Yeah, that snuck up fast. Let me remind you that you can get a daily dose of education commentary on the Network for Public Education Blog of Blogs. Meanwhile, let's see what we've got on tap here.
Ayanna Presley wants girls of color to stop being punished disproportionately
Rep. Presley is trying again with legislation to disrupt the over-punishment and detention of Black girls. Let's see how far it gets this time.
Let Me Teach Like a Normal @$$ Human
At Affective Living, from active shooter training to pandemesses, Chase Mielke would like to be less superhuman in the classroom.
More than $1 billion for 56 black charter graduates?
Julian Vasquez Heilig with a piece of information that is pretty stark and clear-- Texas spent $1.21 billion over two years on nine charter chains, and those chains graduated 56 Black students.
Have You Heard talks to students from Boston, and it turns out they aren't so concerned about that Learning Loss that education thought leaders are all worked up about right now.
Setting Ourselves, and Others, Free
Teacher Tom, the littles, and shame.
Not sure how I missed this Atlantic piece last week, but it's worth a look. Not sure I agree with all of it, but I appreciate a positive look at the students right now
What we learned about Clearview AI and its secret "Co-founder."
Not directly related, but this New York Times piece digs a bit more into the surveillance giant watching us all.
You will learn nothing new from this Tom Loveless piece for Brookings, but you will have the satisfaction of nodding and saying "I told them so," at your computer screed. However, I do have to issue a trigger warning because Emily Hanford pops up here.
As a bunch of academics get ready to kick grit around, Hechinger Report talks to Angela Duckworth and gives her a chance to reflect and respond.
Biden is Reigniting the Movement to Oppose Standardized Testing
At The Progressive, Jake Jacobs looks at how the administration's hard line on testing is riling up the troops again.
Who's running ed policy in Tennessee? Not the people who are actually supposed to be, TC Weber discovers. Lots of dots to connect here.
Why I'm Opting My Son Out of Standardized Tests (And You Can, Too)
Jose Vilson on why his son will not be taking New York's BS Test this year. "Our students deserve more for their resilience than this country has offered them..."
Federal government pandemic schooling data--three key takeaways
Yeah, the feds finally tried to collect some information. Matt Barnum at Chalkbeat breaks it down.
It's tempting to replace teachers with tech, but it would be a mistake
Victoria Cain and Adam Laats are at the Washington Post to deliver a lesson from history.
What did Florida get for the $1 billion/year it sends to private schools
A blistering column from Patricia Drago in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. "Let’s stop the pretense and the hypocrisy. Either accountability matters, or it doesn’t. Either curriculum matters or it does not. Either teacher certification and school safety matter or they do not. A billion dollars a year says these things don’t matter in Florida."
Union bashing has been popular of late. Here's Nancy Flanagan with a reply to all that bashery.
The Country Moves Forward, Education Falls Back
Gayle Greene (no relation) is at Counterpunch calling out standardized testing and the folks who are keeping us at it.
