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State and Federal Governments Keep Attacking the Teaching of Honest History When I read Dee Brown’s 1970 book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, I learned that treaties, abrogated treaties, and U.S. Army battles with the American Indian nations of the northern plains of…

State and Federal Governments Keep Attacking the Teaching of Honest History - For the US to Impose a biased narrative of history violates federal law and the principle of local control in education. janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/s... via @janresseger #EducationMatters

"Vagueness has long been seen as a clear divide between democracies run by laws and autocracies run by strongmen...."

Honest exploration of American history is the target of the Trump administration’s effort to insert its ideological bias into history and social studies teaching across K-12 public schools and the nation’s colleges and universities.

A Canal Winchester school board member responds effectively to a September 25 Columbus Dispatch column by Troy McIntosh. Email from Ohio E & A Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email   A Canal Winchester school board member responds effectively to a September 25 Columbus Dispatch column by Troy McIntosh. Scho

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Ohio anti-abortion advocates support Baby Olivia Act; lawmakers question showing it to third graders • Ohio Capital Journal Doctors, anti-abortion advocates and a mother spoke in favor of a bill that would require Ohio public schools to show a video about fetal development to students starting in the third grade.

Ohio anti-abortion advocates support Baby Olivia Act; lawmakers question showing it to third graders. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/30/o...

The Reckoning: Sora 2 and the Year We Said Enough "Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?"

The Reckoning: Sora 2 and the Year We Said Enough
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Nancy Flanagan Writes a Fine Review of My New Book Nancy Flanagan has many gifts: She spent decades in the classroom teaching music; when she speaks, she knows what she’s talking about. And she’s a fine writer. I always learn by reading…

Nancy Flanagan Writes a Fine Review of My New Book dianeravitch.net/2025/10/28/n...

Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown • Ohio Capital Journal Unless a deal is reached to end the government shutdown, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states will not get their federal grant funding come Nov. 1, according to ...

Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/28/r...

Harmeet Dhillon, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, whose division would likely take over the work of OCR, is known as a MAGA extremist.

Who Is Harmeet Dhillon? What If Ed.’s Office for Civil Rights Work Gets Sent to the Department of Justice? At her February confirmation hearing, Education Secretary Linda McMahon suggested she would consider moving the work of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to the Just…

Who Is Harmeet Dhillon? What If Ed.'s Office for Civil Rights Work Gets Sent to the Department of Justice? janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/w...

Cities could dramatically cut childhood poverty with new tax credits, research finds • Ohio Capital Journal Child tax credits are becoming more popular across the country, with more than a dozen states offering them as financial relief toward the cost of raising kids. But new research suggests cities could ...

Cities could dramatically cut childhood poverty with new tax credits, research finds ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/28/r...

With Ryan Walters Out, It’s a New Day for Education in Oklahoma John Thompson writes here about the remarkable transformation of education in Oklahoma since Commissioner of Education Ryan Walters resigned. Walters was obsessed with getting the Bible and the Ten…

With Ryan Walters Out, It's a New Day for Education in Oklahoma! dianeravitch.net/2025/10/27/w...

Ohio Senate passes 'success sequence' bill, which would require schools teach when to have kids • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio schools would be required to teach students to graduate high school, get a job and get married — in that order — before having a baby, according to a bill the Ohio Senate passed last week.

Ohio Senate passes ‘success sequence’ bill, which would require schools teach when to have kids ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/27/o...

When School Content Decisions Become Unconstitutional This piece was made possible by the Center for Educator Wellness and Learning (CEWL).

When School Content Decisions Become Unconstitutional
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Ohio’s universities could suffer in refusing higher ed 'compact,' but could also suffer in agreeing • Ohio Capital Journal Commentary: While the loss of federal funding that could come from refusing the Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" would threaten Miami University's ability t...

Ohio’s universities could suffer in refusing higher ed ‘compact,’ but could also suffer in agreeing ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/24/c...

Education Department layoffs illegally burden students with disabilities, advocates say • Ohio Capital Journal Proposed mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education have raised alarm among disability advocates and Democratic lawmakers over the potential impact on millions of students with disabilities.

Education Department layoffs illegally burden students with disabilities, advocates say. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/23/r...

Will Teachers Save Our Democracy? With nearly every day presenting more evidence of America’s eroding democracy, it’s understandable to wonder whether a countervailing force will come

Will Teachers Save Our Democracy?
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High schools in Ohio will vote in special election next month to allow NIL for athletes Principals in Ohio will vote next month on a referendum that could clear the way for name, image and likeness agreements for high school athletes in the state.

High schools in Ohio will vote in special election next month to allow NIL for athletes.
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Ohio Reform of Local Property Taxes Must Increase State’s Investment to Avoid Penalizing Public Schools Many Ohio communities have a serious problem with rapidly rising local property taxes to fund public schools, libraries, parks, and other public services. The legislature has aggressively set out t…

While there are many reasons behind the rise in property taxes, census data indicates that what has actually happened is that state support for K-12 education has been dwindling for over two decades. janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/o...

Ohio local school leaders press for changes in latest property tax reform bills • Ohio Capital Journal School officials from around Ohio pleaded with lawmakers this week to pump the brakes on two more property tax reforms. They acknowledge tax reforms are necessary but insist the changes would force th...

Ohio local school leaders press for changes in latest property tax reform bills. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/21/o...

North Carolina: Vouchers Are Great for Religious Schools! North Carolina was once considered the most progressive state in the South. Since the Tea Party sweep in 2010, the rightwing has gerrymandered the state so that The Legislature (the General Assembl…

North Carolina: Vouchers Are Great for Religious Schools! dianeravitch.net/2025/10/22/n...

Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she discusses her new memoir - Network For Public Education Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir. An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else is a beautifully written account of both the personal and professional growth of this hero of public education. This is a discussion you will not want to […]

Join NPE Pres. @dianeravitch.bsky.social & NPE Exec Dir. @carolburris.bsky.social 11/10 at 3:30 PM EST, in a discussion about Diane's new memoir: An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else

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Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she discusses her memoir: An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir. An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else is a beautifully written account of both the personal and professional growth of this hero of public education. This is a discussion you will not want to miss.

Join NPE President Diane Ravitch on 11/10 at 3:30 EST as she discusses her memoir: An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else

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Nancy Bailey's Education Website: Linda McMahon’s Reckless and Scary Disregard for Special Education History | National Education Policy Center nepc.colorado.edu/blog/linda-m...

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Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through end of month • Ohio Capital Journal The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep it running through October, while a government shutdown continues without an apparent end point...

Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through end of month ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/r...

Analysis: Universal school meals in Ohio would pay for themselves — and then some • Ohio Capital Journal Most Ohio school kids already get free meals. Making them free for all students would produce big social benefits, new study says.

Making free meals available to all public students wouldn't only produce benefits equal to the costs, it would produce social benefits with a net worth of about $520 million a year, according to an economic analysis released last Monday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/14/a...

If States push vouchers and charter schools for special education, realize that there have never been decent choices for children with disabilities.

John Thompson on Hanna Rosin’s Podcasts about Oklahoma Education, Part II In part two of Hannah Rosin’s podcast about former Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, Walters consistently responded to criticisms of his actions by calling them lies. My take on…

John Thompson on Hanna Rosin's Podcasts about Oklahoma Education, Part II dianeravitch.net/2025/10/13/j...