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August 4
Arkansas Is Holding Back Third Graders. Retention Is the Wrong Fight Education policy Arkansas Is Holding Back Third Graders. Retention Is the Wrong Fight Arkansas's third-grade reading gate is live and the first retention decisions are out. The loud fight over holding kids back hides a bigger number, and the classroom entitlements the law…
August 3
Pennsylvania Parents Will Now Hear Less About Lead in School Water Education policy Pennsylvania Parents Will Now Hear Less About Lead in School Water Pennsylvania's budget quietly raised the bar for reporting lead in school drinking water from any detection to 5 parts per billion. The EPA's health goal is zero. What changed, what…
July 26
In NYC, a Promotion Letter Is Not a Reading Report Education policy In NYC, a Promotion Letter Is Not a Reading Report New York City celebrated rising test scores while the passing bar quietly dropped and promotion stayed near-automatic. Four in ten children in grades 3 through 8 missed proficiency in reading…
July 19
The Education Department Breakup Won’t Change How Your Child Learns to Read Education policy The Education Department Breakup Won’t Change How Your Child Learns to Read A House committee approved ten bills moving most Education Department functions to other agencies. Parents are hearing panic and celebration. Both frames miss what decides your child's outcomes: instruction quality,…
July 15
Education policy Mississippi Gave Teachers Classroom Funding Early. The New Platform Blocked Local Suppliers. Mississippi released $25 million in teacher supply funds two weeks early. The new platform blocked Walmart and local tutoring stores, required pre-approval on every purchase, and trained teachers via a…
July 14
Education policy California’s Career Ed Formula Lost $115 Million. The Students Who Needed Those Classes Most Paid for It. California earmarked $300 million a year for career education programs — the hands-on classes that often keep struggling learners engaged in school. A 2-to-1 matching requirement sent $115 million back… Education policy California Made Preschool Funding Permanent. The Hard Question Comes After. California locked preschool into Proposition 98's constitutional guarantee — a genuine funding win. But for the one in five children who will struggle to read, stable funding and the right… Education policy Pennsylvania Spends More on Special Ed While Proven Reading Methods Stay Underfunded Pennsylvania's $55 million special education increase looks like progress. Only 8 percent of students with disabilities read at grade level, unchanged from last year, and the law mandating proven reading…
July 13
Education policy States Count Empty Chairs But Miss Why Struggling Learners Skip School Six states enacted laws to track and punish chronic absenteeism in 2026. What none of them require: finding out whether the child staying home has a learning challenge the school… Education policy Retaining Third Graders Won’t Fix Nevada Schools That Never Taught Reading Right More than half of Nevada third graders are not reading at grade level. The state is fighting over whether to retain them in third grade. Neither side is talking about…