Miguel Cardona, US education secretary, at the Education Writers Association annual conference in Vegas:
I believe a lot of the issues that we've had on college campuses in recent months could have been prevented with good programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion.

U.S. Education Secretary Secretary Miguel Cardona getting some tough questions about the FAFSA disaster from Erica L. Green of the New York Times. He says his department is “acutely aware” of the problems but process is getting better. #EWA24 #ksed

Perfectly FAIR Spinner!

omg the best part of childhood

That's my tribble.

Jesse would have been graduating high school with his classmates this year. Newtown High School recognized him with an honorary yearbook page.

Jesse left this world a better place than he found it. I am eternally proud of him.
#SandyHook #Newtown #chooselove

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In so many powerful ways, my 2023-2024 school year will be remembered as pre-“this* vs. post-*this*.

Worth noting as Governor Jeff Landry says he wants students to be taught 'how to think, not what to think' — He's expected to sign a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. Bill's author said she wants kids to see 'what God’s law is.”

Clarence Thomas issued a strong rebuke of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, suggesting the court overreached its authority in the landmark decision axios.com/2024/05/23/cla…

In the 11th hour of the longest school year of all time, Rebekah O’Dell and I got tired of explaining what plagiarism is to students. So, I made a decision tree. It’s helping our kiddos! Hope it helps yours too 😇

🔗 to paraphrasing doc: docs.google.com/document/d/12X…
#sschat #edchat

Exclusive: Texas schools illegally suspended thousands of homeless students — and nobody stopped them. The lead vignette is a girl who didn't have a see-through backpack. Great story from Asher Lehrer-Small houstonlanding.org/texas-homeless…

Since Tuesday, 2 HS seniors, 1 parent, 4 college counselors, 1 HS principal, and 2 college students I’ve never spoken with before have reached out to tell me that they/some of their students still can’t access or complete the FAFSA due to various technical problems. Oof.

Breaking: 19 Uvalde families are suing 92 individual Texas DPS officers for their response to the Robb Elementary shooting, after securing $4M in settlements from the City of Uvalde and Uvalde County. I’m in Uvalde for their announcement. Follow along

my final set of stories for Mississippi Today, about the 'mississippi miracle,' is publishing this week.

This first story looks at the work that remains to be done to make sure the gains are felt in every corner of the state.

mississippitoday.org/2024/05/21/mis…

HS senior who still can’t complete the FAFSA just told me: “If a different population of students — students who don’t look like me — were having this much of a problem just trying to get to college, you can bet there would be parents protesting outside Congress.”

THIS is such a key pt. Shortages have been getting so much attn recently b/c they've affected more privileged students. As shortages decline for more privileged students, we'll likely see declining public interest, even if they remain substantial in high-pov schools & special ed

Genesis and Karen Callero, recent immigrants from Ecuador, had already taken their graduation photos when they say their Brooklyn school pressured them to transfer. They weren't alone. A deeply reported piece from Michael Elsen-Rooney chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/0…

Cc Morgan Polikoff 🏳️‍🌈