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On The Supreme Court Case That Protected Educational Independence

“This ability for families to choose the best school for their children wasn’t always a given. In fact, it was a right affirmed in a landmark Supreme Court decision made 100 years ago. In June 1925, in the case of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, the Court unanimously ruled that an Oregon law requiring children […]

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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