Sunday, August 16, 2026

ICYMI: Breathless Edition (8/15)

I swear-- I'll be back up to speed soon. But in the meantime, I wouldn't dream of leaving you without the week's reading recommendations. 


If you haven't yet heard the story of Zuckerberg dumping yet another education-flavored project, Thomas Utican has it for you.

OMB and Russell Vought Receive 497,000 Comments on Controversial New Universal Grants Guidance

Jan Resseger reports that the Trump administration is getting some pushback on their latest hairbrained idea.

Humans understand what AI cannot

Helen Keller, AI, and teaching. From Ben Riley.

Despite their rhetoric, Private Schools aren't dramatically boosting teacher salaries with their unconstitutional, taxpayer funded windfall

Ohio's taxpayer-funded vouchers were supposedly going to boost private school teacher pay. Stephen Dyer has some actual facts to show that doesn't seem to be happening.

Does Alpha School Work for Regular Kids?

Short answer: no. Dan Meyer has a longer answer involving Alpha's sub-business called Unbound.

Tennessee School Privatization Group Seeks to Build Propaganda Machine

Somebody in Tennessee is hiring, and Andy Spears has some details. Anyboody want to be a privatization PR shill?

"Outsourcing Discrimination"

It's not enough that religious schools want taxpayer funding-- they also want to leave their discriminiatory practices in place. Josh Cowen explains the problem and looks at one possible solution.

Supporting Teacher Growth Through Trusting Relationships

Randi Brown writes for edutopia about a hot new concept-- maybe if admins treated teachers like human beings...

Improvisational theatre, meditation, and games support anxious teens

I taught theater, including improv, so this bit of research reported by Jonathan Kantowitz caught my eye. 

(Not) Everything Changes

"This changes everything!" Audrey Watters reminds us that this is pretty much never true in education.

Just a photo this week. This is Sabbaday Falls in the White Mountains, a sort of mini-Flume right off the Kancamagus Highway. It takes a long time for water to cut through rock like this, but nature is patient. May we be the same.

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