For EdChoice 's 'ranking,' this report includes Joey Magana (who doesn't do research), Marc LeBlond, who doesn't work for EdChoice, Matt Ladner, who doesn't work for EdChoice, and Susan Pendergrass, who also doesn't work for EdChoice.

Nailed it lads.

Published today: 2024 American Microschools Sector Analysis - the most thorough research to date about the nation’s fast-growing microschool movement, the wide range of different models, the children and families they serve, and the founders who lead them.
microschoolingcenter.org/sectoranalysis…

I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. You might as well!

My statement regarding the verdict on our ban of prayer rituals at Michaela.

Victory for Michaela in the absurd case brought against it challenging the school policy prohibiting ritual prayer. judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…

From Frederick M. Hess and Michael McShane: The American right has a chance to redefine education if only they'll get out of their own way. time.com/6965453/right-…

We've released our latest numbers from the monthly
EdChoice Morning Consult poll that fielded in early March (3/7-10).

…choice.morningconsultintelligence.com/assets/283042.…

Some of the newer questions we asked the public and parents focused on topics of absenteeism, perceived ideological leanings of…

I have a new piece up in Education Next. *Very* curious to hear reactions!

ICYMI: From the latest Ripon Forum, Frederick M. Hess of AEI Education and Mike McShane of @EdChoice argue that now is the time for conservatives to reclaim the issue of education, and they discuss just how the GOP can do so in their latest book– bit.ly/4bPM1G9

I have a new blog over EdChoice digging into some of the demographic crosstabs of the recent parent preferences survey we published. Some questions do see differences, but others, like this one, do not.

LINK: edchoice.org/engage/parents…

'I don’t want to go off on my five-thousandth version of this rant, but if you adopt the view that enforcing rules is per se bad, then it’s just not possible to have functioning public institutions.'

Maybe so! A new platform called MatchED will allow users to search, schedule and review K-12 service providers and much more/2 nextstepsblog.org/2024/04/matche…

Imagine having the gall to write so sensibly about things like SEL in K12 as Frederick M. Hess & Mike McShane have here...blasphemers!

Yes, SEL deserves careful scrutiny but performatively making it into a bogeyman to gain social media attention is just so dull and unproductive.

Everyone wanted John's picture at Mt. Sion on Sunday after the match. And rightly so. He is an absolute gentleman and represents the best in the GAA, Waterford, and Mt. Sion.

New pod: School absences 'exploding' across America

Some will say this is about COVID politics & school closures. But this crisis defies easy narratives. See below: Truancy is up in all kinds of districts: rich/poor, high-/low-remote.

Something deeper is happening.…

I'm trying to read more fiction in 2024. Loved all five of these, would recommend!

'The new landscape of education politics offers an extraordinary opportunity to reimagine education reform.'

Frederick M. Hess and Mike McShane at National Review 👇

'It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.'

The 2nd webinar in the #GettingEdRight series explores what a principled, conservative vision of early childhood education might look like. Join us 4/3/24 Frederick M. Hess @aeieducation Mike McShane #GettingECERight

RSVP: aei.org/events/getting…
About the book: tcpress.com/getting-educat…

What do parent want from k-12 #education ? EdChoice partnered with Morning Consult to survey 1,500 parents.
Mike McShane takes a deep dive into #data with his comprehensive report.

Paul DiPerna