I have some things for you to read from the week. Remember that sharing the original source helps everyone, and amplifies the message. We can all be amplifiers.
Reported by Kaelei Whitlach for Iowa's News Now, the news that private schools in Idaho continue to use voucher money to crank up school tuition. Happened last year, happening again this year.
Nevada Asked A.I. Which Students Need Help. The Answer Caused an Outcry.
Troy Closson at the New York Times on one of the dumbest uses of AI so far. Sure, let AI decide which schools need aid to help educate at risk students, and keep the algorithm for making the decision a mystery.
In North Carolina, one school turns out to be the backbone of the community.
Education dudebro-in-chief Ryan Walters has many distinctions racked up, and it turns out that this kind of public dysfunction doesn't come cheap. Congratulations, Oklahoma taxpayers.
Nancy Flanagan talks some sense to the "teacher grades don't match standardized test grades because teachers stink" crowd.
Jennifer Berkshire takes another big picture look at the dismantling of public education.
Ohio found a new way to funnel taxpayer dollars to private religious schools. Now some folks would like to know a little more about this scam.
At Accountabaloney, Sue Kingery Woltanski looks at the stifling of education in Florida-- including hurting the chance of Florida students to be accepted by college.
The New Republic looks at what Trump has to say about how what exactly he'll replace the department of education with, and it is more whackadoodle than you think.
Jill Barshay at Hechinger looks at something you may not have even considered. Sire, a human classroom switches up the name order, but computerized instruction always puts the WXYZ crowd last, and it turns out that may cost them.
Zero shocks here as this ProPublica piece explains one more way that voucher dollars mostly benefit the already-wealthy.
Who's really behind those parents pushing policy? Dark money expert Maurice Cunningham connects the dots.
And the College Board is behind it. Um-frickin-believable. Even if your deadbeat spouse refuses to help fund their child's college education, some schools will make you count their resources anyway. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel at Washington Post.
In Massachusetts, there's a big battle going on against the Big Standardized Test. Here some actual teachers make their case.
Speaking of that debate, Boston media have unleashed some serious baloney on the argument, but Maurice Cunningham is not fooled.
Turns out when you ask voters a question about vouchers that describes them accurately, the majority of voters are noy fans.
From the York Dispatch. Our old friends at the right wing Independence Law Center tries harassing LGBTQ kids and got caught.
Teachers are Dangerous to MAGA
Anne Lutz Fernandez peels back some layers in the MAGA attack on teachers. It's not just a culture war.
Jan Resseger makes her case for Harris-Wals on education.
After a long hiatus, Audrey Watters is back to the ed tech beat. It's a very welcome return. If you haven't been reading her other space, Second Breakfast, you should hop on there for great pieces like Luddites Win. There is nobody any better at writing sharp and incisive pieces that connect all the dots.
Rob Schenck was a major player in the Christian nationalist movement. He trained rich folks in shmoozing Supreme Court justices. He walked away, and this powerful piece in Mother Jones tells the story of how he reclaimed his faith by dropping the politics.
Meanwhile, at Forbes.com, I looked at the storm brewing around Oklahoma's religious charter school.
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