I loved picturing all the science teachers out there nerding out for the eclipse. @IXScienceCrosslin in Indianapolis did not disappoint.

Some light hearted science fun today: nytimes.com/live/2024/04/0…

.Emily Oster digs into the data behind an important question: What makes a “good” school? and explains why common rating systems offer an incomplete picture

Full post: parentdata.org/how-school-ran…

'What was once a deeply ingrained habit — wake up, catch the bus, report to class — is now something far more tenuous.'
via Sarah Mervosh + Francesca Paris
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Such stark new nationwide numbers on the post-pandemic surge in absenteeism, via Sarah Mervosh & Frankie Paris, showing barely any improvement last year: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

As K-12 achievement fell nationwide over the past decade, there's been one major exception: Dept of Defense schools.
One crucial factor: they reopened relatively quickly during the pandemic. But as this v good Sarah Mervosh story explains, it goes beyond that nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/…

Why South Florida is 'Club Med' for peacocks and what is being done about it -- hint: snip snip!✂️✂️✂️

Could not be more obsessed with this story by Patricia Mazzei and each and every photo nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/…

School vouchers are hot in education right now. What happens when every student, regardless of income or life situation, becomes eligible?

I took a close look at Arizona, the nation's first universal school voucher program -- with more on the way

nytimes.com/2023/07/24/us/…

NEW: Despite billions in federal aid, the latest results suggest students are not making up pandemic losses in reading and math.

“We are actually seeing evidence of backsliding.”
nytimes.com/2023/07/11/us/…

A 2nd grader and 4th grader were among those killed in Allen, Texas this weekend. Another boy, 6, was orphaned.

There are no words. dallasnews.com/news/2023/05/0…

As usual, careful, nuanced coverage of pandemic achievement declines from Sarah Mervosh. nytimes.com/2023/05/03/us/…

maybe we should just let kids do all the train announcements from now on?? 10/10 would pay attention nytimes.com/2023/04/26/us/…

Two fourth graders wounded in Uvalde massacre are still trying to recover.

Edgar Sandoval 🗽 tells their story (gift link/no paywall) nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/…

A ‘Science of Reading’ Revolt Takes on the Education Establishment - The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/…

NEW: Under a new U.S. Department of Education proposal, 'categorically' banning transgender athletes from school sports would be a violation of Title IX. There would be exceptions for 'fairness in competition' nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/…

Tennessee is attempting to use eminent domain to take land that has been in Black families for generations so Ford can build electric vehicles. The families just want a fair deal.

'They want your land, but they don’t want you to participate in the wealth'
tennesseelookout.com/2023/04/03/bla…

Several children held signs that said “I’m nine,” in reference to the age of the three children who were killed. tn.chalkbeat.org/2023/3/30/2366…

This photo of a child, scared and crying, as a bus escorts children away from the Covenant School in Nashville, is absolutely gutting.

3 children and 3 adults were killed, in what is only the latest school shooting in America
tennessean.com/story/news/202… Photo by @NicoleHester90

Tall people everywhere want you stop asking them if they play basketball: nytimes.com/2023/03/21/spo…

Charter schools are the pet cause of a number of prominent billionaires, yet, according to some polling, most Americans don’t really know what they are. “Abbott Elementary” has been telling them. nyer.cm/X10EJxh