ICYMI: Eagles Edition (2/12)

Yes, I'm sure some other team is playing. I'm just not sure I care. In the meantime, here's some reading from the week.

Gay fathers confronted at Arizona religious school accepting vouchers

When you add vouchers to protecting the rights of religious schools to discriminate, you get this-- and Arizona school that accepts the dollars from these taxpayers, but won't let their gay feet step onto its campus.

Teacher of the Year: Popularity Contest or Tall Poppy Syndrome?

Nancy Flanagan takes a look at Teacher of the Year contests from the perspective of someone who won one.

Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Is the College Board the right group to be on the front lines of the new arguments over teaching Black history? You already know the answer, but watch Ivor Toldson at Diversity tease out the details.

Actually, it should be damn hard to ban a book in Iowa

Todd Dorman writing for The Gazette has some thoughts about book banning and the folks driving it in Iowa.

Advocates Who Want to Protect Ohio’s Public Schools This Year Must Pursue Three Priorities

Jan Resseger looks at the three most pressing issues for public school advocates in Ohio.

Vermont State University to close libraries, downgrade sports programs

Still scratching my head over this one. The VTDigger reports on a new plan to so away with those bulky old physical books and let everyone work digitally.

This book is considered pornography in Ron DeSantis' Florida

Judd Legum at Popular Information with one of the many stories we're going to read about crazy choices in book banning.

Ralph Fiennes's Cheeseburger

I didn't watch the movie and probably won't, but this post from Anne Lutz Fernandez is a solid look at the state of work in this country, including the work of teaching.

Nation watches as Arizona’s universal ESA voucher fiasco fails

In the Arizona Capitol Times, Beth Lewis explains how Arizona's universal voucher system is a wasteful mess.

Voucher Schemes Are Failing Students with Disabilities

In The Progressive, Jacob Goodwin explains how voucher programs are bad news for students with special needs.

Bhutan earns first-ever Academy Award nomination with "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom."

A short clip from ABC News (Australia) about the unusual film about teaching under extraordinary conditions.

These radically simple changes helped lawmakers actually get things done

Not about education, exactly, but this essay by Amanda Ripley for the Washington Post looks at a little-known Congressional committee that actually got stuff done in not-usual-for-Congress ways.

At Forbes.com this week, I looked at the landmark decision by Pennsylvania's court ruling the entire funding system unconstitutional, and the Illinois voucher program that is scheduled to sunset. 

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