The Education Show

Last week, The Argument’s published a piece headlined ‘ Illiteracy is a policy choice ’ excoriating blue-state school systems that have let struggling students languish even as several red states have figured out how make dramatic improvements in teaching kids to read. What makes this piece stand out is that, while The Argument is billed as a liberal outlet, it’s not hard to imagine the piece havi...

TikTok is the new Twitter, and reporter Olivia Krauth is one of the journalists who has perfected the craft of melding traditional journalism and video-first coverage. I first met Krauth first when she and Mandy McLaren wrote a big piece about school integration efforts in Jefferson County Public Schools for the Courier Journal. Since then, she switched to politics and left the paper. But her vide...