It has been a time, with a double funeral yesterday and some other little series of life adventures this week. Makes you want to shake some folks and ask, "Is this really what you want to do with your limited time on earth?" Be better. Anyway, I have a few things for you to read this week. Here's the list.
What Education Researchers Can Learn From Teachers
Larry Ferlazzo at EdWeek lets us hear from four teachers with some good thoughts about what researchers need to do to shape up their act.
Here's the truth behind the right-wing attacks on critical race theory
Jeff Bryant at Alternet with a look at some of the forces behind the big crt push, and some comments from people actually in the field.
School choice and charter proponents target public education in key states
A good overview of the rising tide of teacher gag laws, and the rising tide of opposition to them. From Rachel Cohen at Capital & Main.
Bricolage Academy educators vote in favor of unionization
Such a vote isn't always a big deal--but this time we're talking about the staff of a New Orleans charter school. This could be the start of something good.
Turnaround is a relic
Chicago's board of education decides to retire its largest turnaround program.
EdTech in schools -- a threat to data privacy?
This piece from Velislava Hillman looks at just what edtech companies want (spoiler alert: educating students is not Job One).
Why A Billionaire Telecom Executive Gave $1,000 In Cash To Quincy College Grads
From Forbes, the story of a billionaire exec who decided to do something useful (and non-prescriptive) with his money.
From the "you think you've got troubles" file. Also from the "this is maybe closer to happening here than I'd like to imagine" files.
Milton Hershey was doing educational philanthropy back in the old days, and his death in 1945 left a huge estate that became a massive fund for the Milton Hershey School, a school set up to help poor orphans. The school is still in operation, and it has giant piles of money, which critics say should say should be being spent on the school's educational mission.
Yeah, this HuffPost piece is not going to make you feel better. It will, however, remind you that some people in the classroom are bringing along a whole set of toxic beliefs.
From the School of Thought blog, a call for a kinder, gentler, not so focused on being perfect approach to the classroom.
Mark Weber, writing for New Jersey Policy Perspective, shows how Camden is losing sooooo many Black teachers.
Nancy Flanagan with a reminder that wrong is wrong is wrong, even and especially when it comes to education and children.
Eliminating Federal Charter Schools Program Would Curb Academic and Financial Abuses by Charter Operators
The federal program for financing charter schools is still there, still wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. Jan Resseger explains why it should be ended.
A Productive Meeting Between the District and Teachers about the Next School Year
Let's wrap things up with the latest from McSweeney's. Short, bittersweet, and funny.
