The Trump Administration is in favor of local control for schools but it also REALLY cares about Maine high school athletic policies:

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

{new} Did you know states take longer to release their annual test results than than they did 20 years ago?

It's true! I crunched the numbers and point to a few leading exemplars in my latest piece for @studentsuccess.bsky.social: eduprogress.org/state-test-r...

Dual enrollment continues to rise. Check out these numbers from @ppicnotes.bsky.social in California: www.ppic.org/publication/...

And here's a cool stat: In the California class of 2023, high school students earned 2,438 college credentials, including 1,512 associate degrees.

California school districts will need to close a lot of schools in the coming years.

But, if managed well, that can mean expanded services for students: calmatters.org/education/k-...

As a task requires more effort, we tend to find it less enjoyable.

Read my post @studentsuccess.bsky.social on the implications for schools and learning -->

eduprogress.org/thinking-is-...

{new} In a new piece at @the74.bsky.social, I write "a tale of two eras."

The first was the NCLB era, where small gains were broadly shared.

The second started in 2013 and is marked by achievement losses, especially among the lowest-performing students: www.the74million.org/article/inte...

According to the latest BLS data, public education has the lowest job opening rate among all major industries --> www.bls.gov/news.release...

"By October 2023, teacher apprenticeship programs had been formally registered in 26 states plus Puerto Rico and were under development in five states plus the District of Columbia."

www.newamerica.org/education-po...