Lori Crouch
@lkcrouch.bsky.social
Education Writers Association
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NYC officials quietly issued thousands of exemptions to class size law. Did your school get one?
Eric Adams declares victory on class size reduction — by issuing 10,500 exemptions
NYC officials quietly issued thousands of exemptions to class size law. Did your school get one?
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November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NYC officials quietly issued thousands of exemptions to class size law. Did your school get one?
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Christian law firm’s search for test case led to religious public school in Colorado, emails suggest: www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
Christian law firm sought Colorado test case for religious public schools, emails suggest
Alliance Defending Freedom approached a Colorado lawyer about starting a school in Colorado to spark a legal test of publicly funded religious education, according to an email authored by the lawyer.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Christian law firm’s search for test case led to religious public school in Colorado, emails suggest: www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
How a hostile America undermined its Black WWII veterans
Servicemembers were attacked, discredited, and shortchanged on GI benefits—with lasting implications.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
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New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New evidence on how ICE is affecting student learning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erU5Oe0vJYdVjuqQi4sfhUGxS0BGjWl8/view?usp=drivesdk
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“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present.” www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present.” www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...
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The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United States.
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United States.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United States.
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Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their families — and that includes the workers who serve students their lunch.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
Federal halt to SNAP hits school staff, including those who serve your child's lunch
WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" explores how political decisions are affecting NC educators' finances and families. Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their ...
www.wunc.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their families — and that includes the workers who serve students their lunch.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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Advocates say Michigan’s current funding system for students with disabilities is inequitable and too often forces parents to fight for services their children need. Could an overhaul fix that?
Report calls for revamp to fix Michigan’s ‘broken’ special ed funding system
Advocates say Michigan’s current funding system for students with disabilities is inequitable and too often forces parents to fight for services their children need. Could an overhaul fix that?
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October 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Advocates say Michigan’s current funding system for students with disabilities is inequitable and too often forces parents to fight for services their children need. Could an overhaul fix that?
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I’m a journalist. I’m also an Idahoan. A couple weeks ago, I stood outside my child’s school, chatting with the school nurse. As we talked, my phone buzzed. It was a call from the person behind Idaho's new law — one that limits how a school nurse can respond if measles arrives.
My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ...
www.propublica.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I’m a journalist. I’m also an Idahoan. A couple weeks ago, I stood outside my child’s school, chatting with the school nurse. As we talked, my phone buzzed. It was a call from the person behind Idaho's new law — one that limits how a school nurse can respond if measles arrives.
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“This employee has a valid employment authorization document, authorizing her lawful employment in the United States, with any U.S. employer through the spring of 2029.” www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
ICE agents send Colorado teacher to a Texas detention center
The teacher was arrested during a routine immigration appointment at a Centennial ICE office, a staff letter from school officials said.
www.chalkbeat.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“This employee has a valid employment authorization document, authorizing her lawful employment in the United States, with any U.S. employer through the spring of 2029.” www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...
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"There have been some notable Southern success stories, especially in fourth grade. ... Eighth grade results have been less impressive for these Southern exemplars, though." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/10/28/l... from @mattbarnum.bsky.social in his debut Ideas piece for @chalkbeat.org.
Has there been a ‘Southern surge’ in student learning?
Not exactly — but there have been some Southern success stories.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"There have been some notable Southern success stories, especially in fourth grade. ... Eighth grade results have been less impressive for these Southern exemplars, though." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/10/28/l... from @mattbarnum.bsky.social in his debut Ideas piece for @chalkbeat.org.
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NEWS — The White House says it has invited the five institutions that haven't said whether they'll agree to the compact to a meeting this afternoon. One source sees the meeting as a way to "regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
White House to Meet with Universities Regarding Compact
The scheduled meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal.
www.insidehighered.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NEWS — The White House says it has invited the five institutions that haven't said whether they'll agree to the compact to a meeting this afternoon. One source sees the meeting as a way to "regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:
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But this study shows that there can be academic spillover benefits from high-quality and well-implemented SEL lessons. A list of them is linked to in my story. (5/5) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Some social emotional lessons improve how kids do at school, Yale study finds
Reading and math gains from soft skill instruction
hechingerreport.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
But this study shows that there can be academic spillover benefits from high-quality and well-implemented SEL lessons. A list of them is linked to in my story. (5/5) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB
Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB
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The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August fell by 19 percent this year compared with last year — the largest decline on record outside of the pandemic.
Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August (Gift Article)
The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August fell by 19 percent this year compared with last year — the largest decline on record outside of the pandemic.
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The Supreme Court has ruled again that the Trump administration can end Venezuelans’ Temporary Protected Status. In January, Gisela Salim-Peyer wrote about the Trump administration’s attack on TPS:
The ‘Right Way’ to Immigrate Just Went Wrong
The Trump administration has stripped the status of 600,000 Venezuelans who obeyed the law.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Supreme Court has ruled again that the Trump administration can end Venezuelans’ Temporary Protected Status. In January, Gisela Salim-Peyer wrote about the Trump administration’s attack on TPS:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Des Moines Schools Superintendent Detained by ICE, School Officials Say
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September 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
This is *not* normal.
I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
I find this extremely chilling:
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
I spoke w a reporter this morning about Kimmel. (Reporter was / is great) They got back to me a short while ago to say they sought White House comment & WH demands to know first which experts they spoke with. I told reporter I'm happy to be quoted IN THE STORY but 1/x
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...
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David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
September 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25
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The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ
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If you are close to anyone who died of pancreatic cancer, as many of us are, this is astonishingly great news. Let us hope it is true, and let us hope that the work is allowed to continue in the current situation.
September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you are close to anyone who died of pancreatic cancer, as many of us are, this is astonishingly great news. Let us hope it is true, and let us hope that the work is allowed to continue in the current situation.
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The US is facing a skills shortage crisis in critical occupations. From 2024 through 2032, 18.4M experienced workers w/ postsecondary education are expected to retire, while only 13.8M younger workers w/ equivalent education will enter the labor market. bit.ly/4oHclst
#AcademicSky #Skills #Economy
#AcademicSky #Skills #Economy
Falling Behind: How Skills Shortages Threaten Future Jobs - CEW Georgetown
The report explores the causes and magnitude of anticipated skills shortages through at least 2032. It also examines potential strategies to address impending skills shortages and mitigate their econo...
bit.ly
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The US is facing a skills shortage crisis in critical occupations. From 2024 through 2032, 18.4M experienced workers w/ postsecondary education are expected to retire, while only 13.8M younger workers w/ equivalent education will enter the labor market. bit.ly/4oHclst
#AcademicSky #Skills #Economy
#AcademicSky #Skills #Economy
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The Trump administration's document about children's health and chronic disease doesn't mention the word "nicotine" once. Tobacco remains the top cause of preventable death in the U.S.
RFK Jr.'s MAHA report on children's health leaves something out: nicotine
The Trump administration's document about children's health and chronic disease doesn't mention the word "nicotine" once. Tobacco remains the top cause of preventable death in the U.S.
n.pr
September 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Trump administration's document about children's health and chronic disease doesn't mention the word "nicotine" once. Tobacco remains the top cause of preventable death in the U.S.