ICYMI: Vacation Edition (7/23)

As you read this, we have decamped to the Curmudgucation Institute Field Office in Maine, where the living is easy and the internet connections are spotty on a good day, so posting will be thin here. But I do have a few pieces of reading for you from the past week. Enjoy.

The Vermilion Education One-Man Show

We've been following the ex-Hillsdale guy running a one-man anti-woke consulting firm, and now the indispensable Mercedes Schneider has assembled many of the choice details of this guy's work and qualifications (or lack thereof).

Hillsdale Keeps Coming Back

Hillsdale is determined to extend its reach into Tennessee. Andy Spears reports on their latest new efforts.

Education was once the No. 1 major for college students. Now it's an afterthought.

One more data point in the ongoing saga of the great teacher exodus. Courtesy CBS News.

Teachers Strong-Armed To Get On Board With Houston Schools Takeover

I've pretty much never seen a school takeover that went well, but the one in Houston has turned out to be particularly ugly. Josephine Lee at Texas Observer has a great story on the ongoing baloney party.

More Memphis charter schools could face closure after state’s failed turnaround effort

Speaking of failed takeovers, Tennessee's Achievement School District, composed of districts the state has taken over, continues to fail, year after year.

Real Parental Rights

Steve Nelson has an idea for something better than the rights the culture warriors are trying to acquire for some parents.

What does the word 'woke' really mean, and where does it come from?

NPR tackles the question that anti-woke crusaders are unable to answer.

Why billionaires like Betsy DeVos push school vouchers in Pa.

The privatization crowd has been pushing hard for more vouchers in Pennsylvania. Erik Anderson has some thoughts about why--and he used to work for the DeVos family. Read this is for nothing else than one jaw-dropping DeVos family quote.

PASS Scholarship Proponents Collected $10 Million off Voucher Programs During the Pandemic

Speaking of PA vouchers, some folks who like vouchers sure do make an awful lot of money from administering them.

Little-Discussed Reasons Why Students Might Not Like to Read

Why don't some students like to read? Nancy Bailey has some thoughts well worth considering.

Can We Unlearn the Test-and-Punish Lexicon No Child Left Behind Taught Us and Demand Reform?

Jan Resseger  considers the question that we ought to be bringing up every single day.

While the blog will be pretty quiet until we get back from up down East, the substack will be publishing an assortment of some old favorites. If you subscribe right now, you'll get all the rest of them. It's free.