ICYMI: Nutcracker Edition (12/11)
Not a fan. But I am a huge fan of my niece, so we once again trekked south to watch her dance studio's production of this plotless fixture of the holiday season. But she was delightful. And now I have a whole lot of things for you to read.
Whatever happened to the fight over Critical Race Theory?
Nirvi Shah has a decent overview of CRT panic and how it played out during the elections. At Grid.
Steve Nuzum is fed up with various anti-LGBTQ legislation. He explains why.
La. AG Jeff Landry Creates Tip Line to Expose the First Amendment
One more political hack hopes to score points by cracking down on students' reading rights. The indispensable Mercedes Schneider has the story (and the address, if you'd like to send something to his tip line).
Stitt has vowed to revive a private school voucher plan, but details are scarce
From The Frontier, an excellent source of Oklahoma education news. And the news these days is not good.
Who will defend public education?
John Merrow, retired education reporter, looks at the need for someone, from any party, to step up and defend public education from the forces set against it.
It took ProPublica, the Seattle Times, and three reporters to publish this story. It is a tale of what happens when children become nothing more than a backpack full of cash to corporations looking to make a buck.
New Data Reveals That Success Academy Attrition Is Worse Than Previously Reported
Gary Rubinstein has been crunching numbers for Success Academy, and it turns out the cohorts that start at SA are way different than the cohorts that finish.
Gregory Sampson with seven things the nation needs to know about Ron DeSantis (besides his desire to become President).
N.J. district with $7,500 signing bonuses has hired 115 teachers in 11 weeks
Golly gosh. Who would have guessed that offering people real money might entice them to take a teaching job.
Stop Punishing Poverty in Schools
This is a powerful piece by Paul Gorski at ASCD. Here's how poverty in school looks to the students who experience it.
The Science of Reading and the Perils of State Literacy Policies: Virginia’s Cautionary Tale
For NCTE, Dorothy Suskind looks at the charges leveled at "unscientific" practices by the SOR folks.
My Favorite College Search Things
Guru Akil Bello talks about some of the delightful things he finds in his email and the world of college admissions coaching.
Elsewhere this week, I wrote about Pennsylvania's new culturally responsive standards for teacher training programs. And at Forbes.com, a look at a resurgence of the old idea that we can use test scores to sort out the Bad Teachers.
Also, a piece in The Progressive magazine about the battle to restrict reading rights. I worked hard to connect some dots on this one, and I'm pleased with the result, so take a look, please.
Here is a nice little video promoting the arts initiative in my small town corner of the world.