Jed and I talk AI, education politics, Virginia, and Target boycotts on a New WonkyFolk. Is Liz Cohen right that we need a ...

My colleague Marissa Mission and I sat down with Ben Kornell to talk AI and ed tech for his Ed Tech Insiders podcast. We ...

On a Substack live Thursday, I sat down with teacher Jaime Osborne, and parent Todd Truitt, for a discussion about pedagogy and content and why and how your child might be getting shortchanged. Jaime ...

A lot below: Accountability debates in Virginia, dismantling the Department of Education, Ross Wiener’s op-ed, the national voucher tax credit, and child protective services. Plus – when Starlee ...

More to come on the election and its impact—but for now, a few thoughts. First, for Democrats, this was avoidable, and it’s consequently inexcusable. At some level, it’s the obvious things: the ...

Next week, on April 29th, I’ll talk with Dr. Sonja Santelises, outgoing CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools on her run in Baltimore and what she’s learned. You can join and ask questions. That’s ...

In Eduwonk today, new WonkyFolk, some VA news, 2025 holiday books. This is probably the last post of the year. There was some noise about a possible big announcement from the administration before ...

It’s the first week of January so here’s the In and Out list (2023 here and 2022 here). It’s unscientific, it’s impressionistic, and it’s informed by your emails so keep sending them. Happy New Year.

There’s a popular narrative that government doesn’t work that well lately – and budget brinksmanship in Washington this week certainly underscores that there is some truth to that. Yet underneath the ...

And I talked Charm City education with departing schools CEO Sonja Santelises. Today at 2p ET/11a PT Indiana state chief Katie Jenner, former SD state chief, CCSSO president, and Metametrics VP Melody ...

I discussed Virginia’s efforts on school accountability with Susan Pendergrass on her “There’s A Policy For That” podcast. This month, on the 22nd I’m participating in this Aspen Institute webinar ...

I’m not a big fan of the snitch line, which as anyone who has seen The Simpsons or South Park could have predicted has not turned out well. Still two things happened. One, VA Dems seized on the “all ...