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

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

THIS WEEK'S WILDNESS 

Dad Gone Wild 

Nobody reads it, everybody quotes it.

WHAT YOU SEE, AIN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU GET

by TC Weber / 18h

“Sometimes I aint so sho who’s got ere a right to say when a man is crazy and when he aint. Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.” ― William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying Recently I’ve spent a lot m

IT IS NOT THE WORDS, IT IS HOW YOU SAY THEM

by TC Weber / 2d

“Sex and excretion are reminders that anyone’s claim to round-the-clock dignity is tenuous. The so-called rational animal has a desperate drive to pair up and moan and writhe.” ― Steven Pinker I’ve just returned from taking the dog on her morning walk. Every morning about this time, we traverse through the neighborhood out to the main road and back. This morning, as expected, was another treacher

THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO CONSIDER

by TC Weber / 4d

“It’s not enough to conquer the opposition. In a nonviolent struggle, we are committed to fight on until we win our adversaries as friends.” ― William J. Barber II, The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement A few weeks ago, in the comment section on one of my blog posts, an observation was made about my tendency towards tilting at windmills.

NYQUIL AND TYLENOL

by TC Weber / 7d

“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 / 9d

“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 / 11d

“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

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

TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

 TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT

EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE

Told Ya This Would Happen

45by Andy Spears / 15h

Back in July, I wrote a post about a newly-created political action committee (PAC) that seemed to be formed by Tennesseans for Student Success. You may recall that Tennesseans for Student Success is the dark money group behind a serious of insidious attacks on any legislator who opposes school privatization. So, anyway, now they have a cheerily named PAC. Team Kid PAC, they’re calling it. Here’s

Investment

31by Andy Spears / 1d

Today, Democratic lawmakers at the General Assembly unveiled a series of bills designed to help increase investment in Tennessee’s public schools and address some long-standing deficiencies in the BEP formula. The state’s bipartisan TACIR – Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs – has said the formula comes up short by $1.7 billion. Now, the state has a huge budget surplus and

Meaningless

by Andy Spears / 1d

A new video from the Tennessee Education Association (TEA) explains why the phrase “fully funding the BEP” is meaningless. More on School Funding Over a Billion Yarbro Calls for BEP Update Do We Really Have to Do This? Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com For more on education politics and policy in Tennessee, follow @TNEdReport Your support – $5 or more – makes publishing education news possible.

Like Grasshoppers

33by Andy Spears / 3d

A public school advocacy group in Ohio has taken notice of the rampant spread of school vouchers across the country and the role Tennessee is playing in the privatization game. The Tennessee Supreme Court has agreed to hear the plaintiffs’ voucher appeal. In 2019 a trial judge declared the Tennessee Voucher law unconstitutional. Subsequently, the Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the trial court

Over a Billion

78by Andy Spears / 6d

The surplus for the current fiscal year is now over $1 billion with six more months to go, according to figures released by the Tennessee Department of Revenue. This announcement comes as the Sycamore Institute recently released an analysis demonstrating that lawmakers will have at least $3.1 billion in “excess” or unplanned revenue with which to budget in the current cycle. The figures for Janua

Gibson Named TEA Executive Director

by Andy Spears / 8d

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

100+by Andy Spears / 8d

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

 TENNESSEE EDUCATION REPORT