Hard to express how little I look forward to getting the Board of Directors up at what will feel to them like an hour early. That's going to be a real party. And you've got one hour less to get through the reading for this week, including plenty about Tennessee's efforts to out-Florida Florida.
Texas students push back against book bans
The Texas Tribune covers the growth of student groups behind banned book clubs and book distribution plans. They have some things to say, including some reminders that for some students, these bans are very personal. "What about my story? Am I seen as a bad influence? Am I seen as something that should be shamed?"
Memphis students oppose bills banning "obscene" and LGBTQ books
Corinne Kennedy takes the radical step of talking to actual students, and again, they have much to say. "We do not occupy a world free from pain and tragedy. So why would our libraries be free from these?"
Billionaires, millionaires, corporate interests fuel battle over Tennessee schools
Newschannel 5 in Nashville did a pretty awesome job of laying out who's really pushing the latest Tennessee assaults on public education.
Tennessee is about to take school privatization to an extreme
Andy Spears at The Progressive takes a thorough look at the various privatization initiatives going on in Tennessee these days. Not encouraging.
A look at the Hillsdale history curriculum and how it rewrites part of US past
Phil Williams at News Channel 5 in Nashville did some looking into the history curriculum pushed by Hillsdale, the private Christian college that Tennessee's governor is hiring to launch charter schools in the state.
PA's school funding trial comes to a close
The big funding trial in PA is wrapping up WHYY has a good summary of what has happened.
Assistant principal fired after reading children's book to class
You probably haven't missed this story, but just in case, here's the AP who was fired for reading I need a new butt
Despite stress, most teachers stay put
Matt Barnum again crunches some real numbers about the teacher exodus that may or may not be happening.
Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years
Hechinger reports on one more piece of research that proves what every actual teacher already knew. But it's nice to have the confirmation.
Panicked white people tried to ban books in the '80s, too
Fred Pincus at Talking Points Memo reminds us of one of the previous times we've been here. Back then it was Jerry Falwell and the Reganites.
Shane Phipps takes us back even further, to the panic over ebonics. Far right moral panic yet again.
This is an impressive piece of journalism from the Battalion, the student newspaper at Texas A & M, showing just how a bunch of alum are trying to remake the campus in their own image.
Jennifer Berkshire on Challenges to Public Education
John Warner interviews the co-author of Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door and co-host of Have You Heard.
Joshua Needelman takes a look at the effects of Any Warm Body substitute efforts, including his own.
MAGA Re-districting incites school litigation
Thomas Ultican with the tale of the San Dieguito School District and how oine MAGA member can disrupt an entire board.
Susan Ohanian offers a quiz to help you decide whether you are best suited for work in a classroom, the office of the Us Secretary of Education, or the Business Roundtable. Fun times.
Does it seem as if "Science of Reading" has multiple meanings. Paul Thomas explains the issues.
Congress just grew child poverty by 3,7 million children
Jan Resseger looks at one of the major effects of Congressional failure to pass Build Back Better
Mercedes Schneider blogs about that magical time of year, and how exactly it affects classrooms.
Not education at all (unless, like me, you had a copy of books about this expedition in your classroom), but pretty exciting if you have an interest in Sir Ernest Shackleton's expedition. One of the most amazing survival stories ever, with stunning photos, and now they've found the ship, almost two miles down in the Weddell Sea
And over at Forbes.com, I wrote about the Government Accounting Office's look at virtual charters--just in case you want one more data point about these beasts.
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