This week we talk about voters approving school budgets in New York, the Illinois pension coalition releasing a new video, the Maryland legislature’s special session that avoided education cuts by closing tax loopholes and feature a great video created by AP and honors students in Florida who were forced into remedial classes after failing a standardized test.

Romney says he will enact a national “right to work” law on his first day as president and will take on organized workers

ALEC’s “whack-a-mole” legislative strategy can be defeated by public school advocates working together.

Educators and parents mobilized to defeat out-of-state corporate education reformers in state legislatures

Check out our list of state and local affiliate Facebook pages and let us know about any we missed.