The latest in my archive analysis series: Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle, and the latest push to teach the "success sequence" in schools. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

'We're all in grief': Chicano artists reckon with Cesar Chavez abuse allegations Artists, filmmakers and singers once championed Chavez as a hero. Now, they must rethink how to tell his story. "It's just been gut-wrenching," one muralist says.

Artists, filmmakers and singers once championed Chavez as a hero. Now, they must rethink how to tell his story. "It's just been gut-wrenching," one muralist says. n.pr/4v9nTIr

I wonder how visuals like this play with folks who want less tech and screen time in schools.

Schools Named for César Chavez Face Renaming Debates After Assault Allegations Dozens of schools named for César Chavez face decisions about renaming.

“A lot of schools are going to have to have some really interesting and really difficult conversations about what it means to publicly commemorate the past." www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Schools Named for César Chavez Face Renaming Debates After Assault Allegations Dozens of schools named for César Chavez face decisions about renaming.

There are at least 86 public schools named for César Chavez. They face tough, unexpected conversations about changing their names after and investigation surfaced new allegations about the labor leader. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Yes. A twin xl is longer than a full, and there are usually lots of bedding options when college kids are shopping for their dorms.

Thank you for your work.

My heart goes out to the hard working folks at the Washington Post today.

Schools Flag Safety Incidents As Driverless Cars Enter More Cities Agencies are examining reports of Waymos illegally passing buses; in another case, one struck a student.

A Waymo recently hit a student as she ran across the street to her school. In Austin and Atlanta, the robotaxis have been cited for illegally passing stopped school buses. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

yes and amen. 💔

Every journalist has to ask this question at least once.

Informal Classroom Discipline Is Hard to Track, Raising Big Equity Concerns Without adequate support, teachers might resort to these tactics to circumvent prohibitions on suspensions.

Informal discipline practices raise equity concerns because schools cannot monitor their use to ensure they don't echo racial and ethnic disparities common in formal discipline, according to recent research in AERA Open, via @edweek.org @evieblad.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/leadership/i...

I think because they don't have the helmets and little outfits they need to be on the field.

Absenteeism May Hurt Academics Long Before It Becomes 'Chronic' The 10% threshold for chronic absenteeism may be too high to predict academic risk, study says.

While most schools deem students chronically absent after they miss at least 10% of school days, poor attendance habits may affect academic achievement well before they reach that threshold, a new study finds. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

Rebuking Trump, Congress Moves to Maintain Most Federal Education Funding Funding for key programs like Title I and IDEA are on track to remain level year over year.

New: Congress is on the verge of (largely) rebuking President Trump's budget proposal for education.

No major funding cuts, no block grants...but also no explicit block on ED efforts to shift program staff elsewhere. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

In Trump's First Year, at Least $12 Billion in School Funding Disruptions The administration's cuts to schools came through the Education Department and other agencies.

President Trump took office one year ago today.

Since then, his administration has disrupted at least $12 billion in federal funding for education (and likely much more).

I did my best to tabulate the damage for @edweek.org: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month Global regulators are closely watching the implementation of the world-first ban for users under 16, with some U.S. states considering whether to follow suit.

Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country’s internet regulator says.

With little explanation, the Trump admin abruptly terminated popular student mental health grants created in response to school shootings. After an outcry, officials restored them the next day. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...

Forget About Hamsters. Make Bugs Your Classroom Pet Beetles, spiders, and millipedes? These nontraditional class pets may ease students' stress.

My 5th-grade class had a pet tarantula, so I was excited to read this story. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow

3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Federal Funds for Community Schools Fall Victim to a New Round of Trump Cuts The latest round of grant cuts hits a program that helps schools provide more social services on site.

Federal grants for community schools help expand instructional time for children and stand up social services like health care and meals in low-income communities.

The Trump administration just cut tens of millions of dollars in grants for these programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The second statue of an advocate for school desegregation installed in the Capitol in recent years. The other is Daisy Bates.

Education Week's 2025 Word of the Year Is ... Trump's efforts to reshape the federal role in education caused uncertainty for schools.

Check out Education Week's choice for word of the year and go ahead and argue about it if you'd like. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

How to Build a Reading Block: Two Teachers Share Their Approaches Studies don't prescribe how best to knit together components of reading—leaving it up to teachers to devise.

We know the components of structured literacy, but we know a lot less about the 'recipe'. Two teachers share how they weave together the pieces:
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Rod Paige, Nation's First African American Secretary of Education, Dies at 92 Under Paige’s leadership, the Department of Education rolled out the landmark No Child Left Behind law.

Rod Paige, Nation's First African American Secretary of Education, Dies at 92: Under Paige’s leadership, the Department of Education rolled out the landmark No Child Left Behind law.

Officials mistakenly told NYC principals students with weapons would face automatic arrest Education Department officials erroneously told principals that students found with items like scalpels or switchblades would face automatic arrest.

Education officials told NYC principals last week that students must be automatically arrested if they were found with weapons including scalpels and switchblades

That is not true - but the DOE has yet to inform principals their policy guidance was wrong
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

Don't 86 the Six-Seven: Those Annoying Kid Trends Actually Have a Purpose Children's culture can seem bizarre, but these fads can boost their social development.

Does 6-7 have a purpose other than driving adults nuts? Researchers say it's an example of "childlore," which can play an important developmental role for children. www.edweek.org/leadership/d...

Classroom View: How AI Is Influencing Teacher Approaches to Career and Technical Ed. Teachers share examples of how the technology is playing a bigger role in their lessons.

AI can be a lifeline for new career and technical education teachers, many of whom come from industry instead of traditional educator prep programs.

Read on for more on the opportunities and challenges AI creates for CTE teachers: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #CTE #AIineducation #edtech

Fragmented Federal Education Plan Could Harm Students With Disabilities, Advocates Warn Parceling out Ed. Dept. work to other agencies risks weakening enforcement of disability rights laws, groups warn.

"All of our education laws are like a woven fabric. When we start pulling on a string, it is going to start falling apart. At the very least, it’s going to weaken." www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters | The Lens The NOLA Public Schools district earned its first B letter grade since the schools seized from the city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina — and run for years by the state — returned to the distric...

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Compare 2025 school performance scores for New Orleans charters

The NOLA Public Schools district earned its first B letter grade since the schools seized from the city after Hurricane Katrina — run for years by the state — returned to the district in 2018.

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