
Shaka Mitchell
@shakamitchell
The usual husband-dad-lawyer-professor-runner-cyclist-EdReformer. Good opinions are mine. Please check out my Substack for more than 160 character thoughts.
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https://shakamitchell.substack.com/ 07-09-2010 21:37:33
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TN students are back to pre-pandemic academic levels in many cases. Good insights from friends at David Mansouri SCORE TN Dept of Education Cara Candal. Bad news is that persistent gaps...persist. So the work continues! buff.ly/W1LtaBy



Iโm sending up todayโs tune while sitting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Looking out at the mountains and seeing the buffalo roam reminded me of this western soundscape from Lord Huron, "Long Lost". Enjoy! buff.ly/IbETa5c

It was fun to reminisce with friends Pioneer Institute about a time when ed reformers were more united in a common cause. Might we be on the verge of another great ed reform awakening? Full episode is here buff.ly/KBJuOPl Alisha Thomas Searcy Walter T. Blanks Jr.๐ American Federation for Children

"Under-challenged" is an under-statement. Students with #invisibledisabilities are dramatically underchallenged in our schools! We talked with Karla Phillips-Krivickas, Co-Founder & Director of Strategic Partnerships and Policy of Champions for Kids and Co-founder of Arizona Inclusion Network,

When folks shrug at the new federal tax credit program for students, they should listen to the passion describing what it took to get to this point. This is a David vs Goliath story & Iโm thankful for the work done and the new forward path. Tommy Schultz ๐บ๐ธ Michael Petrilli Brian Jodice


๐๏ธ Raise your hand if youโve left an IEP meeting high-fiving the gazillion participants thinking, โThat was awesome!โ Bueller. Bueller. We talk that over with Karla Phillips-Krivickas, Co-Founder & Director of Strategic Partnerships and Policy of Champions for Kids and Co-founder of Arizona


Are there boundaries to education innovation? Should there be? How would you deal with the proposal below while avoiding a compliance-driven system? We discuss with @DGRCosta, President of Foundation for Economic Education. Kerry McDonald Daniel Hamlin