Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.
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THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS
Dad Gone Wild
Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.
NYQUIL AND TYLENOL
by TC Weber / 19h
“The point is that, whenever we propose a solution to a problem, we ought to try as hard as we can to overthrow our solution, rather than defend it. Few of us, unfortunately, practice this precept; but other people, fortunately, will supply the criticism for us if we fail to supply it ourselves.” ― Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery Nearly a decade ago, upon founding my think tank and
WHY QUIBBLE?
by TC Weber / 2d
“I was naive and thought we could express our feelings to each other- not suppress them and keep holding them back. Well, it was what I felt, and why should I be untrue to myself? I came to believe the importance that if you feel something strong enough then you should say it.” ― George Harrison, I, Me, Mine On Monday, I listened to Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee give his State Of The State Speech
DOWN AT THE FACULTY LOUNGE
by TC Weber / 4d
“Id Faciam What I hate I love. Ask the crucified hand that holds the nail that now is driven into itself, why.” ― Catullus The phone rang this morning, It was my pal Slatsky, “Come on down to the Faculty Lounge and grab lunch with me.” When I got there, Slats was sitting at the bar with an empty shot glass and a half-filled beer in front of him. I raised my eyebrows and motioned to the bartender
A BUCKET OF NUGGETS
by TC Weber / 7d
“Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.” ― Marshall McLuhan Sometimes
Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.
TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT
EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE
Gibson Named TEA Executive Director
by Andy Spears / 1d
The Tennessee Education Association (TEA) has named Terrance Gibson its new Executive Director. Here’s the press release: The Tennessee Education Association has named Terrance J. Gibson as its new executive director effective immediately. Gibson has been serving as interim-executive director since March of 2020. “Terrance has spent his entire career in service to Tennessee students and educators
A Special Response
by Andy Spears / 1d
In response to legislation passed during Gov. Bill Lee’s not so special session on education, the Germantown Board of Education is making a request for immediate corrective action. That is, the Board wants the legislature to remedy harms (unintended?) caused by the bills the Lee Administration pushed. Regarding the TCAP/TNReady testing legislation, the Board has the following response: Regarding
Always on the Attack
by Andy Spears / 2d
Sen. Brian Kelsey of Shelby County took some time today to attack the Shelby County Schools and get in a jab at the teachers union. He never misses a chance to attack public schools or the educators in them. Here’s the video: . @BrianKelsey says it's "PURELY OUT OF SPITE" that @SCSK12Unified is keeping their schools closed. @SenAkbari calls that a "truly unfair characterization," pointing out tha
Yarbro Calls for BEP Update
by Andy Spears / 3d
Following Gov. Bill Lee’s disappointing State of the State address during which he revealed a status quo budget when it comes to public schools, state Sen. Jeff Yarbro of Nashville called on the Lee Administration to use the opportunity of a huge budget surplus to update the BEP. WATCH: “At this point the BEP is so out of touch with what the norm of the state is that it has to get updated.” Senat
Underwhelming
100+by Andy Spears / 4d
Gov. Bill Lee delivered his State of the State address tonight and surprising exactly no one, he failed to make bold new investments in public education in spite of a record surplus in excess of $3 billion . Instead, Lee proposed continuing to “fully fund” the wholly inadequate BEP formula to the tune of an additional $71 million and add $120 million to the teacher compensation component of the B
Pitiful
100+by Andy Spears / 4d
That’s how Tennessee Education Association (TEA) President Beth Brown described the state of education funding in Tennessee. The Chattanooga Times-Free Press reports on Brown’s remarks, which come just as Gov. Bill Lee prepares to deliver his State of the State address tonight. Brown notes: “Our funding is so low the only neighboring state we beat is Mississippi,” wrote Brown, a Grundy County tea
Do We Really Have to Do This?
200+by Andy Spears / 8d
I mean, really? The Tennessee House Republican Caucus sent out a tweet today bragging about the amount of money the state has invested in teacher pay over the past decade. Here it is: Republicans have passed $616.5 million