06/11/2025

How Washington is Stressing out American Schools

This certainly is not the first time public education has felt pressure

Public schools have had a tough run — pandemic closures and culture wars, falling test scores and rising absenteeism.

Now they’re facing a host of new pressures, this time from state and federal policies including proposals for private-school vouchers, funding cuts, and scrutiny of their approaches to gender and race.

Many of the issues are under consideration, either in Congress or at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Some proposals may be modified, and in some cases, the court may side with the schools’ point of view.

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.