It's hard to really capture the many levels on which the US attack on Iran is just stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. I'm not going to get into it here-- there is plenty of press about it and you probably couldn't miss it if you wanted to. But I surely hope that you are badgering your Congressperson.
In the meantime, the business of helping a country be less stupid remains super-important, so we will continue to pay attention. Here's your list for the week.
You may remember White Hat Management, an outfit that really mastered the art of scamming their way to rolling up taxpayer dollars via school choice. Stephen Dyer says someone else is also showing that kind of self-enriching skill-- but with more Jesus.
One Ohio district apparently doesn't want to get caught discriminating against the haters. Cliff Pinckard reports for Cleveland.com.
Florida's voucher-funding system is a mess, and some private school operators are getting big sad about it. Natalie La Roche Pietri reports for the Miami Herald.
South Carolina legislators wrote themselves a big ole taxpayer-funded school choice law, but now they are sad that some folks are getting money that the legislators didn't intend to give money to. Steve Nuzum explains.
Jennifer Berkshire reminds us that while Mississippi may have helped its fourth graders get better reading scores, it is still a systemically bad place for children to grow up.
Paul Thomas looks at one of the mysteries of the great AI push for education-- if students learn about AI by using AI, how do they learn anything?
Thomas Ultican takes us to Stockton, CA, for yet another demonstration of how to get rich in the charter school biz.
It was certain to happen-- turf wars over the highly profitable school privatization biz in Florida. Sue Kingery Woltanski has the inside scoop.
The 100-Point Scale Is a Design Flaw
Gifted and Talented Redux
Secret Agent Man
McMahon Continues Dismantling Dept. of Education. Will She Succeed?
Google and ISTE+ASCD announce new partnership to destroy US education
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Betrays Working Class Students
Meta patents AI that keeps users posting after they die
Matt Brady explains why the 100 point grading scale is a flawed design.
Nancy Flanagan considers the proper role of gifted programs (and why it's such a touchy subject for some folks).
Audrey Watters offers a wealth of links this week, looking through the world of Ai and training and literacy and other messy ed tech detritus. Have you subscribed to her newsletter yet, because you should.
Jan Resseger breaks down the latest rounds of assaults on the education department.
I covered this news, but Benjamin Riley really brings an appropriate amount of rage to the discussion.
Maurice Cunningham looks at the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education's plan to offer second-rate degrees to working class students. Not a great idea.
I used to joke that I would teach until death and then have my body stuffed and mounted with animatronics so I could keep working in my classroom. Apparently META is now on the case. Once again I am struck at how little superficial data they feel they need to replicate you. Ick.
This week I was in The Progressive, looking at a group of Democrats who might actually support, sort of, public education. And at F9orbes.com, a look at one more school choice defeat in Kentucky, and a Pew survey with information about teens and AI.
I am not really a Sufjan Stevens fan, but I do love this song which just hits me somewhere in here.
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