Works
“I’ve kept the most interesting company imaginable with people long gone.”
I’ve kept the most interesting company imaginable with people long gone.
“My prediction is that we will see, over the course of the next three years, districts and states find and utilize more innovative ways with their state and local resources to try to mitigate some of those challenges as we’re winding down the pandemic funding.”
Commenting on schools transitioning to normal financial levels after COVID-19 funding is spent
Segregated Schools
U.S. Government Accountability Office report, June 2022
“This new partnership cements the Department of Education’s commitment to ensuring that all students have access to meaningful, enriching out-of-school programming, not just some of the day, but all day, all year round.”
Announcing the Department of Education's new initiative, Engage Every Student
Rebounding FAFSA Completions
National College Attainment Network
“One of the absolutely critical things we can do to keep schools open and safe this fall and winter is to improve the quality of indoor air.”
One of the absolutely critical things we can do to keep schools open and safe…
COVID-19 Mental Health Impacts
Institute of Education Sciences 2022 School Pulse Panel
Standards-Aligned Materials
Ed Reports
“Colleges should be prepared for a larger population of students who are pregnant and parenting. But we don’t even have a system in place to support the ones that we currently have.”
Colleges should be prepared for a larger population of students who are pregnant and parenting.
Education as a Voter Issue
The Harris Poll on behalf of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) of 5,002 parents with school-aged children
“If we’re successful, future kids will look at guns the way we look at cigarettes—not as something cool and sexy, but as something that’s dangerous and gross.”
If we’re successful, future kids will look at guns the way we look at cigarettes—not…
Enrollment Declines in Two-Year Colleges
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Fact Book on Higher Education
“Over the past two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active-duty military combined.”
Over the past two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police…
Firearm-related Deaths Among Children
NPR analysis of firearm-related deaths
“If schools do not have an uncompromising focus on academics, the lasting consequences will be catastrophic — and Black and brown children, and those who live in poverty, will hurt the most.”
If schools do not have an uncompromising focus on academics, the lasting consequences will be…
Lost Instructional Time
The Atlantic
Roe v. Wade
Guttmacher Institute data featured in The 74
“So many teachers are doubling as school counselors. We need to give our teachers support and bring in more mental health professionals to serve our students.”
So many teachers are doubling as school counselors. We need to give our teachers support…
9th Grade Enrollment
Burbio data compiled from 35 states and Washington, D.C.
“Teachers shape lives. Yes, they teach us reading, math, and science, but they also really help us develop who we are as people. I’m happy that we can pause for a part of the year to acknowledge what teachers do. But we should be appreciating them every day.”
Teachers shape lives. Yes, they teach us reading, math, and science, but they also really…
Mental Health Laws
Pew Charitable Trust
“Most books being targeted for censorship are books that introduce ideas about diversity or our common humanity, books that teach children to recognize and respect humanity in one another.”
Most books being targeted for censorship are books that introduce ideas about diversity or our…
“What we’re talking about today is the educational equivalent of long COVID. The good news is we know how to treat it: extra help and intensive instruction.”
Announcing a $50 million initiative for summer learning in charter schools
Teacher Hours
The Merrimack College and EdWeek Research Center nationally representative survey of 1,324 of the nation’s teachers
Mental Health During the Pandemic
April 2022 CDC report using data from the Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES)
“Children should be able to learn and grow in environments that are not plagued with poor insulation and ventilation, leaky roofs, or poor heating and cooling.”
Children should be able to learn and grow in environments that are not plagued with…
Student Absenteeism
U.S. Government Accountability Office
“Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live. And all the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly.”
Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand…
“I think this is going to be an experiment in public education resources and spending that I think will be studied for decades, really. And the results are going to be continuing to come in years and years and years to come.”
I think this is going to be an experiment in public education resources and spending…
Mental Health Professionals in Schools
Education Week analysis of federal data