Jake Teshka

It was awesome to be in the room as my friend and colleague, @rbehning was honored by @TheMindTrust for his tireless work to ensure a high quality education for every Hoosier student. Bonus: getting to hear from the great @JalenRose

Hot take: putting hot rotisserie chicken on food stamps is common sense. Arkansas took items like candy and soft drinks off SNAP. Now let’s put healthy, affordable options like hot rotisserie chicken on.

“Maintaining a flat tax on personal income, being a right to work state and guarding against the growth of government all help keep Indiana competitive.” ~@Taxeconomist Find out where your state ranks at: richstatespoorstates.org

Indiana comes in at #7 in economic outlook in this year’s @ALEC_states report - the best in the Midwest for working families to thrive. There’s plenty room for improvement, though and my friends in other states like AZ better not blink! @MatthewGress @MichaelCarbone

They’ll say I’m a hater who’s going to hate, hate, hate but I don’t think Taylor Swift was what folks had in mind when they were sold in devices in classrooms. #DistractionFreeSchools indystar.com/story/opinion/…

He is Risen.

“Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen.” Luke 24:5-6 Hallelujah! Happy Resurrection Day! May you be blessed today as we wait in great anticipation for His coming again.

🔴 Red states spend $14.0k per pupil. 🔵 Blue states spend $21.2k. NAEP composite (math + reading 4 and 8): 🔴 244.9 🔵 245.3 Correlations w/ NAEP composite across 50 states and DC. Raw spend: r = +0.07 and Income-adjusted: r = −0.14.

Luke 23:46 On this solemn day, we reflect on the ultimate sacrifice our Savior made for all humanity. Trust in God’s plan.

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5

I'm going to keep posting this Alstair Begg clip "The Man on the Middle Cross" (less than four minutes in length) every Holy Week, because its message is true in 2026, it will be true in 2036 and it will be true in 3036. "If i take my eyes off the cross, I can then give only lip service to its efficacy while at the same time living as if my salvation depends upon me. And as soon as you go there it will lead you either to abject despair or a horrible kind of arrogance. And it is only the cross of Christ that deals both with the dreadful depths of despair and the pretentious arrogance of the pride of man that says you know, I can figure this out."

The Anxious Generation was published two years ago today, in a very different world. Back then, the most common objection I got was resignation: "The train has left the station." "You can't put toothpaste back in the tube." "It's how the kids connect today." Today, the world looks very different. It turns out that if our kids were all on a train and we learned it was heading toward a collapsed bridge, we'd find a way to stop it and bring them safely back to the station. That’s what’s happening now. After the historic verdicts in Los Angeles and New Mexico, today is a great day to reflect on the capacity of people in democratic societies to take action, even when opposing some of the most powerful corporations in history. We're getting access to the courts. We're getting phone-free schools. We're seeing whole neighborhoods letting kids out to play, unsupervised, which is what we older folk all remember as the best part of childhood. So I want to recognize: --The mothers (and, right behind them, fathers) who rose up by the millions and powered the movement. --The farsighted governors and legislators in red states and blue states who have been innovating on policy solutions. --The leaders of a dozen of nations, who are raising the age to 16 for opening social media accounts (with a special shoutout to Australia, for going first). --The teachers and school administrators who had their classrooms disrupted for 15 years, and who are now eager to think through new solutions as screens have taken over and obstructed learning. --The grassroots organizations who have been dedicating their efforts to advocate for all of the above in their local communities. --The millions of members of Gen Z who have been rising up, demanding agency over how they spend their lives in the digital era, and finding better ways to connect in real life. And one final group: the survivor parents--the ones you saw in those pictures of people embracing on the front steps of the LA courthouse. I have met many over the years. I am in awe of their courage and tenacity, their willingness to tell their stories of loss, over and over again, to different audiences, in the hope that no other parent would have to endure what they have endured. At long last, juries and legislatures are hearing you, and are acting. Together, we are calling the train back to the station. Together, we are rolling back the phone based childhood and reclaiming life in the real world. The work continues. If you’re not already involved, join us: anxiousgeneration.com/join

Big implications right here…

@meta @YouTube and other Big Tech firms finally being confronted with the fact that they are the bad guys:

Powerful new longitudinal study finds that adolescents who increase their social media over a 2 year period show lower cognitive performance, compared to those who did not increase. Fom @jasonmnagata's team, using ABCD data, and controlling for all the right stuff.

In addition to phone-free schools, there seems to be one more area where left and right can agree: Pervasive frictionless heavily advertised gambling is a scourge. States that legalized it are harming their own citizens and especially their young adults.

The Lord didn’t check who inside the house was worthy. He checked for blood on the doorposts. None of us is worthy. Only the blood of Jesus can cover us.

@jstewartIndy When I looked into this back in December, I noticed that while ELL population increased from ‘24-‘25 to the ‘25-‘26 school year, it was not at the clip that it had been increasing before - my takeaway being that federal immigration enforcement had at least some effect.

Between 2017-2026, the number of English language learners have DOUBLED in Indiana schools to nearly 10% of all students. Some school corporations added THOUSANDS more ELL students in that time frame.

Who is running social media at @indystar?! This article is from January 27th. But our newsrooms don’t have agendas…

The fact that students are being assigned laptops before they can read or write should give us pause.