This was one of those weeks where I couldn't quite keep up. There were tabs for things I wanted to write about and pieces going out to various outlets and I just couldn't quite keep up, so some of the excess is just ending up here. More for you to read, with an extra emphasis on news this week.
Senate OKs fixes to Florida’s school voucher funding model"Fixes" might be too generous a word here, as Florida ties together an attempt to make their voucher system marginally more financially accountable with a move that makes the two parallel systems of education more separate (but I'm sure they'll be equal). Jeffrey Solochek reports for the Tampa Bay Times.
I've covered these folks quite a bit, so it's nice to see Kathryn Joyce pick up the story of Pennsylvania's anti-LGBTQ law firm and their work at crafting anti-LGBTQ policies for school districts. This is some great digging into this outfit and as always, if you aren't in the affected state, you can learn a lot about what to watch out for in your own neighborhood.
Jherine Wilkerson's piece for EdWeek is a spot on dissection of "remember your why."
Mrs. Frazzled is best known, I think, as a short form video person, but she has a newsletter, too, and there she offers this fine explanation of the classical education grift.
Texas is getting itself into the voucher game, and Josephine Lee explains that this will mean taxpayer-funded discrimination.
Speaking of which, private schools have added a host of fees that will help keep the riffraff out of their swell private school. School's choice indeed. Nick Natario reports for channel 13.
Stitt to again push to uncap private school tax credit spending
Parents in Arkansas’ school choice program cleared to roll over thousands of dollars annually
Project 2025 author and top Trump official: Special education protections and funding will remain
Oklahoma hasn't hit its limit on vouchers to sub sidize private schools, but the governor would like to expand the limit anyway.
If you're a parent in Arkansas who doesn't need to spend all your taxpayer-funded voucher money this year, congratulations-- you can roll over tens of thousands of dollars and jsut sit on that pile of taxpayer money for a few years.
Matt Barnum and Erica Meltzer talk to Lindsey Burke, the Heritage Foundation's education ax-wielder for Project 2025 and current Education Department deputy. You can follow the link in the article to the full youtube video of the interview, or settle for these highlights.
Shawgi Tell at Dissident Voice asks and answers the question. It's not looking good.
Nancy Flanagan does some thinking about some tough questions. Can teachers be put in charge of professional development? What kind of professional development do we need for an era in which the feds might attack your school?
Steve Nuzum looks at the challenges of the right-pushed versions of our country's history, particularly in South Carolina.
In the ongoing debates about student reading skills, Nancy Bailey sees three factors that are not getting enough attention.
Jan Resseger details how the current regime is cutting the supports out from under the nation's children.
In a welcome follow-up to a previous post, the indispensable Mercedes Schneider shares the news that the one public school in New Orleans has been spared.
Patrick Dempsey at Second Draft has some thoughts about student reflection and how to make it better (not with AI).
Matt Brady finds connections between classic philosophy and the work of teaching.
Activist Jess Piper reflects on teachers, their activism, and their liberal bias.
Peter Schorsch brings us the latest chapter in the saga of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler.
Emily Bender punches back against the latest attempt to shut up AI critics.
Meanwhile, this week at the Bucks County Beacon I wrote about the law firm trying to strip LGBTQ students of rights getting caught with AI mistakes in their brief.
At Forbes.com, I wrote about the importance of the Supreme Court hearing the case about trans student athletes, and the report showing that AI's problems far outweigh its possible benefits.
Music from Mexico, like music from the Balkans, has some of the most awesomely raw and gutsy brass. Love this stuff.
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