You heard the State of the Union last night. Now, hear the State of Teaching.

Education Week's new project has fresh national data on the teaching profession and vivid stories from classrooms. Let's dive in:
edweek.org/the-state-of-t… 🧵

New: Education Week has launched a nationwide tracker of private school choice laws, answering questions like:
-How common are programs like vouchers and ESAs?
-Which states are funding private school choice?
-What even is private school choice anyway? edweek.org/policy-politic…

Another challenge: Standardized tests use short, random passages, which means they're often measuring knowledge, not innate reading ability. One state is trying to figure out a better way, as Libby Stanford reports. 5/n edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Ron DeSantis has positioned himself as the poster child for parents' rights in the 2024 election, but he's struggling to compete with Trump in the polls.

His stance on K-12 schools could have something to do with it. Check out my latest Education Week
edweek.org/policy-politic…

Secretary Cardona Shows Off Dual-Language School to International Education Leaders via Libby Stanford edweek.org/teaching-learn…

5 Ways Schools Can Make Career Prep Programs More Rigorous and Equitable edwk.it/3KA175K

As early as 1999, a parent reported, “I understand it is not uncommon for this man to reduce students to tears.”

Absolutely stunning investigation by Bethany Barnes into a teacher whose Florida school district let him harass students for decades: tampabay.com/investigations…

Teacher pay raises are gaining bipartisan support in states as conservative governors sign on, but not all of them are as simple as boosting teacher pay.

Check out my latest Education Week edweek.org/teaching-learn…

ICYMI: Parents' rights policies continue to dominate GOP education agendas. What do they actually mean for schools? Education Week
edweek.org/leadership/wha…

Andria Amador has transformed mental health services at BostonPublicSchools through partnerships with UMass Boston and Boston Children's.

That's why Education Week recognized her as one of the 2023 Leaders to Learn From. Read about her innovative work: edweek.org/leaders/2023/a…

babe wake up, Education Week's 2023 Leaders to Learn From just dropped edweek.org/leaders/meet-t…

I talked to Bernie Sanders on Tuesday about his top priorities for K-12 schools as he prepares to chair HELP Committee Dems.

Check out what he had to say in my latest Q&A: edweek.org/policy-politic…

Looking forward to joining Education Week Libby Stanford in one week to discuss the successful Union County Public Schools daily, in-school tutoring model! Be sure to ✅ it out!—Tutoring Done Right: How to Get the Highest Impact for Learning Recovery edweek.org/events/k-12-es… #TeamUCPS

A hoax claiming that schools were providing litter boxes to students wasted school leaders' time as they worked to debunk it. edweek.org/leadership/lit…

Districts in Missouri have removed—either temporarily or permanently—almost 300 books from school libraries because of a state law that bans sexually explicit content. #BookBans edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Moms for Liberty leaders told me they plan to establish three federal PACs to help conservative school board candidates with parents' rights agendas win local races.

That move comes after a lackluster performance on Election Day. Education Week edweek.org/leadership/con…

Attention #educators , #teachers , #counselors :
@Educationweek released a number of great articles on social and emotional learning this week.

We're gonna share them in a thread for those wanting to brush up on #SEL . Up first by Libby Stanford, a look at best practices...
SEL4US

NEW on NBC News: The Texas GOP pledged to take an active role in local school boards this year, explicitly endorsing 11 candidates opposed to discussions on race, sex and LGBTQ identities.

All but TWO of those candidates lost on Tuesday.

Read more here: nbcnews.com/politics/2022-…