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Saturday, January 30, 2021

THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS Dad Gone Wild Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it. + TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

 Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.


THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS 
Dad Gone Wild 
Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.



ALL THE WORLDS A STAGE, AND WE BUT MERELY PERFORMERS
“All politics is marketing. And in marketing, there are but two variables: product and salesmanship.” ― Tim Dorsey, Pineapple Grenade I’ve been deeply involved in the world of public education for nearly a decade now, yet I am still consistently amazed at just how weird it all gets. You would think the world of academia would adhere to some sort of logic and consistency. Unfortunately, and I chal
THE BURDEN OF PROOF
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters” ― Albert Einstein Two days ago the Tennessean ran an article reporting that MNPS had received a letter from the Commissioner of Education accusing them of fiscal malfeasance regarding their management of federal funds delivered through the CARES Act. In the commissioner’s words, “I cannot underscore eno
DISCRETION AS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR
“With distrust came suspicion and with suspicion came fear, and with fear came hate–and these, in already distorted minds, inflamed a hell.” ― Zane Grey, To The Last Man: 8 Western Novels – Collection Since the dawn of social media, Nashville’s education leaders have chosen to utilize the platform as a means to division instead of unification. Some will say, they are just using it as designed. Th
THE LESSON IS, ELECTIONS MATTER
“Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid.” – Amanda Gorman Elections have consequences – it’s a phrase most of us are familiar with. Currently, it’s

 Dad Gone Wild – Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.


TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE


ASD Light
State Senator Ferrell Haile of Sumner County has filed SB 122 , a bill creating a “School Turnaround Pilot Program.” Maybe Haile has never heard of the Achievement School District? It’s difficult to understand why someone who has served on the Senate Education Committee for some time now and should have at least a vague familiarity with education policy in our state would want to recreate one of
Make Believe
The land of make believe is apparently where Gov. Bill Lee and his team go to find justification for their bad public policy. WMC-TV out of Memphis has the story about how the Lee Administration is using old data from a study based on projections to justify a demand that schools return to in-person learning. Here’s more: Despite new data suggesting COVID-19 learning loss wasn’t as severe as predi
So This Actually Happened
Here are some responses to a Facebook Post by Metro Nashville Education Association (MNEA) President Amanda Kail from MNPS School Board member Fran Bush. Enough of your bull! We are going to open in person

TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT