Happy Easter to those of you who observe the occasion. We're fans here at the Institute, though this year it caps off a busy time.
Today is the birthday of the Institute's West Coast Executive Vice President, and tomorrow kicks off the season for the town band to which the CMO and I belong (it celebrates its 168th anniversary this year).
And earlier this week I had some arthroscopic surgery performed on a knee. I had pretty much the same meniscus-trimming exercise performed forty-some years ago. Back then the post-op protocol was to immobilize the leg in a hip-to-ankle cast. I had to trade cars with my brother (switching a 1979 Opel hatchback with standard shift for a 1954 Buick with an automatic). The after six weeks the cast came off to reveal a pale imitation of a functional leg. Nowadays, the Best Practices are to get up and humping around on the leg ASAP, which I'm doing with limited grace. But at least I won't need three months to fully recover from the whole business. Makes me wonder what would have happened if the state legislature had, forty-some years ago, passed a law mandating the protocol as the only legal treatment. Do you think they could have shifted as nimbly as the actual medical professionals.
At any rate, here's some reading from the week to go along with your tasty chocolate treats.
The false promise — and hidden costs — of school vouchers
Voucher expert Josh Cowen explains what's really happening and why Pennsylvania in particular should not get on the voucher train. It's at the Philadelphia Inquirer, so my apologies if you can't get to it, but if you can, you should.
School voucher proponents spend big to overcome rural resistance
The Arkansas Advocate reports on the big push in Texas and elsewhere by deep pocketed fans of dismantling public education, including DeVos's AFC Victory Fund.
Success Academy eyes Florida expansion as Schools of Hope operator
Eva Moskowitz can small Florida dollars all the way from New York City. You'll have to hold your nose a bit for this news, which reports without examination the charters claims of high test scores and full college placement (but not its hard work in getting rid of students who might mess up its numbers).
Research from pro-charter school group makes case for halting the approval of new charters
Kris Nordstrom explains how the Fordham Institute inadvertently made the case against more charter schools in North Carolina.
Colleges Are Facing an Enrollment Nightmare
MSN pulls up a Rose Horowitz article from the Atlantic that explains why the FAFSA is throwing a giant monkey-wrench into college application this year.
What My Professors Never Told Me About Teaching
Jherine Wilkerson at EdWeek with a listicle of items that teachers will recognize.
A Grim Anniversary, A Useless State Report Card, and New District Chiefs – Its Easter Time In Tennessee
More on the ground reporting from TC Weber
Will Untenable Voucher Expansion Threaten Public School Funding in Ohio?
Ohio has joined the ranks of states writing a choice check that its taxpayers can't cash. Who's going to end up paying? Jan Resseger looks into it.
Ohio school board may raise teacher license fees as budget shortfall looms
Moms for Liberty called them groomers, then doubled down. So now they can deal with some lawyers.
What the hell, Oklahoma?!
Kids as young as 14 were found working at a Tennessee factory that makes lawn mower parts
More frontiers in child labor. Well, child immigrant labor.
Also, at Forbes.com, I wrote about why the push to
legislate Science of Reading would be a bad idea even if Science of Reading was a legit good idea.
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