School people: We're about a month away from SCOTUS deliberations in St. Mary's v. Roy. It's a big deal: Private schools want to take public money but keep their "right" to discriminate against LGBTQ families. They built their case on a bogus history, so we filed a brief telling the real story:

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In honor of teacher appreciation day, I want to highlight the large but often hidden impact that teachers have on students through their informal mentorship. Students who have a teacher as their primary mentor are substantially more likely to go to college. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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How are history teachers teaching about rightwing movements in this current moment of increasing authoritarianism? Join Rob Martinelle, Lightning Jay, and I tomorrow at our #AERA2026 roundtable. Sat, April 11, 1:45 to 3:15 pm, JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 2.

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Rob Martinelle and I have a new article out in Studying Teacher Education, where we examined through self-study our development as teacher educators working for justice. If it is behind a paywall for you, e-mail me (christopher.martell@umb.edu) and I can send you a copy. doi.org/10.1080/1742...

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Katie Gorka-wife of deputy assistant to the president and white supremacist Sebastian Gorka-is leading America 250's educational programming (has zero experience in education and holds similar views). This 100% tracks with everything we know about the Trump administration. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

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