Atlanta: There Is No "Public School System" https://dianeravitch.net/2025/12/03/atlanta-there-is-no-public-school-system/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

Bruce Lesley: Organized Abandonment: How Attacks on Public Systems Are Harming Parents and Children - Unfortunately, federal policy increasingly reflects what Ruth Wilson Gilmore refers to as an agenda of “organized abandonment.” https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/bruce-lesley-organized-abandonment-how-attacks-on-public-systems-are-harming-parents-and-children/ #EducationMatters

Tom Ultican Reviews My New Book, with Some Personal Reflections https://dianeravitch.net/2025/12/02/tom-ultican-reviews-my-new-book-with-some-personal-reflections/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

Our Pressure Cooker Schools Are Destroying Children and Childhood - Our public schools need to be freed from the failed ideas that hurt children. https://dianeravitch.net/2025/12/01/our-pressure-cooker-schools-are-destroying-children-and-childhood/ via @dianeravitch #EducationMatters

'An Education' by Diane Ravitch -- My Review - by Gary Rubinstein https://garyrubinstein.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/an-education-by-diane-ravitch-my-review/ via @garyrubinstein #EducationMatters

ICYMI: Pops Concert Version (11/30) - Peter Greene's weekly education article roundup. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/icymi-pops-concert-version-1130?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #EducationMatters

Nancy Flanagan considers the work of teaching students to show gratitude and care during the holiday season. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/nancy-flanagan-gratitude-and-canned-goods-teaching-children-to-care/ #EducationMatters

Adiba Erfan’s remarkable achievement as the 2025 Victorian International Student of the Year highlights the urgent need to support Afghan girls’ education.
What can the global community do to help those banned from school? 💬 Share your thoughts!
#AdibaErfan #GirlsEducation #AfghanWomen #HopeForAfghanistan #EducationMatters
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Stephen Dyer: State Spending on Public School Students Lowest since 1997 https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/stephen-dyer-state-spending-on-public-school-students-lowest-since-1997/ #EducationMatters

Diane Ravitch has written a wonderful memoir that I really liked. https://tultican.com/2025/11/25/just-finished-diane-ravitchs-new-book/ #EducationMatters

The Elimination of the Professional Status of America's Helpers! - Donald Trump talks about bringing in foreign workers, while slighting those who are already here by de-professionalizing their work. https://go.shr.lc/4acmzfC via @shareaholic #EducationMatters

Reformster Nostalgia And New Old Mistakes - The reformster movement has long seemed far more interested in the Free Market part than the Improving Education part. https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1116865&post_id=180019488&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=hcxf&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MDk5MDcsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4MDAxOTQ4OCwiaWF0IjoxNzY0MTYyOTUzLCJleHAiOjE3NjY3NTQ5NTMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMTE2ODY1Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.BSZ8B4YSHIu1QmXK_ckVnelmtbiO_TzEGEvjeaDbYQ4 #EducationMatters

I really liked Diane Ravitch’s new book and have explained why in this linked post. https://tultican.com/2025/11/25/just-finished-diane-ravitchs-new-book/ #EducationMatters

ICYMI: Reforming New Jersey School Funding in 2026 - The state’s commitment to equitable, adequate school funding has slipped. https://schoolfinance101.com/2025/11/24/icymi-reforming-new-jersey-school-funding-in-2026/ #EducationMatters

New Plan to Decimate U.S. Dept. of Ed. Exposes Trump Administration's Deficient Educational Vision - Ed’s core offices are not discretionary functions. They are foundational. https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/new-plan-to-decimate-u-s-dept-of-ed-exposes-trump-administrations-deficient-educational-vision/ via @janresseger #EducationMatters

Today, the @EUinAfghanistan joins #OrangeTheWorld to launch #16DaysOfActivism campaign.

We stand in solidarity with Afghan women, recognizing their immense resilience in the face of challenges & their potential to build a prosperous country.

#EducationMatters #ACTtoEndViolence

Source: EUinAfghanistan (@EUinAfghanistan)
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Diane Ravitch probably thinks this is her last book a sort of swan song. Somehow, I don’t think so. She is relentless and will almost certainly want to teach all of us about something in the future. https://tultican.com/2025/11/25/just-finished-diane-ravitchs-new-book/ #EducationMatters

Nancy Flanagan takes a look at the attendance problem bothering public and charter school policy observers. https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/nancy-flanagan-absence-makes-the-smart-go-wander/ #EducationMatters

ICYMI: Health Care System Edition (11/23) - Peter Greene's weekly education article roundup. https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/icymi-health-care-system-edition?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #EducationMatters

Media Manufactured Education Crisis? You Can Count on It - In 2025, the media still looks for a way to blame John Dewey for the education crisis they repeatedly manufacture. https://radicalscholarship.com/2025/11/22/media-manufactured-education-crisis-you-can-count-on-it/ via @plthomasEdD #EducationMatters