Five years since COVID, Louisiana's readers are thriving. This is their secret. In 2019, Louisiana's fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they're 16th. Here's how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off.

In 2019, Louisiana's fourth graders ranked 50th in the country for reading. Now, they're 16th. Here's how the state, and one rural district, pulled it off.

Told you so.

More reasons for modest optimism This week’s 10

Re upping

A must read

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Weingarten: It’s really only the Congress that can abolish the Department of Education. So, what the president can do is make government basically ineffective—not work—by a thousand cuts. And that’s what they’re doing.

Trump signs order to limit who gets public service student loan forgiveness The president says some nonprofit organizations that qualify for the program are engaging in illegal activity, without offering any proof.

Imposing an ideological litmus test for student debt relief is antithetical to American values & contrary to the statute at hand. We won’t stop fighting, in court and in Congress, until every single public service worker gets the help the law affords them www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

YouTube video by Randy Rainbow Defy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Taking my Trump derangement syndrome to new heights. (Stay for the finale.) 🧹🫧💚🇺🇸 #NewVideo #DefyDemocracy #Parody

Hmmmm

What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?

I think we have a winner.

Hmmm. Shared Alt NPS post on Facebook and saw this on my feed shortly after.