Readers React On Parental Rights And Philanthropy, Big Friday Fish, Plus Education & Politics

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Today, reader reactions to two recent posts, a couple of items not by me you may have missed, and a serious fish. Some selected reactions to the recent post on funders and risk. A few funders wrote to say, ‘hey we’re doing this!’ A few shared interesting examples of different kinds …

Three Gold Medalists, Panic On SEL, Boston Disaster, And Rare Collectible Willingham Fish Porn! More…

It’s SEL Week here at Eduwonk! On Wednesday we talked about how SEL is not inherently crazy political and to the extent people try to make it that way SEL leaders should push back. Today, there is a new essay from Panic at the Pondiscio arguing SEL is not a Trojan Horse for CRT while …

Friday Fish Porn – Events Edition, Plus That’s Not A Stripah, It’s A Wahoo…

Ben Wallerstein is not a stranger to fish porn, he’s been featured here a few times. Here he is today with a striped bass – locally called Rockfish – from the Chesapeake Bay week before last. It’s a bruiser, it’s that time of year, and soon you will be able to catch them on the …

Veterans, Pennington, Teach Strong, Personalized, LA Charters, EQUIP, NAEP, & Mark Zuckerberg, Education Blogger

Veterans and pensions.  More Bellwether on veterans here: Their role in our conversations about diversity. Higher ed reading list: A piece of football activism history on campus.  A look at how illiberal efforts to address genuine issues can quickly become.  Chait on the same issue. Third Way asks if Teach Strong can unite Democrats? Pennington frames the questions in …