I have nothing to add. I can't read any more hot takes about the election (they are mostly crap) and I have just about arrived at the point of getting past grief and getting back to the work at hand. But I have a few pieces from the week for you.
Backward, in High HeelsNobody is better than Nancy Flanagan at connecting the personal with the professional and even the political. This is a powerful piece.
Stockard on the Stump: Get ready to learn the Earth is 6,000 years old
Florida may be red. But on schools, voters put partisanship aside
The Invention That Changed School Forever
“Off Balance” As Classroom Management
Tennessee's governor wants him some vouchers. Sam Stockard at Tennessee Lookout has a look at what that might mean.
Jeffrey Solochek at the Tampa Bay Times breaks down the education issues that Florida's red wave did not carry.
Josephine Lee looks at the giant mountain of money spent to put voucher supporters in the Texas legislature.
At the Atlantic, Ian Bogost takes a look at the invention of the school book bag.
The indispensable Mercedes Schneider talks about managing a classroom as a force of nature.
Thomas Ultican looks at some of the work being done to smack down that pesky wall.
Jose Luis Vilson reminds us to keep at it.
What Next?
Steve Nuzum examines Rebecca Solnit's advice that "it's always too soon to go home."
Vouchers were defeated at the polls yet again.
Larry Ferlazzo examines metaphors for management, and it doesn't have anything to do with election, so there's that.
Who knows what promises he'll keep and which he'll break, but Jan Resseger reviews what could be coming down the pike.
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