Ryan Walters' decision to miss a meeting this week, following the cancellation of an August session, has drawn attention to the multiple controversies he’s entangled in and reignited calls for his impeachment.

I saw a lot of headlines about Florida getting rid of all its vaccine mandates for schoolchildren. So @nadrakn.bsky.social and I wanted to add a little context and clarity about what that means and what might happen next. Our latest for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/09/flor...

Via @nadrakn.bsky.social and @19thnews.org: While covering the cost of classroom supplies is a challenge educators face annually, the burden on them has grown as the price of many learning materials has jumped by 20 percent in roughly five years.

After the hurricane shuttered New Orleans’ child care centers, providers didn't just reopen their doors — they built a more equitable system from the ground up.

As prices soar and family contributions shrink, America's teachers are footing the bill, spending hundreds — sometimes thousands — of their own dollars on school supplies.

Crowdfunding, second jobs, credit card debt. This is how teachers are stocking their classrooms to serve students during a period of economic uncertainty. 19thnews.org/2025/08/teac...

Who gets to decide a child's religious education: parents or the state? A Texas court just sided with families, blocking the Ten Commandments classroom law. 19thnews.org/2025/08/texa...

Libraries are under siege: How California's first partner is fighting back with books 19thnews.org/2025/08/jenn...

Philly teachers — 70 percent women — could strike over pay gap in two weeks 19thnews.org/2025/08/phil...

Can AI solve teacher burnout? A new study finds that it saves teachers up to six hours per week, time they can reinvest in students, sleeping and more! 19thnews.org/2025/08/teac...

“As an educator, it is my job, it is my role, it is my duty to try to figure out how to use AI, but have it be safe and ethical." @nadrakn.bsky.social reports.

Oklahoma schools chief Ryan Walters — once a candidate on President Donald Trump’s shortlist for education secretary — is now facing a GOP-backed probe.

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's schools chief, sparked controversy last year for pushing Trump-endorsed Bibles on students. Now the state superintendent is mired in scandal for an entirely new reason: images of nude women on his office TV. 19thnews.org/2025/07/ryan...

Texas ended in-state tuition for undocumented students, reversing a 24-year policy in just six hours in June. The move blocks college access for thousands and may lead to higher tuition for all as enrollment drops. 19thnews.org/2025/07/texa...

Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swiftly deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers. Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/she-wa...

"Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swiftly deported to Guatemala — a country she barely remembers." 19thnews.org/2025/07/ice-...

On July 4, Nory Sontay Ramos' American dream ended when she was deported after a check-in four days earlier. Expedited removals of immigrants have raised concerns about due process violations. Nory's deportation, uncommon for minors, has shocked the teen's LA community. 19thnews.org/2025/07/ice-...

This interview provides some important nuance and context to the report — @nadrakn.bsky.social interviews Taveeshi Gupta (lead researcher on the report) for @19thnews.org:

For survivors of sexual violence, the verdict and the behavior of fans outside the courthouse in hip-hop’s first major #MeToo trial made a mockery of their trauma and underscored what Black & Brown women know all too well: The justice system rarely believes them @nadrakn.bsky.social @19thnews.org

Students told The 19th that after the election they noticed changes in their classmates’ behavior — an uptick in sexist remarks, a sense of entitlement to girls’ attention and schadenfreude that yet another woman lost the presidency. @nadrakn.bsky.social and Mariel Padilla for @19thnews.org

i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Sam Lewis, the executive director of @antirecidivism.bsky.social‬, spoke with Contributing Writer @nadrakn.bsky.social‬ about why good meals, better pay, and post-release support could transform the future for incarcerated firefighters—and why society should see their humanity.

Some of you never listened to Rage Against the Machine's Battle for Los Angeles and it shows.

In one children’s book, a family dog gets lost at a Pride parade. In another, a young girl talks about using a wheelchair, while her friend wears a hijab in ballet class. These books are at the center of a Supreme Court case today. So... how did we get here? Let me and @nadrakn.bsky.social explain

Wow, signs of possible life on an exoplanet only 120 light years away! “A repeated analysis of the atmosphere suggests an abundance of a molecule that on Earth has only one known source: living organisms such as marine algae.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

“The accusations against McMahon have raised questions about whether she’s capable of keeping students safe.” — @nadrakn.bsky.social’s latest on Trump’s DoE pick for @19thnews.bsky.social