What an election! Some education paths forward

•  First, I really appreciate, as always, Matt Barnum's look at the overall national picture after last Tuesday's election.
  
  
• The one national policy that might now be reversed is the federal tax credit "don't call them vouchers" for private schools. This is scheduled to be starting in the new year; will Congress be able to reverse it before it really gets going, or will they be able to pull the plug overall?
  And that's without the flip of gubernatorial seats across the country, as governors are the ones deciding if states are opting in. 
  
  
• A big state-level impact is that voucher programs in states that have state voucher programs may well be reconsidering that; Arizona, Texas, and Iowa are mentioned in that article. Texas really only had vouchers forced upon it by outgoing Governor Abbott; they were really unpopular! 
  
  
• The other big education issue in Texas is the state takeover of eight (so far) Texas school districts, which has also been unpopular. Among those eight districts is the one on which board Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa served, Austin ISD. 
  
  
• Chicago elected its first fully-elected school board ever last Tuesday in a race that saw $5.2M in spending. Results for the 21-member board are still being decided; they are due November 24. 
  
  
• I do want to emphasize again that a really troubling result from last Tuesday, as I noted last week, were the ballot questions that went against trans youth rights. But I want to recommend reading Chris Geidner, who offers hope and work, and Katelyn Burns, who also is hopeful, on the results.