ICYMI: Mother's Day Edition (5/9)

Honestly, it has been kind of a rough week here, and it's not getting better any time soon. So whatever else you do today, make sure you hug a loved one and let them know you care. Time is relentless and remorseless. Humans do not have to be. Here's some reading from the week.

Teacher Evaluations (Hammers and Nails)

Blue  Cereal Education with a story of what teacher evaluation looks like in the field, and why sorting everything into hammers and nails is a problem of its own.

The Great (Unemployed and Underpaid) Transformation

Nancy Flanagan takes a look at what has changed, and why we're not going back to "normal."

A state legislator is howling indoctrination because my 7th graders are learning the ocean is polluted

One of the new anti-indoctrination policy ideas now making the rounds is to force teachers to post their lesson plans and materials (the better for folks to catch educators in their indoctrinatin' ways). Justin Parmenter inadvertently became a poster boy for that initiative in North Carolina. He tells eth story at Notes from the Chalkboard.

As schools expand racial equity work, conservatives see a new threat in critical race theory

At the Washington Post, an overview of the current right wing freakout over CRT (or at least what they imagine CRT must be). Pair this with the next piece on the list.

Why the right loves public school culture wars

Michelle Goldberg at the New York Times suggests that the right needs something to get the based fired up, and since Joe Biden won't fill the bill, let's get excited about all that pub lic school indoctrinatin' going on.

Biden's American Families Plan would revolutionize life for poor children

Jan Resseger looks at the potential effects of Biden's big AFP proposal.

Authentic Education Reform Based on Diversity Research

Thomas Ultican takes a look a new book about diversity research and considers teacher voice in policy ideas.

Democracy Prep enabled its founder to rip it off

If you're puzzled by the story of how Seth Andrew managed to take a pile of money from the charter he founded, the indispensable Mercedes Schneider clarifies how it was all done. 

How a Miami School became a Beacon for Anti-vaxxers

The Centner Academy hit the news when it announced that it would fire teacher4s for getting vaccinated. That turns out to be just the tip of the crazy iceberg. The New York Times went digging.

AI May Have Hit a Dead End

At Salon, Thomas Nail considers why artificial intelligence research may have wandered down the wrong road.

Artificial Intelligence Is Misreading Human Emotion

Kate Crawford at the Atlantic explains why all those programs claiming they can read student emotion are actually bunk.

Science of Reading Advocates Have a Messaging Problem

At the very least. Chuck Goldenberg at EdWeek explains.

If people talked to other professionals the way they talk to teachers

McSweeney offers a perfect true/sad/funny chaser for Teacher Appreciation Week.