Frustrated podcaster turns up the heat
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Feds & Iowa, Florida failures, & parent-centered education coverage: Best Education Journalism of the Week 🏆(01/09/2026)
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Assessing 2025, ‘you are not entitled to a response,’ & laughing reporters.
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Enrollment declines, best of 2025, & a reporter who started a microschool: Best Education Journalism of the Week (12/19/2025)
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The top 10 education stories of 2025
This year’s most memorable list includes traditional journalism, podcast episodes, books, and TV, covering topics as diverse as school sexual misconduct and toxic masculinity. Maybe next year we’ll add Substackers and TikTokers?
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Eviction, housing affordability, & rethinking education news
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IDEA at 50, ESA might be the hot new beat, & a promising start at the Globe: Best Education Journalism of the Week (12/05/2025)
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