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Skye Oduaran was reading a Scholastic Magazine in fifth grade when she noticed a section inviting youth to apply for positions as kid reporters with the magazine. It intrigued her, so she sent in an application. Fast forward six months and the Atlanta 12-year-old now has zig-zagged across her state, scoring interviews with a sitting […]
Voters delivered powerful messages on Election Day, not all of them consistent: They want schools to focus on education, not culture wars. Vouchers got a boost in Oklahoma but were rejected in Wisconsin. The red wave never materialized, but neither did a blue one. These post-election crosscurrents will be the topic of a webinar sponsored […]
Youth voters contributed to better-than-expected results for Democrats nationwide this election cycle, turning out at their second-highest midterm rate in three decades. Some 27% of all people ages 18 to 29 cast ballots, more than in any recent midterm election except 2018, according to estimates from Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic […]
Georgia’s Republican schools Superintendent Richard Woods appears headed for a third term. In unofficial results, he’s leading Democratic challenger Alisha Thomas Searcy with over 54% of the vote. During the campaign, Searcy, a former state representative who supports school choice, touted her ability to work across the aisle. But with Republicans prevailing in other statewide […]
In Wisconsin, the first surprise served up by the midterms was the re-election of Democratic incumbent Gov. Tony Evers, in a state where electoral maps are controlled by the GOP. The second was that the race was decided before most voters turned off the news and went to bed. The third: Republican challenger Tim Michels, […]