All of this [waves vaguely in direction of country] makes me oddly more committed to following education, because education remains hugely important even as it falls off the radar of folks who are worried about things like unaffordable health insurance and wars for oil and a decaying federal government.
While on vacation, lots of folks' output slows down, and this list gets quieter because of it. But there's still stuff to not miss. So let's see what we've got here.
The department continues to withhold taxpayer dollars from public schools. KTVB reports on how Idaho students are getting squeezed by the feds, because somebody saw some scary DEI words.
Mike Simpson is mostly know as one of the big voice amplifiers on line; Big Education Ape shares a ton of writing with snappy illustrations to go with. But Simpson does do some writing of his own, like this big picture piece about the big billionaire plan to dismantle public education.
Thomas Ultican looks at the latest report from the Network for Public Education looking at the charter school industry.
The indispensable Mercedes Schneider is back at it with an in depth look at the single public school left in Orleans Parish and the continuing threats to its continued existence.
Robert Pondiscio spotted my piece highlighting the Michigan lawmaker who wants to cut school taxes for property owners without kids in school. I didn't care for that idea, and Pondiscio doesn't, either. Here's the conservative argument for taxing everyone to pay for schools.
Audrey Watters offers an end-of-year reflection on the dangers of throwing AI at humans in general and young humans in particular.
Nancy Bailey provides an excellent beginning-of-year reminder of the many areas in which children need leaders who care about them.
Something strange-- and undoubtedly costly-- is happening to Nashville school enrollment. TC Weber had the time to sort at least some of it, and the resulting report unveils the story-- at least part of it.
Frances Wilkinson doesn't so much provide a picture of the current state of censorship as she provides a history of the last couple of years, and in that respect, it's a nicely done piece of work. This is how we got here. Go ahead and get frustrated and angry all over again.
Christina Samuels at Hechinger provides a handy update on how far the Project 2025 assault on education got this year.
Big Katherine Stewart fan here. This post from her newsletter looks at the nature of censorship this year under Dear Leader.
Cezary Jan Strusiewicz at McSweeney's with another darkly hilarious take on our current moment.
At Bucks County Beacon this week, I offered a look back at the year in education here in Pennsylvania {it could have been worse).
At Forbes.com, I looked at some uncomfortable findings about young humans and their use of AI "companions."
In the other end of the state, New Years means a mummers band, and while the pageantry and costumes are nice, there is something about just getting out there and playing for the neighborhood. It's a sound unlike any other.
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