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I am officially over on that blue thing. Please find me there for insights on public ed in Florida.

Stop the grift. Save public education. Colleen Conklin is back with a must-read takedown of Florida’s school voucher scheme. Every taxpayer should read this. #DemocracyDependsOnIt open.substack.com/pub/accountaba…

#StopTheGrift #Florida "You’re worried about “fraud & abuse”? Then why give a pass that huge part of the system that operates in the shadows?" flaglerlive.com/stop-the-grift…

#Florida voucher advocates aren’t just expanding choice—they’re eyeing Title I funds meant for low-income public school students. With Project 2025 paving the way, public ed is under serious threat. open.substack.com/pub/accountaba…

Or... hear me out here... you could focus on reading books and imaginative play and avoid screens altogether... the74million.org/zero2eight/why…

While #Florida ranks 47th in SAT scores "...politicians in this state spend way more time trying to restrict reading than encourage it. Instead of trying to boost sad-sack test scores, they’re still screaming about Judy Blume." orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/23/flo…

Such a sign of our times that ALEC - which we still think of as the place where corporations go to buy government policy - now has a model bill requiring schools to let students leave for bible study

Did you know since 1999, the start of the so called “education reform”movement, the Florida Education law book had nearly doubled, going from 680+ pages public schools must follow to 1,330 pages. How about FL DOGE look into that @GovRonDeSantis? #LetKidsLearn #LetTeachersTeach

#Florida AG Uthmeier signs on to amicus brief calling for U.S. Supreme Court to allow pregame prayers. “The Constitution does not require state-sponsored hostility toward religion — especially not in a moment as meaningful as pre-game prayer." floridaphoenix.com/briefs/florida…

Just weeks before school starts, West Palm Charter School, having earned 3 consecutive grades less than "C", announces it will not reopen - leaving 170 families scrambling to find new schools for their children. #chaos often follows school "choice." cbs12.com/news/local/cha…

Florida's largest parent organization, @FloridaPTA , joins lawsuit asking for release of federal education funds. “With school underway and no alternative path for timely relief, legal action has become the only remaining option to protect our students. Our focus is not…

Schools of Hope? #Schoolsofnope

Chronic absenteeism is a major challenge in schools and often leads to academic struggles for students. Yet, teachers are frequently held responsible for the outcomes. It’s time to acknowledge that schools and educators alone cannot be expected to solve all of the challenges our…

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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Figlio's study is a narrow eval of the tax credit program from 2003 to 2018. NOT the recent expansion. In fact, studies of universal voucher programs (like FL's recent expansion) are the ones that show huge negative effects on math outcomes in particular! edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1142

“These stories are distressing. Yet they may distract from a more fundamental problem: Even relatively safe AI friendships are troubling, because they cannot replace authentic human companionship.” larrycuban.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/ai-…

Important information regarding the bill mill that brought “In God We Trust” to Florida’s schools and the Ten Commandments to Texas’. the74million.org/article/state-…