@ConorPWilliams
Senior fellow at The Century Foundation. Writer at various publications. Tired dad and beer magnate (Flying Lion Brewery).
tcf.org/experts/conor-p-williams/Bad family policy and gridlock
Child Tax Credit Failure Reaffirms Young Peopleâs Pessimism About Government
Students, nearly 50% of whom qualify for free and reduced-priced lunch, take in grim message as Congress kills measure that cut child poverty in half.
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Not the bill Iâd have written but itâs still a win if the Senate can get it done.
Opinion | Senate, accept it: The House got the child tax credit right
Republicans have no good excuses to reject the bipartisan legislation.
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A good idea, but notice Californiaâs bonkers education governance move of running state education initiatives through a couple county offices of education.
Setting aside local control, legislation would mandate how to teach reading in California
Bill author Blanca Rubio and advocates argue research justifies setting requirements on choosing textbooks and training teachers on reading instruction.
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On teacher shortages
With 160,000 Jobs Added in 2023, the State of the Education Workforce Is Strong
Aldeman: Federal economic data show that at 2.8%, public education has the lowest job opening rate of all major industries.
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âThe secret: listening to immigrant communities.â
St. Paul school district halts enrollment slide. The secret: listening to immigrant communities.
Schools offering Hmong, Spanish and East African language or cultural programs saw the districtâs biggest gains.
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âOf course, that sort of pretending is pretty much the standard national ask for todayâs parents of young children: please accept that our crumbling social present is simply as good as things will ever get.â
Williams: Job Requirement Exhausting Todayâs Parents? Pretending Life is Normal
After a gun threat at his childrenâs school, Conor Williams reflects on how much self-deception is asked of parents trying to rear secure kids.
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âNo we donât. We want our politics. All education is political.â
âAmerica Is Under Attackâ: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade
The backlash against âwokeismâ has led a growing number of states to ban D.E.I. programs at public universities. Thousands of emails and other documents reveal the playbook â and grievances â behind one strand of the anti-D.E.I. campaign.
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Good, research-backed policy
Opinion | Congress is about to do something amazing: Agree to invest in kids
Republicans and Democrats have come to a good deal on the child tax credit. It should pass.
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Our report cited in here
How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families
Dual-language programs, one of the best tools for educational equity, may not be reaching the kids who need it the most
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Must read
Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade
This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion â shooting down compromise and testing the boundaries of how the law is decided.
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"A window frame offers an objective point of view of a physical place and a metaphorical âframeâ of a moment in time."
Opinion | Windows on exile: Refugees share their views â and peer beyond
A refugeeâs inner journey never ends. A window in their new country looks out on both the objective present and intangible memory.
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Good coverage of our latest report
California lags behind other states in bilingual education for English learners
The percentage of English learners in bilingual education programs in California is more than three times lower than in Wisconsin and more than two times lower than in Texas, Illinois and New Jersey.
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Worldâs best player
Aitana BonmatĂ y el Ă©xito de ser una misma - Panenka
ÂżCĂłmo es posible que Aitana BonmatĂ se haya convertido en la mejor futbolista del mundo sin perder la naturalidad por el camino?
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Happy for the carbs bit
Perspective | 10 things I know are true about food â that people donât want to believe
Gene editing isnât always bad, plus nine other things about food and nutrition that often meet with public disagreement.
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Talking parenting and child development with Stephanie Malia Krauss
âWhole Child, Whole Lifeâ Book Offers 10 Ways For Kids to Live, Learn & Thrive
Countering current gloom, author charts ways to help children enjoy their childhood without constantly feeling at risk and to a imagine a happy future
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Big early ed investments also!
Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.
Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.
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A+ writing
All the Things I Want
"An imaginary shopping list, whose first item is the undoing of a war, and whose other items are equally implausible"
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Iâm gonna wreck it
Gochujang Caramel Cookies Recipe
Gochujang, the fermented Korean chile paste, offers intrigue in this otherwise classic chewy sugar cookie A gentle amount of ground cinnamon lends snickerdoodle vibes, and the dough is raked through with ripples of clay-red gochujang âcaramel,â in which brown sugar and butter mellow the chileâs heat Mixing this dough by hand is highly recommended for the most defined crinkles and the chewiest texture.
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Got some listening to do
He spent a lifetime collecting the blues. The Smithsonian listened.
Smithsonianâs Folkways label and American History Museum are releasing Robert âMackâ McCormickâs tapes, research and writings as part of Folkwaysâ 75th anniversary.
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Ben Stormo is a trusted news source.
Scrolls That Survived Vesuvius Divulge Their First Word
Experts hope that the techniques used to retrieve hidden text on delicate papyrus could lead to the recovery of lost classic works.
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âBy almost any measure, todayâs young Americans are pessimists.â
America Is Failing While Conservatives Rewrite the Past
The real problem isn't "woke education" but that young Americans are experiencing cascading national crises
time.com
Learned a lot from Laura Meckler in this interview about her new book.
Never Stop Trying: Dream Town Author on Shaker Heightsâs Quest for Racial Equity
Washington Post reporter Laura Meckler goes home again to tell the story of her school districtâs decades-long pursuit of integration.
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