Preston Green

A photo of Ramin Taheri (Magnet Schools of America, Halley Potter (The Century Foundation), and Sonia C. Park (Diverse Charter Schools Coalition), and Preston Green (UConn). They participated in a panel for Brown's Promise's Community of Practice to discuss "choice for good" -- how magnets, charters, and other public-school options can expand opportunity while retaining accountability and fundamental rights for students and families.

I had a great time joining Ramin Taheri, Halley Potter (The Century Foundation), and Sonia C. Park at a panel for Brown's Promise's Community of Practice, to discuss "choice for good." -- how school choice can expand opportunity while retaining accountability and rights for students and families.

Serpentine Fire 🔥
#EarthWindAndFire

I wonder if this has implications for charter school legislation. //cc @drprestongreen.bsky.social

Neil Sedaka - "Puppet Man" (1969) YouTube video by Lance The Scorpion

RIP

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Excellent and informative read. My only (not surprising) quibble is to also include considerations about the rights of students.

The problem with school boards Political scientist Vladimir Kogan says school board politics often reward adult priorities. He explains why culture-war fights and off-cycle elections can leave students behind.

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I spoke with political scientist Vlad Kogan about his provocative new book "No Adult Left Behind." He argues that the politics of public education privilege the interest of adults over students. I tried to pressure test his arguments in this Q&A.

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Monday thoughts

U.S. boosts gold medal tally at Winter Games, led by athletes from handful of states The U.S. is a winter sport powerhouse, second only to Norway. The wins at the Milan Cortina Games come disproportionately from athletes who emerged in a handful of states from Alaska to Vermont.

The U.S. is a winter sport powerhouse, second only to Norway. The wins at the Milan Cortina Games come disproportionately from athletes who emerged in a handful of states from Alaska to Vermont. n.pr/3OrMmYw

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

"Do what you can, where you are, with what you have", embodied.

Hindus and Jews are much more likely to have a four-year college degree than Americans in other religious groups, according to Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS). Seven-in-ten Hindus and 65% of Jews have a bachelor’s degree or more education. That compares with 35% of U.S. adults overall. On the other end of the spectrum, lower shares of evangelical Protestants (29%) and members of historically Black Protestant denominations (24%) hold college degrees. The shares of college graduates for several other religious groups range from 35% to 45%.

American adults with a four-year college degree
Hindus 70%
Episcopalians 67%
Jews 65%
Agnostics 53%
Atheists 48%
Muslims 44%
Buddhists 41%
Catholics 35%
National average 35%
Evangelicals 29%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/19/which-us-religious-groups-are-most-highly-educated/

A U.S. appeals court has cleared the way for a Louisiana law requiring poster-sized displays of the Ten Commandments in public classrooms to take effect. https://cnn.it/4rXs1bL

KY Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Republican lawmakers’ 2022 charter school law • Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Supreme Court justices all agreed that the Republican-controlled legislature’s 2022 allowing charter schools is unconstitutional.

"In a Thursday opinion written by Justice Michelle Keller, the seven justices ruled that the law did not meet the requirement in the Kentucky Constitution for lawmakers to “provide for an efficient system of common schools” across the state. "
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Alysa Liu wins!

Oh my god watching Alysa Liu win women’s figure skating individual women’s gold was incredible!!!

Such an awesome person too. Way to go Alysa.

She looked like she was just straight up having fun on the ice. Such a joy to watch.

"Will It Go Round in Circles" is a song by American #soulMusician #BillyPreston from his 1972 album #MusicIsMyLife. It was written by Preston and #BruceFisher and released as a single in March 1973. The record topped the #Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies.

Neither are we

"Straighten Up and Fly Right" is a 1943 song written by #NatKingCole and #IrvingMills and one of the first vocal hits for #theKingColeTrio. It was the trio's most popular single, reaching number one on the #HarlemHitParade for ten nonconsecutive weeks.

Florida A&M Does About-Face After Banning Student From Using 'Black' In Flyer For Black History Month Event

This level of censorship speaks volumes.

Richard Bland College Board Removed Virginia lawmakers rejected seven lingering board picks from former governor Glenn Youngkin, effectively removing the entire Richard Bland College Board of Visitors.

The Virginia Senate rejected several lingering Youngkin board appointments yesterday. Those rejections included the entire Richard Bland College board, plus Eric Cantor at William & Mary.
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Obama Presidency Oral History The Obama Presidency as told by 450+ officials, activists, organizers, and extraordinary people from all walks of life.

So the Obama administration oral history project went live today. An extraordinary resource for historians and teachers, and a great credit to the team of folks who compiled them all, including Evan McCormick, @pastpunditry.bsky.social and many others.

Opinion | I’m a South Carolina pediatrician. This measles outbreak was preventable. Dr. Annie Andrews: I’m a pediatrician — and a measles outbreak is surging in my home state of South Carolina. This was all preventable, and we need to be honest about how we got here.

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“If AI consistently produced garbage, students could ignore it. If it consistently produced excellence, they could learn to use it appropriately. Instead, students have no way to predict which interaction will be reliable, which means every interaction requires an exhaustive verification process.”

Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

Ten Commandments could go up in Tennessee public schools • Tennessee Lookout The Ten Commandments could be posted in public schools under legislation passed by the Tennessee House of Representatives.

"House Bill 47...would enable schools to put up displays with the Ten Commandments and items such as the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, one of a handful of bills this year designed to insert [White Christian nationalism] into the fabric of life in Tennessee."

Marvin Gaye's NBA All-Star Game national anthem, 40 years later, still moves souls (Published 2023)

Marvin Gaye’s iconic NBA All-Star Game national anthem: ‘He turned that thing into his own’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/415...

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

Why? Because the professors who teach gender studies courses are often more willing than others to speak up when people within academia are doing or benefiting from harm to girls and women. And because those classes prepare students to see and call out similar problems in other institutions too.

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.

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