The Real Flashpoint In Virginia’s New Transgender Guidelines For Schools? Teacher Rights. Part 2 of 2. 

In Part 1 we talked about the crux issue in the new Virginia transgender guidelines for schools (that a lot of people are dancing around). Is it OK for schools to conceal gender transitions from parents or is that the only way to be affirming for LGBT kids? Outside of exceptional circumstances concealing things from …

The All 133 Problem…Plus Daylight Savings And Schools

The Washington Post announced the other day that, I’m not a big fan of the snitch line, which as anyone who has seen The Simpsons or South Park could have predicted has not turned out well. Still two things happened. One, VA Dems seized on the “all 133” framing. And second, anyone who knows much of anything about …

On Boxing And Shortages…TJ Lawsuit & Scarce Schools, The Polls Are Bad For Dems, Good For Consensus…Judge Jackson & Edu…

Kojo Nnamdi is back on the air for a bit at Washington’s 88.5, I’ll be on with him discussing ed politics tomorrow at 3pm ET. Light posting lately. Too much work, and laissez les bons temps rouler. Except not in Ukraine. There are plenty of takes about how the Ukraine war actually reflects or refracts …

Gender Equity & Sports, Who Lost San Francisco?

New Bellwether publications on rural education out today, focusing on Colorado but with clear takeaways for other places.  In China, tonight U.S. time, the United States Women’s Hockey Team plays Canada for the Gold Medal. It’s actually hard to overstate how dominant these two teams are, and if you follow D1 women’s hockey you see …

Closure? And What Are Schools For Anyway? Chicago Still Matters…More Edumusic

As I mentioned in December I don’t have a big take on the whole “should schools stay open?” debate. That’s because it seems situational to me and there are a whole bunch of secondary questions like what’s the local context with regard to Covid and other things, for whom should they be open, how, etc…* …

What Drove Education Voters In Virginia? Plus Goldstein Goes Wild, Texeria, Jacobin, Hess, More…

This Michael Goldstein essay on evidence and education is excellent. Recommend. Also, what teachers are saying about teacher pay. Here’s a reasonable take on the CRT in schools debate: To be sure, voices on the political right, including Youngkin, must do better when it comes to specifying what they oppose. They, and we, would be better …

Odds & Ends – Multiple Culture Wars Explained, Bellwether Is Hiring, Your Next Classroom Might Be An Office? More…

More NAEP takes are coming this week. We heard from Morgan Polikoff, Marguerite Roza, and Sandy Kress. This week Ed Trust CEO Denise Forte. Bellwether is hiring. We’re hiring for a host of roles, join our 70 person – and growing – team. All the things you’re supposed to say are actually true – flexible work environment, …

Election Reax

A little election reax. I did an interview with The 74, it’s a 5 questions kind of deal. The post-mortem you need to read. @KevinMahnken talks to @arotherham about the aftermath of what most educators said they always wanted: An election where K-12 issues were front and center. @The74 https://t.co/3O0ZvlvmGb — Andrew Brownstein (@Misterodney) November …