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(Reading and agreeing with this piece ≠ supporting vouchers, charters, etc. etc. It's just evidence that, as @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social often writes, supporting pubic education cross party lines. That said, I'd argue at its heart, special ed is inherently a prog project with con overtones.)

One of THE hardest conversations to have in progressive spaces is about supporting public ed and what that means.

Part of that is accepting it's a conservative (small c) project and that means that sometimes, Conservatives (big C) are worth listening to and make good allies.

Case in point.

What's wild about listening to the #ACIP meeting is you can hear in some of the doctor's voice their bone-deep need to follow protocol and be respectful conflicting with their desire to say, "No. Fuck You. Shut up and sit down, you know-nothing goober."

Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵

I'm an incredibly lucky duck to be able to spend my days reading words from thoughtful educators like Larry and his co-author, Katie. (Their latest one is chock full of advice for any teacher - new or experienced - looking to improve their practice. Look for it next year!)

Columbus school board votes to slash jobs, close schools to save $50M

Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers in fiscal year 2025

#pairedtexts

this really isn’t an exaggeration

It's been an honor and a pleasure!

The Mississippi miracle Wikipedia article is on my 2026 to-do list and it's going to be one heck of a mess to detangle.

Best Of November Voting Thread A selection of the BEST threads!

There's more fun stuff to view today #Skystorians! The vote are open to determine the BEST answer of November 2025. Browse the most worthy of nominations, from Roman romantic graffiti to time traveling BLT's, and more!

Why Teaching is Harder When the Math is Easier I got humbled in class today.

I am delighted this morning to see that @ddmeyer.bsky.social is back from his 8 month newsletter hiatus.

Dan is my go-to voice on the murky intersection of ed tech and math education. He has some thoughts on the current AI situation:

danmeyer.substack.com/p/why-teachi...

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I bet! And it's going to be a *wild* race weekend!

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5

The way Parker laid this timeline out—it’s so clear what has been ramping up, even if some of these appeared to be isolated events at the time.

Was deep into checking a reference, reading a write-up by a researcher that's new to me about some contradictory studies when I came across the line: I asked ChatGPT to help me summarize ...

While I appreciate the honesty ... man, I don't know.

This is mortifying. I am mortified. On behalf of Catharine Beecher and Anna Julia Cooper and hell, even Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Photo of Pete Hegseth sitting at a table. In front of him is a placard that reads "PETE HEGSETH SSECRETARY OF WAR." Yes, on the placard "secretary" begins with a double-S.

I'm like 90% sure that's an innocent typo.

85%

I'm sure it'll go GREAT when she runs for Governor.

I'll be curious if your opinion of him changes by time that task comes around!

Have you gotten to the cricket ball task yet?

But that one small quibble aside, it's a fantastic essay. Simply put: Girls don't need to be taught how to be leaders - boys need to be taught how to be followers.

Rosalind Rosenberg's "Beyond Separate Spheres:
Intellectual Roots of Modern Feminism" digs into some of the challenges in the framing. And this is an interesting, if oddly formatted essay, on the issue from Linda Kerber.

faculty.uml.edu/sgallagher/s...

She talks a bit about - and points to a resource on the "Separate Spheres Ideology" as it's used in psychology and sociology. Interestingly enough, historians have mostly moved away from the framing and language because it's misused, misunderstood, and misleading.

So wonderful to see that Soraya Chemaly is still writing - I'd totally lost track of her work since leaving Twitter.

This is a great piece (and I have one small quibble.)

Have a plan in place now.

Chickasaw, AL (in Mobile County) Nogales, AZ (on the Mexican border) Jennings, MO (in St. Louis County) Ferris ISD, TX (just south of Dallas County) Kellogsville, MI (Grand Rapids area) Oak Park, MI (just north of Detroit) Painesville, OH (30 miles NE of Cleveland) Whitehall, OH (Columbus area) Barberton, OH (Akron area)

I'm trying speak with students, parents, educators, and education advocates in (or connected to) these school districts about their experiences for a follow-up to www.newamerica.org/education-po.... Any ideas for me? Second-degree connectors also appreciated!

There's also this.

bsky.app/profile/kate...

Dr. Becker unpacks some of it here and shares a great rubric. (Consistency between levels! Order of rows communicates priority! Quantitative terms - some, few, many - contextualized with qualitative criteria!)

bsky.app/profile/jonb...

It's kinda interesting to watch a whole lot of people work to norm around an assessment prompt, feedback mechanism, and a student work sample.