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October 18
Pick Private School on the New Scholarship, and the IEP Stays Behind Education policy Pick Private School on the New Scholarship, and the IEP Stays Behind A new federal tax-credit scholarship starts January 1, 2027, and 30 states have opted in. Three news stories covered it. None explains what happens to your child's IEP in private…
October 15
Florida’s Reading Scores Fell. Honest Report Cards Won’t Teach Kids to Read. Education policy Florida’s Reading Scores Fell. Honest Report Cards Won’t Teach Kids to Read. Florida's school grades climbed while its national reading scores fell. Jeb Bush wants stronger accountability. But a grade measures reading. It does not teach it. Florida already banned the guessing…
October 11
California Didn’t Ban Kids’ Accounts. It Banned the Addictive Design. Education policy California Didn’t Ban Kids’ Accounts. It Banned the Addictive Design. EdSource reported that kids under 16 would lose their social media accounts. That is not what the law does. AB 1709 bans the addictive design instead, like the algorithm feed…
October 5
Minnesota’s New Math Standards Are a Teaching Target, Not a Verdict Education policy Minnesota’s New Math Standards Are a Teaching Target, Not a Verdict Minnesota is rewriting its math standards. Data and statistics join every grade, and a new state test arrives in 2027-28. A new bar invites the "falling behind" panic. Here is…
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September 13
California’s Chatbot Law Won’t Touch the Design That Hooks Kids Education policy California’s Chatbot Law Won’t Touch the Design That Hooks Kids California has signed the country's strongest child-safety tech laws, and the protections are real. But the companion-chatbot bill governs what happens after a harmful moment, not the engineered design that…
September 9
Reading Scores Are Falling, and the Slide Began Before the Pandemic Education policy Reading Scores Are Falling, and the Slide Began Before the Pandemic The 2025 PISA results show American reading scores sliding again, and the coverage blames the pandemic and phones. The more careful data says the decline started around 2013, and no…
September 6
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…