The habits of 7 highly effective schools Nonprofit counts more than 1,300 U.S. schools where students beat the odds

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Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a Lifetime Maybe we’re just not good at thinking anymore.

“...thirty percent of Americans read at a level that you would expect from a 10-year-old child.” He continued, “It is actually hard to imagine — that every third person you meet on the street has difficulties reading even simple things.” David Brooks via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...

Carbon monoxide bill inspired by Allentown day care incident clears state House State Rep. Jeanne McNeill has sponsored a bill that would address the need for carbon monoxide detectors in child care and family care centers. An incident at an Allentown day care in 2022 sparked the...

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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
 
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.

(1/4) Strong leadership means taking risks and trying things - but when it doesn’t work, realising your mistake and correcting it. Quickly.

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Sold a Story has a new mini-series. We found a high-poverty school district where nearly every kid can read well. They’ve been teaching the same way for 25 years. But a new law, inspired by our reporting, put that at risk. All three podcast episodes are out now.

Over the last few weeks, we have seen displays of unfettered cruelty.

Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance.

Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.

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For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...

Helpful @nytimes.com data analysis today on the impact of Medicaid. Cutting this program would hurt many Americans, including millions of children.

Election Officials Say Cuts to CISA Are Already Affecting Operations Read more here.

"We may lose one of the most vital services that actually kept us safe in 2024 and kept our elections moving," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said about cuts to a federal cybersecurity agency that helps safeguard elections.

The average household will pay around $1,800 from Trump’s tariffs, but the poorest Americans will be shelling out the largest share of their incomes.

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Happy Read Across America Day! Thanks to @realdollyparton.bsky.social and her Imagination Library, a free book-gifting program that mails children books to their homes monthly from birth to age 5. One out of every 7 children in America now has access to this program. imaginationlibrary.com/usa/

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

12: The Evidence Podcast Episode · Sold a Story · S1 E12 · 31m

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Sold a Story Episode 12: The Evidence
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During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived.

His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sláva Ukrayíni!

11: The Outlier Podcast Episode · Sold a Story · S1 E11 · 31m

A new episode of Sold a Story is available now.
Episode 11: The Outlier
There's a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. How did they do it? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

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Trump Wants to Abolish the Department of Education. The Founders Would Have Something to Say About That. From the very start, the founders and Congress knew that schools were federal business.

Federal leadership in education, “more than once, has helped transform our democracy for the better…Founders like Washington, Adams, & Jefferson would be confused by the current administration’s disdain for public ed & the federal government’s role in it.”
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Virtual Field Trips for Presidents Day – TCEA TechNotes Blog Explore the history and impact of the nation's chief executives through innovative virtual field trips as we celebrate Presidents Day this year. Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your…

Presidents Day, observed on the third Monday of February, honors U.S. presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Initially celebrating Washington's birth, it now serves as a time to remember and study all American presidents.

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Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system | CNN Politics A federal judge, citing a risk of “irreparable harm,” early Saturday temporarily restricted Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system.

A federal judge has restricted the Elon Musk-led government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system. The order, issued early Saturday, halts access temporarily and demands the destruction of any downloaded information, saying there is risk of “irreparable harm.”

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar

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Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Statement on Supreme Court Agreeing to Hear Oklahoma Case Involving Nation’s First Religious Public Charter School - Education Law Center FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union, Education Law...

Read the statement from ELC, @americansunited.bsky.social, ACLU and FFRF on Supreme Court agreeing to hear Oklahoma case involving nation’s first religious public charter school: edlawcenter.org/statement-on...

Reading the numbers: 130 million American adults have low literacy skills — APM Research Lab About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills according to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 1...

Today, 130 million Americans—54% of adults aged 16-74—lack the literacy skills that many take for granted, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-li...

‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.’ — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the…

Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol