Education News, Analysis, and Commentary
Last week we did a special G rated kids version of our regular Friday fish feature. This week we’ve got a special version, too, the previously promised ed researcher edition! It doesn’t qualify as fish porn because, well, there are no fish in the picture. But, I can attest that Jane Hannaway, seen here at …
Today we have a special “G” rated version of our usual Friday fish feature. Today we’re focusing on the kids of various edufigures. Below is a picture of New Schools Venture Fund partner Jordan Meranus’ daughter with a big fluke she caught this summer. And it was no fluke, she caught several that day and …
We need to talk about Friday Fish Porn. “No thanks,” you say. Well, hang on. As emails have become more of a popular way to get the blog and content blockers more of an issue, the few emails I used to get like this have become more common, “Just a note that educators prefer not …
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No fish porn today, more soon, but let me use this as an opportunity to be crystal clear about what I absolutely am not looking for. Dan Willingham with some important cautions. The gaps between research and what everyone knows are really stunning. This week I heard someone in a position of real influence talking about how …
Odds and Ends On the American Variety Radio show I talked with Court Lewis about reading and literacy. Rick Hess and I discussed the Des Moines superintendent debacle – immigration was in some ways the least of it. Rick and I also discussed cell phone bans and technology and kids more generally. Jed Wallace and …
Items. Alan Greenblatt, a reporter I hold in high regard, who has covered education over the years, is resigning from Governing because he was being censored with regard to the Trump Administration. I hope some philanthropy helps him keep writing independently – decline is a choice. Washington Post story on Virginia’s effort to raise standards: …
Continue reading ““Patriotic Education” Isn’t. Plus, The Vagueness of “No Kings.” And Fish Porn.”
OK, it’s been a minute. It’s a chaotic time, and no small part of my job is helping people separate signal from noise. Below you’ll find some Virginia politics, a big thing to watch for on the federal education tax credit regulations, some reading about reading, odd takes on school safety, ed research ideas and some …
Last month Nat Malkus, Rick Hess, and I talked through the current issues. Listen to The Report Card there or wherever you get podcasts. This was just before the Kirk assassination. From Bellwether: In an effort to help education organizations build capacity around artificial intelligence, pilot new ways of selling, and experiment with new staffing …
Continue reading “Loudoun Calling: Is It 2021 In Virginia Again? A Compact Miss. Fish Porn. More.”
Today I have some odds and ends as summer winds down and kids go back to school. And it’s Friday so fish. New WonkyFolk. This is a fun and important one, Jed and I sit down with Shaka Mitchell of American Federation for Children to talk about the – big – new education tax credit …
Light posting—it’s summer, and I’ve been focused on logging miles on my bike. Why? In August, I’ll ride 192 miles across Massachusetts to raise money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. I do this each year as part of the Pan-Mass Challenge, but is especially important this year with research funding under pressure. You can learn …
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