A reminder that you can do your part by sharing pieces (particularly from their original source). It's a tough world out there on the interwebs and it takes a lot of sharing to break through the noise and the algorithm, so please take the time to pass on some of these excellent pieces.
Tevor Aleo and Nick Covington have a very useful and illuminating conversation about the first few episodes of Emily Hanford's newest foray into the world of educational haranguing. Read them before you listen to her.
Outstanding look at the federal voucher program from Jon Valant at Brookings. Share it with someone who thinks these things are a good idea (including your favorite governor).
Of course, the only way to preserve freedom is to censor college professors. Adam Serwer writes for The Atlantic about how that's going.
Florida's work for defunding public education is going just super-duper, with more state money going to vouchers than to public schools. Austin Horn covers this for the Miami Herald and even quotes friend of the institute Sue Woltanski.
Daniel Mollenkamp writes for The Emancipator about how Tennessee vouchers have been a real boon for segregation academies.
Parents have always had choice. Donalds opposes guardrails
Back-to-Basics (Again): Lorin Anderson and Essentialism to Understand Knowledge and Direct Instruction
Being a US Consumer Sucks, Yet We’re Turning K-12 into a Consumer Good
Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Gina Hinojosa Saving Public Schools!
BREAKING: Ohio Appellate Court finds vouchers unconstitutional
Have Definitions of ”Success” and “Failure” in U.S. Public Schools Changed?
Frequent abdominal pain in children associated w/school-related stress/ peer harassment
Before We Revamp the FEFP, Let’s Understand It
Deskilling the body
Don’t Trust People Who Talk Like This
Crystal Etienne has the nerve to call out Erika Donalds, Florida's privatization queen, as she tried to fend off any sort of basic accountability for Florida voucher schools.
Lots to unpack here, but come for Paul Thomas's explanation of how people are using Bloom's Taxonomy incorrectly (and how he knows what Bloom actually had in mind).
Powerful and thorough argument from Anne Lutz Fernandez that just as US consumerism is becoming a mess, privatizers are trying to extend that mess to education. Another must-read on the list this week.
Not all Democratic candidates are good for public schools, but Nancy Bailey explains why Gina Hinojosa might break that trend.
Stephen Dyer shares some special moments from the Ohio court's ruling against vouchers.
Have Definitions of ”Success” and “Failure” in U.S. Public Schools Changed?
Well, yes. But Larry Cuban gets into some historical detail on that answer.
Johnathan Kantrowitz with some research that will not come as a shock, but still, it's evidence.
Florida's school funding formula is a mess. I know-- shocking! Sue Kingery Woltanski offers some details about the twists and turns of the process that is over a half-century old.
Intriguing and sometimes-technical-in-a-biology-sort-of-way essay by Melanie Challenger that looks at the effects of technology on our body's ability to do stuff (and why it may matter more than you think).
Ted Gioia is writing about the tech overlords who want to control all media, but since these are the same tech overlords who want to control education, it's worth including here.
This week at Forbes.com, I got into the Texas school that canceled a production that dared to cast a girl as a guy and point out that this sort of thing happens in school and community theater all the time.
Rhiannon Gibbons and Silkwood Ensemble have been finding some fascinating overlap between Black roots music and Chinese musical traditions. Just kind of let this wash over you.
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