montgomery — The Freedom Institute of Collier County Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Valiant Cross Academy Be More Colorful Earl Monroe New Renaissance School stopforeducation.substack.com/p/innovation-i…

Failing Grades, Failing Scores | Districts Are Paralyzed | Starting Over — Jeanne Allen Forbes hubs.li/Q03J84Vr0

🎧Edreform in 10, EP.21 | Leading with Love: Mary Jo Fairhead, Founder of Onward, on putting students’ social and emotional needs first hubs.li/Q03J89dN0

The Reading Wars Are Over: Evidence-Based Literacy Reform Offers A Path Out Of The NAEP Crisis — Kyle Smitley Forbes hubs.li/Q03J84ZX0

Re: NAEP — 40 years ago, A Nation at Risk warned that if a foreign power had imposed such results, we would have considered it an act of war. Today, the crisis is homegrown and it is eroding America’s workforce and future competitiveness. Jeanne Allen Forbes

NAEP is a sobering snapshot of where we are. But Mississippi, Wisconsin, and dozens of other states show us where we could go from here… — Kyle Smitley Forbes hubs.li/Q03J88cB0

The CHOOSE Act ESA is one big reason the Yellowhammer State has moved up to #21 in CER’s Parent Power! Index Governor Kay Ivey New Schools for Alabama AOSF Alabama Policy Institute Alabama Families for Great Schools parentpowerindex.edreform.com/state/alabama

Shop class is back and BIGGER than ever! Incredible culture and purpose ➡️ FatherJudge HS

“Following the release of the 2024 NAEP scores, which showed dismal educational outcomes across the nation, U.S. Department of Education plans to award grants totaling $500 million for #charterschools to support education choice in fiscal year 2025” hubs.li/Q03JqpgV0

"A variety of people are exiting traditional settings for reasons that are diverse, but all fit around their needs not being met in these one-size-fits-all schooling environments," Angela R. Watson said. "And so they're exiting, and they're exiting into homeschooling." Ayelet Sheffey

CER is honored to join the America 250 Civics Education Coalition to inspire a love of American history in our students and help educators everywhere teach it. #America250civics Secretary Linda McMahon