It’s the first week of January so here’s the In and Out list (2023 here and 2022 here). It’s unscientific, it’s impressionistic, and it’s informed by your emails so keep sending them.
Happy New Year.
| Out | In |
| Dress Codes | Gender stereotypes |
| Networks | Hubs |
| Philanthropic dollars in education | Philanthropic commitment to education |
| Race-based affirmative action | Essays and supplemental questions |
| Covid dollars | Fiscal cliffs |
| Governance | Donors |
| Ed tech will transform how we learn | AI will transform how we learn |
| Middlemen | Brandon Johnson |
| Substantive teacher strikes | Performative teacher strikes |
| Antiracism | Antisemitism |
| Standardized tests | Aristocracy |
| Phones | Drones |
| Nina Rees | Nina Rees |
| Safetyism | Calls for violence |
| Democrats as ed reformers | Democrats |
| Localism | SCOTUS |
| DEI Jacobins | Chris Rufo as Robespierre |
| Privacy | Private schools |
| Evidence | Vibes |
| Counseling | Coaching |
| Intersectionality | Melting pot |
| One-time spending | Hysterics about budget cuts |
| DeSantis with outsized coattails in school board races | DeSantis with outsized boots |
| Gender questioning | Gender policy questioning |
| Vouchers | ESAs |
| Consultants | Advisors |
| The SAT | The SAT |
| Claudine Gay | Roland Fryer |
| Multiple causes of the U.S. Civil War | Republican Civil War |
| Republican xenophobia | Bipartisan xenophobia |
| Civility | Civics |
| Ibram X. Kendi | Ruy Teixeira |
| Great books | Great passages |
| Covid | Flu |
| Going to school | Chronic absenteeism and teacher strikes |
| DEI | Team building |
| Advanced classes | Making equity toxic |
| Transparency | Street Data |
| Second Amendment | First Amendment |
| Portland | New Orleans |
| Restorative justice | SROs |
| Education policy | Education politics |
| Education politics | Abortion politics |
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