Alexander Russo
@alexanderrusso
Founder @thegrade_: http://ow.ly/65CV30r3gmo. Prev: TWIE, LA_SR, D299, Stray Dogs, Saints, & Saviors (book). Seen any great (or awful) schools coverage lately?
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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says usatoday.com/story/news/edu… via @USATODAY
NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being “decimated,” as one person described. “They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding,” said another. “I’m not sure how these programs exist moving forward.”
Demographic crisis is coming sooner than you may think. We've hit peak 18-year-old. Unless colleges enroll less qualified students, they'll see total enrollment fall rapidly. Elementary, middle, and high schools will see class sizes fall and many will have to shut down too.
"Devon Horton, who unleashed the unfounded vilification of two white students in Evanston, Illinois, allegedly steered school contracts to friends and pocketed over $80,000 in kickbacks." thefp.com/p/hate-crime-s…
Here's the latest from @insidehighered on the second round of layoffs at the Department of Education: insidehighered.com/news/governmen…
"Plenty of red states are failing. We have a winning playbook and everyone should use it."
some familiar ideas in this piece from David Brooks in the New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opi…. But I think he overstates the case: red vs blue doesn't predict much about education. Plenty of red states are failing. We have a winning playbook and everyone should use it. it.
Mississippi in particular had a very successful overhaul. But another very strong state for education is Massachusetts. I agree with Kelsey, a red vs blue frame feels culture warry and unhelpful.
some familiar ideas in this piece from David Brooks in the New York Times. nytimes.com/2025/10/09/opi…. But I think he overstates the case: red vs blue doesn't predict much about education. Plenty of red states are failing. We have a winning playbook and everyone should use it. it.
College enrollment is collapsing across America at the same time that birth rates are collapsing. This is a huge problem. Yes, the "wage premium" is real. But it's also hollowing out entire cities built around a university. Great piece from @kylascan. theargumentmag.com/p/what-happens…
Inside an Alabama voucher school, the rise of citizen journalism, & the sloppy hiring problem, by @alexanderrusso open.substack.com/pub/alexanderr…
#HISD kept 9 in 10 of its top-rated teachers—and just 1 in 5 of the lowest-rated. Whatever you think of @HISDSupe, that’s a system doing what it set out to do.
ProPublica doubles down on its Washington-centric, sky-is-falling narrative: How Trump’s Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools — ProPublica propublica.org/article/trump-…
🚨From the National Desk: - @TWallack joins from @WBUR as an education accountability reporter - @laurenmlumpkin moves to National as a K-12 reporter - @laurameckler takes on a new role as senior national education writer 👏Welcome Todd, and congratulations Lauren and Laura!
While I have to wait on responses to public records requests, the Associated Press has picked up where I left off on the story of Nicole Price’s professional ties to Ian Roberts. (Link to the article in the comments, along with my prior posts on the subject.) Price employed…
The superintendent arrested by ICE had a consulting gig. His districts repeatedly hired the firm apnews.com/article/ian-ro…
"At least a dozen new private schools have opened this year in Alabama, touting smaller class sizes, Bible quiz bowl teams and “guides” instead of teachers – all at no cost for some families." New private schools are opening in Alabama al.com/educationlab/2…
"Schools in blue states like California, Oregon and Washington are languishing, but schools in red states like Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana, traditional laggards, are suddenly doing remarkably well." Opinion | Democrats Are Increasing Inequality -
"Chinese kid taking online class under her parents’ street food stand." : r/interestingasfuck reddit.com/r/interestinga…
It really does look as though this man was arrested for posting a meme, and, as usual, I have to wonder how drunk the magistrate was when he signed the warrant.
A Tennessee man was arrested for "threats of mass violence on school property" for posting this meme on Facebook criticizing Trump's comments about a previous school shooting. Insane.
"The legislation comes two years after an investigation by Business Insider's @mattdrange detailed evidence of decades of sexual abuse at Rosemead High School, which is located in Sen. Pérez's district." Ca Enacts Law to Prevent Sex Abuse in Schools businessinsider.com/california-ena…
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