Charlie Barone
@charliebarone.bsky.social
Capitol Hill veteran, social scientist, dad of twins, music eclectic, book lover, Senior Director, Center for Innovation, nationalparentsunion.org
The “school choice” parents are willing to support comes with a robust set of conditions centered on fairness, accessibility, and accountability, conditions that existing voucher and ESA programs fail to meet. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/09/29/t...
The School Choice Parents Want Is Not the One They're Getting From Vouchers and ESA’s - National Parents Union
By Dr. Charles Barone Many voucher and ESA proponents cite polling showing that 60% or more of parents of K-12 students support using public funds to pay for private school tuition. Some cite such sta...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The “school choice” parents are willing to support comes with a robust set of conditions centered on fairness, accessibility, and accountability, conditions that existing voucher and ESA programs fail to meet. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/09/29/t...
Quid Pro Quo?
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Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's former girlfriend, transferred to a prison camp in Texas
The federal Bureau of Prisons said Friday that Maxwell had been transferred to a prison camp in Texas, but did not explain the circumstances.
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August 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Quid Pro Quo?
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Carnegie Foundation's R&D Agenda for high school transformation. This work illuminates what’s possible, prioritizes students and educators, and challenges the field. Download the Agenda: cfdn.at/44IcunF
Carnegie Foundation's R&D Agenda for high school transformation. This work illuminates what’s possible, prioritizes students and educators, and challenges the field. Download the Agenda: cfdn.at/44IcunF
R&D Agenda to Transform High School | Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
American high school education is at a crossroads. While the world accelerates toward an AI-driven economy that demands creativity, critical thinking, and adaptability, our high schools remain trapped...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’m proud to have played a role in shaping the
Carnegie Foundation's R&D Agenda for high school transformation. This work illuminates what’s possible, prioritizes students and educators, and challenges the field. Download the Agenda: cfdn.at/44IcunF
Carnegie Foundation's R&D Agenda for high school transformation. This work illuminates what’s possible, prioritizes students and educators, and challenges the field. Download the Agenda: cfdn.at/44IcunF
The “abundance agenda” doesn’t seem to be working out well for Chicago. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
‘A lack of political courage’: Why is Chicago avoiding its school enrollment problem?
Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The “abundance agenda” doesn’t seem to be working out well for Chicago. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
I got really frustrated listening to Democrats disparage charter schools at last week's hearing in the House Education and Workforce Committee. So I wrote a blog. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/05/21/d...
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I got really frustrated listening to Democrats disparage charter schools at last week's hearing in the House Education and Workforce Committee. So I wrote a blog. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/05/21/d...
Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed Rianna Saslow @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/five...
Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed
Saslow: 53 school leaders agree that data is key in areas ranging from daily instruction and extra help to absenteeism and family engagement.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed Rianna Saslow @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/five...
“What Democrats need is a more robust agenda that’s an alternative to Trump...We need somebody that’s willing to speak truth to power, not hedge on the severity of the problems we’re facing for the kids we care about...” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“What Democrats need is a more robust agenda that’s an alternative to Trump...We need somebody that’s willing to speak truth to power, not hedge on the severity of the problems we’re facing for the kids we care about...” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Totally mystified that R's made such a big deal about passing the budget resolution this week. They actually gave wildly different and conflicting budget-cutting instructions to each chamber, in one bill. Sooner or later, Republicans are going to have to come clean and make tough choices.
April 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Totally mystified that R's made such a big deal about passing the budget resolution this week. They actually gave wildly different and conflicting budget-cutting instructions to each chamber, in one bill. Sooner or later, Republicans are going to have to come clean and make tough choices.
Governor Kim Reynolds wants to override the federal Title I formula and allow Iowa to decide for itself how to distribute federal education funds to schools and districts. This is a smash-and-grab. It’s not reform. It’s theft. And we will fight it.
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You Can’t Rob Title I Funds and Call It Reform - National Parents Union
By Keri Rodrigues, President, National Parents Union and Dr. Charles Barone, Senior Director of the Center for Innovation, National Parents Union In the wake of what may be the most reckless education...
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March 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Governor Kim Reynolds wants to override the federal Title I formula and allow Iowa to decide for itself how to distribute federal education funds to schools and districts. This is a smash-and-grab. It’s not reform. It’s theft. And we will fight it.
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Rethinking School Accountability: Waiving federal rules would be a step backward but could, with strong advocacy, create space for state leadership. www.educationnext.org/rethinking-s...
Rethinking School Accountability
Waiving federal rules would be a step backward but could create space for state leadership
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March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Rethinking School Accountability: Waiving federal rules would be a step backward but could, with strong advocacy, create space for state leadership. www.educationnext.org/rethinking-s...
Who's gonna tell him?
"We think that when you move it back to...all the states that run so well - there's so many I could name 30 maybe almost 40 - those will be as good as Denmark those will be as good as Norway.." - @realDonaldTrump www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuvc...
"We think that when you move it back to...all the states that run so well - there's so many I could name 30 maybe almost 40 - those will be as good as Denmark those will be as good as Norway.." - @realDonaldTrump www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuvc...
March 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Who's gonna tell him?
"We think that when you move it back to...all the states that run so well - there's so many I could name 30 maybe almost 40 - those will be as good as Denmark those will be as good as Norway.." - @realDonaldTrump www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuvc...
"We think that when you move it back to...all the states that run so well - there's so many I could name 30 maybe almost 40 - those will be as good as Denmark those will be as good as Norway.." - @realDonaldTrump www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuvc...
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State tests (and a fed requirement for doing so) are so important for families of kids with disabilities.
The Future of Assessment and Accountability | Part 1 | Goodbye Federal Assessment Guardrails? nationalparentsunion.org/2025/02/26/t...
The Future of Assessment and Accountability | Part 1 | Goodbye Federal Assessment Guardrails? - National Parents Union
By Charles Barone, National Parents Union Senior Director of the Center for Innovation Many of us in the education policy world attended the “National Forum on the Future of Assessment and Accountabil...
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February 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
State tests (and a fed requirement for doing so) are so important for families of kids with disabilities.
The Future of Assessment and Accountability | Part 1 | Goodbye Federal Assessment Guardrails? nationalparentsunion.org/2025/02/26/t...
The Future of Assessment and Accountability | Part 1 | Goodbye Federal Assessment Guardrails? - National Parents Union
By Charles Barone, National Parents Union Senior Director of the Center for Innovation Many of us in the education policy world attended the “National Forum on the Future of Assessment and Accountabil...
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February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Future of Assessment and Accountability | Part 1 | Goodbye Federal Assessment Guardrails? nationalparentsunion.org/2025/02/26/t...
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Anyone who cares about NAEP should worry about the abrupt removal of the person most responsible for its technical and operational quality.
NEW: Peggy Carr, commissioner of the Nat'l Center on Education Statistics and a two-decade+ veteran at Educ Dept, was abruptly put on leave today. She runs NAEP, the national math and reading tests seen as important marker of educational progress www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Courts rule on Trump administration initiatives including DOGE, DEI
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
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February 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Anyone who cares about NAEP should worry about the abrupt removal of the person most responsible for its technical and operational quality.
URGENT: Call Congress Today! ☎️
The House is planning on voting today on a budget resolution that includes $2 trillion in devastating cuts. including Medicaid...
Make your voice heard—call your representatives NOW and demand they protect these essential programs! #StopTheCuts bit.ly/43bi3dG
The House is planning on voting today on a budget resolution that includes $2 trillion in devastating cuts. including Medicaid...
Make your voice heard—call your representatives NOW and demand they protect these essential programs! #StopTheCuts bit.ly/43bi3dG
Oppose Safety Net Cuts to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks - Vote Tues 2/25 ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/21/25): Early on Feb 21st, Senate Republicans passed their own slimmed down budget resolution. The Senate plan does not yet extend the 2017 …
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February 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
URGENT: Call Congress Today! ☎️
The House is planning on voting today on a budget resolution that includes $2 trillion in devastating cuts. including Medicaid...
Make your voice heard—call your representatives NOW and demand they protect these essential programs! #StopTheCuts bit.ly/43bi3dG
The House is planning on voting today on a budget resolution that includes $2 trillion in devastating cuts. including Medicaid...
Make your voice heard—call your representatives NOW and demand they protect these essential programs! #StopTheCuts bit.ly/43bi3dG
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Trump's executive orders hung in the air at ACE's annual meeting this year. "I want to call the orders what they are, not pussyfoot around — these orders are an assault," said ACE's president, Ted Mitchell. chroni.cl/4gMr5B8
At Annual Meeting, Battered Presidents Are Subdued in the Face of Trump’s Funding Blitz
Leaders at the American Council on Education conference heard calls to stand up for their colleges and contemplated what may come next.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump's executive orders hung in the air at ACE's annual meeting this year. "I want to call the orders what they are, not pussyfoot around — these orders are an assault," said ACE's president, Ted Mitchell. chroni.cl/4gMr5B8
"It's almost like we're being subjected to a very elegant gaslighting here." - Senator Maggie Hassan at hearing for Sec of Ed nominee Linda McMahon
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February 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"It's almost like we're being subjected to a very elegant gaslighting here." - Senator Maggie Hassan at hearing for Sec of Ed nominee Linda McMahon
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NAEP and Private School Choice: Something is not quite addiing up. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/01/30/n...
NAEP and Choice: Something’s Not Adding Up - National Parents Union
By Charles Barone, National Parents Union Senior Director of the Center for Innovation Two significant events occurred on the national education landscape yesterday: the highly anticipated and widely ...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
NAEP and Private School Choice: Something is not quite addiing up. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/01/30/n...