Friday Grab Bag: American education is ... fine

What historians actually do, thoughts on "reconductoring," and how the US education system stacks up internationally

We’re going to be out on vacation next week, but never fear! We have some great posts lined up for you, plus the return of the mailbag next Friday.

Other good news (beyond the good news that I will be at the beach) includes the EPA strengthening clean water rules, staring at a solar eclipse turns out to be not that dangerous after all, a decent small-bore housing reform bill passed in Maryland, single stair reform passed in Virgina, and No Labels officially abandoned its effort to recruit some kind of pro-Trump spoiler candidate.

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I want to thank Jesse Ewak for his alternate history recommendations, but also to highlight historian Gabriel R’s informative reply to me: