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America Measures Special Education in Dollars and Labels, Not Skills Education policy America Measures Special Education in Dollars and Labels, Not Skills A new report calls America’s support system for children with disabilities broken, and Minnesota is being ordered to cut $250 million from it. The fight is framed as dollars up…
September 4
New York Paused AI in Grade Schools. The Evidence Backs Caution. Education policy New York Paused AI in Grade Schools. The Evidence Backs Caution. New York City paused generative AI for 600,000 students through 8th grade, and the coverage split into cheers and alarms. The more useful question is the one the city actually…
September 3
NYC Set New School Screen-Time Limits. The Ban-or-Embrace Fight Fails Parents. Education policy NYC Set New School Screen-Time Limits. The Ban-or-Embrace Fight Fails Parents. New York City moved to limit screen time in its schools, and the reaction split into two certainties: overdue protection, or technophobic panic. Both are missing the same thing. Here…
August 27
Kansas Weighs Screens in Early Grades. The Device Isn’t the Question. Education policy Kansas Weighs Screens in Early Grades. The Device Isn’t the Question. Kansas is debating whether to pull screens from its youngest classrooms. It is a fair instinct built on a shaky premise: that the device decides whether a child learns. Here…
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August 23
Screen Time Is the Wrong Yardstick for Learning Software, Feds Say Education policy Screen Time Is the Wrong Yardstick for Learning Software, Feds Say A new federal letter tells schools to judge learning software by outcomes, not screen time. It is the right correction, and it stops one step short. It never says what…
August 20
Phonics Got Colorado’s Young Readers Moving. It Won’t Carry Them Alone. Education policy Phonics Got Colorado’s Young Readers Moving. It Won’t Carry Them Alone. Colorado's new reading scores rose in fourth and fifth grade, then slipped by middle school. The state's fix is more phonics training. But decoding and understanding are different jobs, and…
August 19
Florida Made Cursive a Law. Parents Are Arguing About the Wrong Thing. Education policy Florida Made Cursive a Law. Parents Are Arguing About the Wrong Thing. Florida made cursive proficiency a legal requirement for grades three through five. The coverage argues nostalgia versus brain-boost. Both miss where a child's writing actually improves: direct spelling instruction and…
August 11
Texas Rated the Schools. Nobody Rated the Reading Instruction. Education policy Texas Rated the Schools. Nobody Rated the Reading Instruction. New Texas school grades land August 14. A Tribune analysis found majority-Black campuses drew far more F's than A's, and parents face wrenching choices. The letter reports test outcomes. It… Arizona’s 60% Classroom Rule Counts Athletics, Not Counselors or Nurses Education policy Arizona’s 60% Classroom Rule Counts Athletics, Not Counselors or Nurses Arizona's Proposition 320 would force big districts to spend 60 percent of their budgets on direct instruction. The catch sits in the definition: athletics count, while the counselors, nurses, and… Washington Proposes Fewer Head Start Rules. Parents Become the Quality Check Education policy Washington Proposes Fewer Head Start Rules. Parents Become the Quality Check A proposed federal rule would remove Head Start's class size, ratio, and curriculum requirements while projecting 236,000 added seats. One side sees local control, the other a rollback. The science…