Hope things are cooling down. My old high school was supposed to be marching in the Philadelphia parade for the Fourth, and it was canceled for heat. Fortunately-ish, my friend and former colleague the band director got the word a bit before he was supposed to be loading students on the bus. May we all enjoy better weather soon.
Here's some reading.
Paul Thomas encourages us to look a little more closely at some of the goals of the SoR crowd.
After DFER chief Jorge Alorza published a piece encouraging Massachusetts to sign up for federal vouchers, Maurice Cunningham and I teamed up to write a rebuttal.
I spotted this a bit late, but Stephen Aguilar published a piece at The 74 that provides a good checklist of things for districts to think about before unleashing AI.
Bots aren't great teachers! Surprise! Jenny Anderson and Mike Goldstein of the Center for Teen Flourishing lay out the details.
How Good Teachers Get Broken
Matt Brady offers some explanation, with details you may recognize from your district. Note: he also explains how to do better.
Audrey Watters talks about leaving the free stage of AI, and what it will mean to districts and companies.
After some thoughts about the Fourth, TC Weber takes a closer look at SCORE, the very influential reformster group with an awful lot of say in Tennessee education
Children Are Increasing in the South: Their Champions Aren't
Children Are Increasing in the South: Their Champions Aren't
If you thought there was a terrible national fertility crisis, surprise-- not in the South. But Bruce Lesley points out that means we're getting the most children in the part of the country least prepared to help them.
This week at Forbes.com, I looked at new report from the Shanker Institute that underlines what teachers already know-- they need more time to implement your latest genius improvement program.
If you need a little chaser from your holiday music and explosions, the Muppets have you covered.
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