It’s Time for Democrats to Stop Fighting the Schools Their Voters Rely On In honor of #CharterSchoolsWeek #WeAreCharter #CharterSchools charliebaroneedu.substack.com/p/its-time-f...

Do accountability systems with multiple measures, beyond test scores, work? It depends.... cbaronevnj.substack.com/p/taint-what...

In recent weeks, @charliebarone.bsky.social and @thomastoch.bsky.social have each written long-reads on where the Democrats should go on education. Today we bring their debate to SCHOOLED. Weigh in! schooledbymikepetrilli.substack.com/p/toch-v-bar...

This just in: a thorough and nuanced review of polling on education within and between the parties that complements the polling points I made in the Education Next piece. nformedchoice1996.substack.com/p/democrats-hold-an-edge-on-education?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

How Democrats Lost the Plot on Schools—and How to Get It Back www.educationnext.org/how-democrat...

Closing The Promise Gap: How School Choice Can Deliver on Abundance and Affordability nationalparentsunion.org/2026/01/28/c...

The “school choice” parents are willing to support comes with a robust set of conditions centered on fairness, accessibility, and accountability, conditions that existing voucher and ESA programs fail to meet. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/09/29/t...

Quid Pro Quo? www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g...

I’m proud to have played a role in shaping the Carnegie Foundation's R&D Agenda for high school transformation. This work illuminates what’s possible, prioritizes students and educators, and challenges the field. Download the Agenda: cfdn.at/44IcunF

The “abundance agenda” doesn’t seem to be working out well for Chicago. www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

Duh www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

I got really frustrated listening to Democrats disparage charter schools at last week's hearing in the House Education and Workforce Committee. So I wrote a blog. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/05/21/d...

Five Ways High-Performing Schools Use Data to Help Students Succeed Rianna Saslow @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/five...

“What Democrats need is a more robust agenda that’s an alternative to Trump...We need somebody that’s willing to speak truth to power, not hedge on the severity of the problems we’re facing for the kids we care about...” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Totally mystified that R's made such a big deal about passing the budget resolution this week. They actually gave wildly different and conflicting budget-cutting instructions to each chamber, in one bill. Sooner or later, Republicans are going to have to come clean and make tough choices.

Governor Kim Reynolds wants to override the federal Title I formula and allow Iowa to decide for itself how to distribute federal education funds to schools and districts. This is a smash-and-grab. It’s not reform. It’s theft. And we will fight it. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/03/26/y...

Rethinking School Accountability: Waiving federal rules would be a step backward but could, with strong advocacy, create space for state leadership. www.educationnext.org/rethinking-s...

Who's gonna tell him? "We think that when you move it back to...all the states that run so well - there's so many I could name 30 maybe almost 40 - those will be as good as Denmark those will be as good as Norway.." - @realDonaldTrump www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuvc...

State tests (and a fed requirement for doing so) are so important for families of kids with disabilities.

The Future of Assessment and Accountability | Part 1 | Goodbye Federal Assessment Guardrails? nationalparentsunion.org/2025/02/26/t...

Anyone who cares about NAEP should worry about the abrupt removal of the person most responsible for its technical and operational quality.

URGENT: Call Congress Today! ☎️ The House is planning on voting today on a budget resolution that includes $2 trillion in devastating cuts. including Medicaid... Make your voice heard—call your representatives NOW and demand they protect these essential programs! #StopTheCuts bit.ly/43bi3dG

Trump's executive orders hung in the air at ACE's annual meeting this year. "I want to call the orders what they are, not pussyfoot around — these orders are an assault," said ACE's president, Ted Mitchell. chroni.cl/4gMr5B8

"It's almost like we're being subjected to a very elegant gaslighting here." - Senator Maggie Hassan at hearing for Sec of Ed nominee Linda McMahon #quoteoftheday

NAEP and Private School Choice: Something is not quite addiing up. nationalparentsunion.org/2025/01/30/n...