Hmm conservative judicial groups seem really concerned about keeping Sotomayor on the court and not being replaced by someone with identical positions who's 25 years younger. Great to see this bipartisan spirit in a time of such intense polarization!

Something something local control something something

We've entered that magical season where people take a brief hiatus from complaining about AERA to post pictures about how they're enjoying the conference so much before immediately returning to complaining again.

There is plenty of polarization on LGBT and race-related issues in schools, but there is also lots of common ground. I think the specifics of the scenarios really matter for the degree of support. (See some discussion of this here: the74million.org/article/74-int…)

.Speaker Robert Rivas kills hearing for comprehensive reading bill, promises to continue talking; #AB2222 dead for year. What's next? Decoding Dyslexia CA EdVoice California Reading Coalition Families In Schools The Education Trust–West ; by diana lambert Zaidee Stavely &me edsource.org/2024/bill-to-m…

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Wild times at Pomona College, which I think we can agree is the final piece of the puzzle for the peace process in the Middle East to begin in earnest. latimes.com/california/sto…

Absolutely horrendous customer service from Hotels.com Help, which I will never use again, and will advise everyone I know to avoid like the plague.

Students’ explanations for why absences have exploded - these pretty much track the reasons that we and others have laid out (though I will note these are teenagers and I suspect there are some different reasons for younger children).

i love Facebook because it’s a great place to learn new totally real and believable conspiracy theories. just this morning I learned that the government is SECRETLY paying all 3rd grade teachers more money under the table than other grade teachers. wanna know why?

I don't think Black parents' reactions to COVID school lockdowns makes sense as an explanation because Black parents were EXTREMELY supportive of school closures well into 2021, more than any other racial group.

Grade inflation strikes again thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

One interesting trend caused by increased state polarization (even setting aside direct attacks on higher ed from republicans) is that it seems like it will be more difficult for red state public universities to recruit talent.

'take-up [of teacher loan forgiveness] may be constrained by program complexity and administrative barriers.' journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

I blame Common Core. // Mattel launches new version of game which is 'less competitive' bbc.com/news/entertain…

Trump did this.

jaw-dropping and also I do not care for a visual where a 27% drop is colored dark green just because it's the least-awful drop!