Mississippi has the best demographic-adjusted NAEP (4th & 8th grade) scores now The "Mississippi Miracle" started in 2012 when the Republican governor/legislature introduced phonics-based instruction and began to hold back ~10% of 3rd graders per year who fail a reading test

He did it! My mentee Christian is now a high school graduate! This is my 9th year as his mentor through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program; I’ve seen him overcome a lot and persevere through challenges. Great day! 🎓 @BBBS_TampaBay

State's education department proudly dons their "We are #1" banner! Great job @CommMannyDiazJr @RonDeSantis & most of all, education entrepreneurs! #PPI24 #ParentPowerIndex @USNewsEducation

This is more innovative than anything Google has done in the last 20 years

Senate Minority Leader @Paul_Lundeen's closing remarks on HB24-1448, the school finance reform bill, elevated the importance and moral imperative of funding student needs over systems. The bill is currently awaiting the Governor's signature. Read Sen. Lundeen’s remarks below: "[House Bill 1448] is responsible to the state budget, it is sensitive to district needs, it is elegant in establishing a new mathematical formula that at the end of the day, most importantly, honors students. It’s a transformation from a formula that was about systems into a formula that is about students. It is our responsibility, it is our moral imperative that we meet every student who shows up on the doorstep of our public schools asking for, needing a free public education that we acknowledge the circumstances from which that student arrives, and the opportunity that the student may move forward in their life to. Nothing is as important in a child’s life, beyond love, family and friends, than the education they get. And it is critically important that this formula will offer the promise of actually making the way we fund public education about those precious souls that are the future of our state and the future of our country for the first time." Read the full bill: leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-…

Congratulations to @starleecoleman, new President and CEO at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, bringing more than two decades of experience to the role. Can't wait until you start in August! See our full press release: publiccharters.org/news/star…

Florida retains the #1 ranking in Education for a second year in a row! Thanks @GovRonDeSantis for your leadership in showing how it's done in the Education state! @EducationFL @FLBOG @FLCollegeSystem usnews.com/news/best-states/…

It's worse than I thought: "Nearly a quarter of UK five-to-seven-year-olds now have their own smartphone."

Governor DeSantis Champions Legislation to Support Florida's Turnaround School Program and Parental Rights in Education x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlldDr…

A good starting point would be not constantly telling kids the basic tasks of life and learning are too hard, to traumatizing, to anxiogenic for them. Kids can do hard things, and learning their multiplication facts is not even a particularly hard thing.

Testimony from survivors of the Dozier School is horrific. It is sickening to hear what these men endured. I commend their courage and appreciate Senator @darrylrouson bringing SB 24 forward this session. He has been a champion for survivors of Dozier and Okeechobee. @FLSenate 🙏

Today we're announcing the Cohort VI of 50CAN's National Voices Fellowship. Join us in welcoming the leaders we’ll be working with over the year to come–one with both deep challenges and great opportunities. Learn more about our 2024 fellows at 50can.org/national-voices-fe….

Team Red wins!!! $6,817 vs $2,817. But with more than $48,000 raised in total, the pups and kitties are the real winners. Thank you to everyone who made #RDBD24 possible!

Such a great time at @RDBDbenefit last night! Thanks for having me!