Sunday, November 24, 2024

ICYMI: Another Thanksgiving Edition (11/24)

It's coming around again. Here's hoping you are able to enjoy it. In the meantime, here's the readings from the week.


A Tiny Victory in the Battle against AI-generated Stupidity

Remember the story about the student who used AI to plagiarize a paper, then sued the school for catching him? Benjamin Riley has the story on how that ended up, with spicy commentary from the judge.

ChatGPT Has No Place in the Classroom

I don't know who Emily is, but her takedown of ChatGPT's guide for teachers is a thing of beauty.


I don't often dip into Slate, but when I saw that Adam Laats had a piece there providing historical perspective on what Linda McMahon may have in mind for education, I gladly burned one of my free views, and I wasn't sorry. Nobody puts across "We already tried that and it sucked" like Laats.


Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby at Popular Information provide a rundown of the various attempts to cram right wing christianism into schools.

FOX 25 uncovers the Heritage Foundation's sweeping influence in Oklahoma education

In one of the less-surprising reveals of the season, it turns out that Ryan Walters has been hand in glove with the Heritage Foundation, and Fox 25 has more receipts than you have time to read.


ProPublica has created a whole batch of stories about the segregation academies still operating in the South, including one that focuses on how many are soaking up taxpayer dollars via vouchers.

Google's AI Chatbot Tells Student Seeking Help with Homework 'Please Die'

Newsweek reports on one more example of an AI going off the rails.

New Board of Education member thanks God, DeSantis for fourth appointment

Welcome to the free state of Florida, where voters can resoundingly reject your campaign for board membership, and Ron DeSantis will just appoint you anyway.

Children experiencing homelessness have rights to a public education

Andru Volinsky is a New England lawyer who knows a thing or two about education law, and what some children are legally entitled to..

Special education staffing shortages put students’ futures at risk. How to solve that is tricky.

Kalyn Belsha reports for Chalkbeat on the big time shortage of special ed teachers. I'm sure the Trump administration is going to get right on that.

Trump’s and Project 2025’s Education Policies Would Dangerously Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

Jan Resseger looks at the outcomes for Trump education policies.

Is Liberty University Coming to A Florida School District Near you?

Sue Kingery Woltanski warns that some Florida districts could be getting a big helping of Liberty University baloney

Weaponizing Empathy and other Heritage Foundation Rhetoric for School Reform

Nancy Flanagan with the latest in creepy Heritage Foundation rhetoric. 

This week at the Bucks County Beacon, I looked at some bright spots in a dark election season. And at Forbes.com, looking at the current state of test-optional colleges (for all you parents of high school juniors). 

Bluesky is taking off. Personally, I've gains about 900 followers in 10 days. If you're over there, look me up at @palan57.bsky.social

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