Dale Chu

In my latest for @educationgadfly: Policymakers are pushing to reduce screen time in schools. But what happens when the accountability system still depends on screens?

Yet another reminder: when push comes to shove, school isn’t treated as essential.

To make matters worse, the Man with the Yellow Hat is using three-cueing.

Manatees: still undefeated. With César Chávez in the news, it’s a good time to re-read @rpondiscio’s excellent take on naming schools.

“There are more schools in California named after Chavez than Martin Luther King Jr.”

Meet the New Department of Education via @bradyafr @HannahBowenAEI @AEI

In my latest for @educationgadfly: Policymakers are pushing to reduce screen time in schools. But what happens when the accountability system still depends on screens?

nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/… @IdahoGOP @idahoednews @IdSBOE @BluumOrg

“We’ve experienced this huge shift, from believing that the public schools were a bastion of our democratic republic that could use more accountability to believing we shouldn’t give them any money at all.” @julieyam57

edweek.org/policy-politic… #AssessmentHQ #WaiverHQ

Helpful overview via @educationweek’s @AlysonRKlein. For those who want to get into the weeds, I’ve been tracking this closely over at #WaiverHQ.

hechingerreport.org/proof-points-8… @hechingerreport @ReadingShanahan @GreatMindsEd

“They used to say the progression in school was you learn to read and then you read to learn. Now people realize it needs to be both for much longer. ‘Reading to learn’ should start earlier, and ‘learning to read’ must continue well past third grade.”

@annamerod FYI @moultano @parthurgraff @KelseyTuoc @AlecStapp @dwaldenwrites @LauraPowellEsq @EggerDC @dissproportion @onefiftyfivemm @no_earthquake @jonboguth @Empty_America @PatrolSquadron @AlanMCole @AmyA1A @schools_us @CurriculumIP

k12dive.com/news/how-distr… @annamerod

With all the Twitter buzz around i‑Ready, I’m curious: what does @fresnounified’s outcomes‑based contract look like? How do they tie pay to results?

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/… @Jorge_Elorza @iambenaustin

“K-12 education might not be the first issue that comes to mind when diagnosing Democratic drift, but if you want to understand how Democrats went from the party of reform to defenders of the status quo, start with public schools.”