#PublicEducation is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 73 people shared 125 posts with it — around 4 a day. Activity is up 12% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 5 with 9 posts.
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Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
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Private school choice vouchers leave behind many kids in public school
Taxpayers are funding kids’ private education. Often, money goes to kids already in private or home schools.
citizenportal.ai
Board warned HB 1300 tax‑cap question could force $262,000 in SAU cuts; timing complicates budgeting
Administrators told the board that HB 1300 — a proposed November ballot question limiting tax‑rate increases and capping SAU expenses — could require immediate cuts to the SAU budget (from 7% to 6%), potentially eliminating positions and complicating an already constrained budget timeline.
![… come next Tuesday these friends of mine - lapsed Catholics one and all - will eagerly record their religion in the census.
… It's about strategy, not salvation. Their only belief is that their children should attend a well-funded private Catholic school.
In the same way they have those kids baptised by a priest, the census is another box to tick.
… at a time when the number of Australians identifying as religious is in freefall, … why should it play any role in influencing how governments allocate billions of taxpayer dollars on education?
… in a nation now abandoning the gods it seems absurd that state and federal governments continue funding significant parts of our education system according to the religious affiliation of various schools.
Governments should be neutral on this issue. Their sole responsibility should be funding education, not theology. … Maths before mass. Now there's a bumper sticker ...
… A public system founded on the principle that education should be free, compulsory and secular will continue funnelling billions of taxpayer dollars into schools whose only defining characteristic is their faith in deities fewer of us believe in.
And what about that belief of my friends that Catholic schools and those of other faiths deliver better academic results? Some certainly do - particularly those elite private schools whose students hail from affluent, university-educated families.
But the data gets more interesting the deeper you dig.
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Several studies have shown that once you account for the socioeconomic background of students (Catholic schools tend to enrol fewer students with severe disabilities, behavioural issues or from disadvantaged families in extreme poverty) there is little evidence that publicly funded religiously affiliated schools produce higher outcomes in literacy or numeracy.
… Educating our children is a public [matter] and among the most important responsibilities of any government.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zktxpckkp2fcezzgxnbxl3ql/bafkreiampdfgiyovru2ilo3qkh3dhdwrrfu46harf3sqvgrhzvnullpl5a)
citizenportal.ai
County plans town halls, one-pagers and partner outreach ahead of 1% school sales tax referendum
County administration outlined a public-education strategy for the November referendum on a 1% school sales tax, including coordinated materials with schools, chamber outreach, town halls and social/traditional media while emphasizing the board must remain neutral.
citizenportal.ai
State lawmakers at Flour Bluff meeting pledge to seek fixes for transfer rule
A visiting lawmaker who sits on the House education committee pledged to help draft and file legislation to exclude some transfers or rework the rural designation after district staff said transfers pushed Flour Bluff ISD over the HB2 threshold.
citizenportal.ai
Douglas County plans T‑SPLOST transportation sales tax for November ballot, officials say
County administration said it will seek voter approval in November for a 1¢ T‑SPLOST dedicated to transportation improvements (unpaved roads, repaving, subdivision upgrades); officials emphasized clear public education given prior confusion.
citizenportal.ai
Council debates aligning fireworks code with Ohio law amid enforcement and safety concerns
Council members and public-safety chiefs debated proposed changes to Huber Heights' fireworks code to mirror Ohio Revised Code allowances (limited days/times). Supporters sought predictability; fire and police chiefs warned legalization and retail availability could raise injuries and incidents and noted enforcement and privacy challenges.
wlangdon.substack.com
William’s Substack | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read William’s Substack, by William Langdon, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.
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