I'm all for any policy that encourages reading among the young, but I am frankly astonished that Rachel Reeves has promised to provide a library for every primary school in England; I say astonished because apparently 1,700 primary schools DO NOT have a library.

How has this happened? A school without a library?????

I knew the Tories had f**ked up the education system, but even though I though I could not longer be shocked by their callousness, I am!

#schools #books
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/rachel-reeves-pledges-a-library-in-every-primary-school-in-england

I'm all for any policy that encourages reading among the young, but I am frankly astonished that Rachel Reeves has promised to provide a library for every primary school in England; I say astonished because apparently 1,700 primary schools DO NOT have a library.

How has this happened? A school without a library?????

I knew the Tories had f**ked up the education system, but even though I though I could not longer be shocked by their callousness, I am!

#schools #books
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/28/rachel-reeves-pledges-a-library-in-every-primary-school-in-england

But a few days later, #Oklahoma’s superintendent of #schools, #RyanWalters, directed all the state’s schools to observe a moment of silence in honor of #Kirk. Durant felt a shock that quickly flamed into outrage.

People were free to mourn Kirk or not, he said, but the #state had no right to #order his #child & other #children to honor a man whose words had often denigrated them. “My initial thought was, Hell no — there’s no way.”

But a few days later, #Oklahoma’s superintendent of #schools, #RyanWalters, directed all the state’s schools to observe a moment of silence in honor of #Kirk. Durant felt a shock that quickly flamed into outrage.

People were free to mourn Kirk or not, he said, but the #state had no right to #order his #child & other #children to honor a man whose words had often denigrated them. “My initial thought was, Hell no — there’s no way.”

Decades of research show that standardized tests don’t measure intellect, creativity, or resilience. They measure zip codes. https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-schools-children-tea-scores-closures/

#education #Austin #news #Politics #USpol #schools #CentralTexas

Decades of research show that standardized tests don’t measure intellect, creativity, or resilience. They measure zip codes. https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-schools-children-tea-scores-closures/

#education #Austin #news #Politics #USpol #schools #CentralTexas

In Opinion, from Benjamin Johnson: "Measured by firings, this panic is already larger than the repression of the McCarthy era. And it has only begun." https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-faculty-firings-tom-alter/

#FreeSpeech #education #CharlieKirk #history #politics #USpol #news #schools #Texas

In Opinion, from Benjamin Johnson: "Measured by firings, this panic is already larger than the repression of the McCarthy era. And it has only begun." https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-faculty-firings-tom-alter/

#FreeSpeech #education #CharlieKirk #history #politics #USpol #news #schools #Texas

Very good news for #Oklahoma

#Republican #RyanWalters resigns as Oklahoma's top #PublicSchools official to lead *conservative educators'* [ #disinformation & #indoctrination] group

Walters, who lauded #Trump, pledged to put a #TurningPointUSA chapter in every high school to honor #CharlieKirk & end what he called “wokeness” in public #schools, is resigning.

#education #extremism #radicalization
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-school-superintendent-ryan-walters-96567486aa0a2cd03e3f8f40e66b29dc?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-25-Politics+and+education

He has also tried to require #SocialStudies teachers to promote #conspiracies about the 2020 election, track the #immigration status of #children in #schools & require applicants for teacher jobs coming from #California & #NewYork to pass an exam designed to safeguard what he described as “radical leftist ideology.”

Many of his efforts have led to lawsuits against him & the agency, even as #Oklahoma’s national ranking in several #education metrics has continued to decline.

Walters, 40, said Wednesday night on FauxNews that he is stepping down as state superintendent of public instruction to become the CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a nonprofit that says it assists educators “in their mission to develop free, moral, & upright American citizens.”

“We’re going to destroy the #TeachersUnions,” Walters said on Fox. “We have seen the #teachers #unions use money & power to corrupt our schools, to undermine our #schools.”

#Oklahoma #education #PublicSchools

Very good news for #Oklahoma

#Republican #RyanWalters resigns as Oklahoma's top #PublicSchools official to lead *conservative educators'* [ #disinformation & #indoctrination] group

Walters, who lauded #Trump, pledged to put a #TurningPointUSA chapter in every high school to honor #CharlieKirk & end what he called “wokeness” in public #schools, is resigning.

#education #extremism #radicalization
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-school-superintendent-ryan-walters-96567486aa0a2cd03e3f8f40e66b29dc?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-25-Politics+and+education