In our town, the annual fireworks display is set off pretty much across the river from my back yard. So every year we have a cookout, mt brother and some friends come over and after supper, we play some traditional jazz in the backyard where anyone in the neighborhood can hear. Then the fireworks happen. There's no doubt that some years feel different than others, but our country has so many terrible chapters that it's impossible not to live through some of them. At the same time, our most immediate sphere of control involves watching out for the friends and family and community that is in our immediate vicinity. So we try to do that.
Meanwhile, I've got a reading list for you from the week. Remember to share.
South Georgia librarian is fired over LGBTQ children’s book included in summer reading displayAnother one of these damned stories. She's got a lawyer; we'll see if that helps.
The 74 was launched as a bad faith exercise in reformsterism and political hackery, but they still manage to put out valuable stories like this. Jo Napolitano looks at school districts that are trying to evade the long arm of the anti-diversity regime.
I've written about Commonwealth Charter Academy many times, because they are a profiteering real estate-grubbing company disguised as a cyber school. Katie Meyer at Spotlight PA has this story about how CCA is resisting the state's mandate to make even a minimal effort to take care of its students.
Big Easy magazine does another post-mortem of the New Orleans charter experiment (which has now been running for twenty years) and finds, once again, that it's not as great a model as reformsters want to believe.
From the Washington Post, one more example of why depending on flakey fauxlanthropists is not a great plan for schools.
Thomas Ultican looks at some of the forces trying to sell the Science of Reading
Jennifer Berkshire puts the regime budget slashing in the context of some broader, uglier ideologies at work.
Oh, the misspent days of my youth, when Values Clarification was a thing. Larry Cuban takes us back to this little chapter of history.
Jan Resseger reports on the Trump initiative to just withhold funds from schools because, well, he feels like it.
Jesse Turner on reading and his time spent teaching on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.
Florida continues to set the standard for assaulting public education. Sue Kingery Woltanski reports on latest budgetary shenanigans.
Speaking of Florida shenanigans, here's a piece from Florida Bulldog that looks at the many ways that Erika Donalds has enriched herself with education funds. You Florida fans will recognize many of the names in this piece by Will Bredderman.
Unconstitutional Voucher Program Can't Be Fixed Easily
The Trump Administration is Ending Special Education!
California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it?
Policy expert Stephen Dyer has been all over the recent successful challenge to an Ohio voucher program. Where do they go next? No place easy.
The Trump Administration is Ending Special Education!
Nancy Bailey explains how the new Trumpian budget slashing may well end special ed as we know it.
Turnitin is now in the AI detection biz, and it's just as scammy as their old business model. Tara Garcia Mathewson at Cal Matters has the story.
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
Make Fun Of Them
If you're thinking that maybe AI isn't all that awesome, you have plenty of company. Reece Rogers reports for Wired.
Ed Zitron points out that our tech overlords are mostly dopes, and we should make fun of them for it.
This week at Forbes.com I took a look at what the Senate's version of federal vouchers looks like. At the Bucks County Beacon, I broke down the Mahmoud v. Taylor decision.
Tuba Skinny is the band I'd like to play in when I grow up.
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