On March 8, 1948, the Supreme Court, in McCollum v. Board of Education, struck down religious education classes during school hours in Champaign, Illinois, public schools, saying the program violated separation of church and state.
Ernie Isley
On March 7th, 1952: #ErnieIsley, American vocalist and guitarist (The Isley Brothers,1969-84 & 1991-present - "It's Your Thing"; "Heat is On"), born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
#HappyBirthday #74 🎂🎉🫶🏻🍬🍨🎁
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
Excellent and informative read. My only (not surprising) quibble is to also include considerations about the rights of students.
New-
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.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/no-adult-l...
Monday thoughts
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
"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. "
kentuckylantern.com/2026/02/19/k...
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.
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.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
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.
“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.
"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 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
