Sunday, September 6, 2026

ICYMI: Oh, September (9/6)

I can always see the big May crunch coming from a mile away, but September usually just sneaks up on me and suddenly--BAM-- I am up to my ears in One Damn Thing After Another. A show. A presentation at a writing festival. The Board of Directors' cross-country season. A friend I haven't seen in roughly fifty years coming to town. The ramp up to the biggest festival in my community. And this year, a conference that I usually never miss that I will have to miss (the Network for Public Education gathering in Texas) that includes a lot of great stuff and some good people I usually only get to see once a year. Also, the lawn needs mowing, but it has rained a gazillion days in a row. Retirement was supposed to be quieter than this.

But there is still reading to do. Anyway, here we go.

Parents Demanding Tech Opt Outs Take Their Fight to Federal Court

Lawsuits are after tech opt-outs for parents. I'll be curious to see where this one lands.

Butts on Fire

Phillip Maciak at City Chicken has been watching the robots crash and burn at the robot olympics, and it has made him feel better about his AI-in-school stance.

‘Kids literally disappeared’: Minnesota schools lost at least 1,700 students following Operation Metro Surge

Becky Dernbach and Cynthia Tu of Sahan Journal take a look at just how badly the ICE attacks disrupted education in Minnesota.

Books Can Help Teens Navigate Tough Topics in Ways Their Parents Can’t

Rebecca Stafford in People, of all places, explains why even books about Naughty Topics are important for children.


You may recall that Oklahoma's education dudebro-in-chief left the state for a gig leading the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a project of the union-busting Freedom Foundation. They held a confab this summer, and teacher Micah Cash was there, skeptical but open to listening. He has written a long deep dive into the event for The Pickup, and it is every second it takes to read it. 

The Nation’s Public Schools Endure Threatened and Turbulent Federal Funding

Jan Resseger explains some of the many ways that the Trump administration is screwing with funding streams, and how they may cause trouble for schools.

The Five Questions You Should Ask Before Believing the ‘Science of Math’

Larry Ferlazzo offers a guest post from Rene Grimes, and even if you just skip to the five questions at the end, it's worth burning a free visit to EdWeek.


Loren Steffy points out the dumb (including Patrick's call to ban a work on the new Texas mandatory reading list). Houston Chronicle.

Private school tuitions seeing huge jump across Florida with voucher expansion

Surprise, surprise. Vouchers make windfall revenue for private schools. In other news, sun rises in West tomorrow.

Decades of Poor Transparency and Accountability in the Charter School Sector

Shawgi Tell looks at the many ways that charter schools have proven untrustworthy.

Unsubstantiated Things People Say about Public Education

Nancy Flanagan takes on a baloney-filled article written a politician.

Move Slow, Remake Things

Audrey Watters on what meaningful change looks like.

A Child’s Citizenship Does Not Depend on a Parent’s Paperwork

The administration's latest attempt to chase Black and Brown children out of the country. Bruce Lesley explains.

More than 1 in 10 Ohio Charter Schools suspected of “testing anomalies”

Ohio has a problem with "testing anomalies," and the problem is turning up in a high proportion of charter schools. Stephen Dyer breaks down some numbers.

No One Was Blaming Parents

Sue Kingery Woltanski published column from the Orlando Sentinel, entering a debate about where the money goes in Florida's multi-tiered education system.

Report: Public Libraries Face ‘Existential Threat,’ Putting Books, Information and People at Risk

A new report from PEN America details how the attack on books has extended to public libraries.

At Forbes.com, I look at a new report that suggests using AI to edit writing is a bad idea.

Here's your reflection on the end of summer.


    

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