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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 4h

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she's leading the department's "final mission" to shut down. But @megomatz.bsky.social and I found it's more than that: Political appointees from ultraconservative groups are in power at ED now, and they hope to dismantle public schools.

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 1d

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” invites Treasury Department regulations that will leave states vulnerable to federal overreach, diminished protections for students, and steep academic declines tied to voucher expansion. bit.ly/434xcN9

Federal Vouchers, Treasury Regulations, and State Flexibility

The 2025 Reconciliation Act, or “One Big Beautiful Bill,” creates a federal school choice program offering tax credits for donations to Scholarship Granting Organizations that fund private-school tuit...

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Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice @greatlakescenter.bsky.social · 1d

Student data isn’t safe. Ed tech companies collect + monetize it without real oversight. #StudentPrivacy
@nepc.bsky.social greatlakescenter.org/docs/Policy_...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 4d

Yes! More importantly, the report is misleading. As the review says, "simple comparisons of privatization programs’ expenditures and public school spending do nothing to inform a comparative analysis of each sector’s cost, especially when differences in student populations and outcomes are omitted."

Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice @greatlakescenter.bsky.social · 5d

New @nepc.bsky.social review: EdChoice’s Fiscal Factbook fails to prove vouchers save money.
www.greatlakescenter.org/docs/Think_T...

#SchoolFunding #PublicEducation

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 6d

A new study examined how the pandemic impacted college access for different student groups. bit.ly/4gPtoF8

How Did the Pandemic Impact College Access?

A new study examined how the pandemic impacted college access for different student groups.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 8d

New NEPC Review: @futureedgu.bsky.social report offers sound descriptions of universal voucher programs across 10 states. bit.ly/4nVjOD1

NEPC Review: Directional Signals: A New Analysis of the Evolving Private School Choice Landscape (FutureEd, July 2025)

The FutureEd report Directional Signals: A New Analysis of the Evolving Private School Choice Landscape compiles recent data on universal school choice programs, such as vouchers and education savings...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 10d

David Berliner passed away yesterday morning. He was incredibly kind, smart & funny, w/a deep sense of what’s right.

Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...

Review of Public Education for Our Nation’s Democracy: Commentaries on Schooling in America, by David C. Berliner | Education Review

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 11d

New interactive report from @kevinkumashiro.com follows the threads of Christian Nationalism from the Colonial Era to the present day, explaining how we got to this point and helping us think through how we can move forward. Highly recommended!
www.kevinkumashiro.com/schooltimes

School Times for End Times — Kevin Kumashiro

SCHOOL TIMES FOR END TIMES: A Brief History of U.S. Christian Nationalist Activism and Public Education

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13d

Edtech platforms "are not neutral 'tools' but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests." Excellent new policy brief on edtech platforms from @nepc.bsky.social and @philnichols.bsky.social

National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13d

New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13d

New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 15d

The Partnership for the Future of Learning just released a two-year blueprint for strengthening public education and fighting back against attacks. bit.ly/425VRR3

Move Over Project 2025. A New Blueprint for Public Education Has Arrived

The Partnership for the Future of Learning just released a two-year blueprint for strengthening public education and fighting back against attacks.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 20d

This month's NEPC Talks Education podcast is out! Kevin Welner and Robert Kim discuss the recent dramatic shifts in K-12 federal education policy with @cmsaldana.bsky.social.
@edlawcenter.bsky.social bit.ly/469Iba6

NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Kevin Welner and Robert Kim About Recent Changes to K-12 Federal Education Policy

University of Wisconsin‑Madison Assistant Professor Christopher Saldaña interviews Kevin Welner and Robert Kim about the dramatic shifts in K-12 federal education policy.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 22d

Vermont recently became the first state in the nation to prohibit schools from using social media to communicate with students.
bit.ly/4gvrQQC

This State Expelled Social Media From School. Here’s Why.

Vermont recently became the first state in the nation to prohibit schools from using social media to communicate with students.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 23d

McMahon/Trump love charters. Using discretion that comes with stopgap sending, they just cut $15 million from magnet schools, $9 million from gifted/talented programs, & $31 million from Ready to Learn (PBS shows for children) and gave it all to grow more charters. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Trump Redirects Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Charter Schools

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

For both NAEP tests (4th and 8th grade), the lowest performing schools are these “Conservative Christian” schools – the exact type of school that vouchers are now “spurring the growth” of. The final two posts in this thread are screenshots of the key histograms in the article.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

A 2006 article in a top academic journal investigated the NAEP scores of students in different types of private schools. The study compared these students’ scores to public school students, after controlling for student demographics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3...
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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

But the biggest implication of this study (which I wish Goldstein had mentioned) brings together the new finding about the growth of small, low-priced Christian schools with the academic research about achievement in different types of private schools.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

In fact, the study purporting to add the "mix" does not provide much at all, and findings about academic (test-score) impacts of these expanded (universal or near-universal) voucher programs are devastatingly bad – particularly for math outcomes. See nepc.colorado.edu/sites/defaul...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

The article also notes the broader research findings about the academic impacts of vouchers, although it misleadingly describes those findings as “mixed” – apparently in the same way that climate and tobacco research have mixed findings.

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

The NYT article notes the key finding that “Vouchers are spurring the growth of low-priced, Christian schools” and that “The typical American private school serves just 30 students, has modest tuition and might meet in a church basement.”

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

The new study is from @douglasharris9.bsky.social & Gabriel Olivier, and the NYT article this morning about the study is authored by @danagoldstein.bsky.social. Here’s a guest link to the article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u....

Voucher Push Is Reshaping Private School Education, Study Finds

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 26d

For those interested in the growth of ESA vouchers and the new federal push for vouchers by Trump and Congressional Republicans, please read this thread about the important new voucher study & the NYT article about that study. reachcentered.org/publications...

The Effects of Universal School Vouchers on Private School Tuition and Enrollment: A National Analysis | REACH

The mission of REACH is to provide objective, rigorous, and applicable research that informs and improves school choice policy design and implementation to increase opportunities and outcomes for disa...

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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 27d

An amicus brief filed by the National Academy of Education uses research evidence to argue that a state law that restricts curriculum related to race and sex harms students and—ultimately—democracy itself. bit.ly/3K1yoKu

Curriculum Censorship Harms Us All. This Brief Explains Why.

An amicus brief filed by the National Academy of Education uses research evidence to argue that a state law that restricts curriculum related to race and sex harms students and—ultimately—democracy it...

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