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Nearly 80% of married college-educated women in the U.S. can expect their marriages to last 20+ years. As divorce rates decline, that number may rise even further. The Institute for Family Studies: ifstudies.org/blog/the-us-di…

If you, like me, take interest in school turnaround work, a highlight from this year's ILEARN scores: the Liberty Grove Schools charter operator in Riverside increased proficiency rates for the 2nd year in a row. Other ILEARN takeaways for IPS, charters 🧵chalkbeat.org/indiana/2025/0…

The U.S. has lost three quarters of its local journalists, and more than 1,000 counties have no one covering local news. Rebuild Local News recently shared a Local Journalist Index estimating how many journalists are in each U.S. County. Read more ⬇️ macfound.org/press/grantee-…

Want to Save Democracy? Start a School - BullshitED substack.com/home/post/p-16…

Have been meaning for some time now to recommend Daniel Immerwahr's piece reassessing the expert guidance on COVID. "Why were the authorities so resistant to taking the costs of lockdowns seriously? Perhaps because élites were insulated from them." Really worth reckoning with:

WOW! I'm so deeply honored to be named NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists "Journalist of the Year" and so incredibly PROUD of my Los Angeles Times colleagues for winning 5 more awards (‼️) for their coverage of LGBTQ+ issues in 2024, including in our major "Our Queerest Century" project. 🧵 latimes.com/about/pressrel…

.Chad Aldeman: Texas pays the state's best educators up to 32G to keep them in the classroom. Your state should, too buff.ly/mCxB8rW

Tune in now to KQED Forum with Alexis Madrigal and me to hear about the impact of the cuts to the federal Department of Education.

I remember when acronym literacy people were saying we don't need to worry about comprehension until readers learn to decode. Now we're talking about holding kids back because they can't answer even the most basic questions about a book. 1/ chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

New by me —> From now on, I'll tell you every month which 25 local U.S. newspapers are having the most traffic success on the web. Any guesses what (often forgotten) newspaper company owns a shocking 7 of the top 11, beating out far larger peers? niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-di…

New today: My Q+A with Mike Miles Mike Miles, who took over Houston schools in 2023, overhauled instruction, and huge big academic gains. He might be America's last unreconstructed education reformer (link below) The 74

Some professional news: After 11 years of columnizing at WaPo, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this—11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them: wapo.st/3TU2fGw

In the NYT, Jessica Grose is right to say boys crisis not a result of too-few female teachers. In my book research, the schools doing best by boys were run by women. But she misses the true cause -- a boosted literacy instruction that boys can't handle. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…

Excited to share the first media coverage of my new book, "Raising a Nation," from Jackie Mader! The book drops August 11th. (Article and pre-order link in thread)

Surprised, confused, but very flattered that the pod kang and I co-host, Time to Say Goodbye (Time to Say Goodbye), made Time’s “100 Best Podcasts of All Time” list. If you like hot takes, sports metaphors, and inconsistent audio-quality, check us out. time.com/collections/10…

"They did not lobby for the introduction of Chromebooks when they were in middle school."

The problem with every essay about the hopelessness and frustration of modern romance/dating/marriage is that it's written by a writer and as I've said repeatedly, no one should date or marry a writer.

Reupping this for the GIF What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing? | The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

Our safety net is more generous to seniors than it is to children —>

So... five out of six don't.