Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats

Oh wait you said "Nuzzi"? Sorry I can't keep up with all this.

TY @tktk.bsky.social for covering this and thank you to @lbyock.bsky.social and all the parents fighting this fight.

There is little point to cell phone bans if students are on other devices all day.

Grim. Takes us back 200 years. In the 1820s, NYC public schools had different tallies: first was "Children"....then "their children" for Black kids.

Just one more: Guess what the Klan really wanted in 1920s public schools?

That's right: book bans. Sound familiar?

...and here's Klan leader Hiram Evans in 1926 on the school culture-war. Can you see any difference between this and today's GOP talk?

Check out some Klan rhetoric. It is very close to today's GOP message. Here's "Imperial Wizard" Hiram Evans on the dangers of immigration in 1926:

Thanks to @pbump.com for pointing it out.

Are they Nazis? Maybe, but there is a much closer parallel that carries just as much weight and is much closer to home:

Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.

"I was a stranger and you welcomed me."
--Jesus

What do knowledgeable GOP ed leaders think of Linda "A1" McMahon moving Ed programs to the Dept of Labor?

"absurd on its face."

Maybe with biennial attempts to fill it with radioactive toxic waste.

A grim preview of 2027, when the 'Big Beautiful Bill' will allow people in all opt-in states to shift money from their federal taxes to private schools.

Amen. My dad was not born in the USA and he got Apollo to the moon.

Sorry to inflict this on you, friends, but you should give it a read.

It's a bummer in so many maddening ways.

From @jillbarshay.bsky.social: "The damage is cumulative and will unfold over years."

Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.

This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible

Mr. Lancaster's System The Failed Reform That Created America's Public Schools

Sorry for the self-promo, but there's a big sale today on my new book about the roots of US public schools.

It's a big weird story.

@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social called it "fascinating and timely."
@palan57.bsky.social called it a "must-read."

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Ouch

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.

What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

"Public education is a foundational block in our democracy, both for informed citizens and to give everyone a chance to build lifelong skills."
@warren.senate.gov on Secretary McMahon and US Ed

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump channeling Hiram Evans, leader of the Ku Klux Klan, c. 1926:

I named my fists DadJoke and Money cuz there's about to be some Pun Ching.

I did, in fact, call it a "must read." If you don't already have a copy, here's a chance.

Mr. Lancaster's System The Failed Reform That Created America's Public Schools

Sorry for the self-promo, but there's a big sale today on my new book about the roots of US public schools.

It's a big weird story.

@jenniferberkshire.bsky.social called it "fascinating and timely."
@palan57.bsky.social called it a "must-read."

50% off today only! Use the code: HCYB25

Anyone have a little “books teachers should read about AI” list? Am reading Kate Crawford’s book now. Going to read Karen Hao’s. Things we should read/share with colleagues and peers.

Counter point: What if schools' "ultimate test" is whether or not a graduate is kind to people, even if those people aren't their bosses?

A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Fantastic! What great news and great timing.

School people: Great article by @benjaminjriley.bsky.social deflating the "AI hype machine."

Tech hype is literally the founding flaw of US public schools.

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Absolutely. I think news editors tend to push for a dramatic "things are now totally different," because there's not much of a headline to "things have pretty much always been this way."

I can't help but wonder what the "today's-children-are-more-stressed-than-ever" crowd would say to this one from the NE Primer (1778 ed.):

To be fair, the first sentence is totally true. It's the conclusion that is painfully false.

The mental health of children in the past was a tragedy. Just....an undiagnosed one. (This is from 1830.)