Peter Greene

In Arizona, A Push For School Voucher Accountability “If you’re going to take money from taxpayers, then you as a private entity need to be able to put forth transparency and make sure kids are safe and learning.”

Once again, Kentucky's supreme court says their constitution means what it says www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...

Scripted curriculum cannot make bad teachers good, but it can make good teachers mediocre.

The Ed Department's Anti-DEI Letter Is Dead. Don't Get Too Excited. Is this particular nightmare over?

The Ed Department said as much
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Indy charter advocates’ use of race ‘reeks of paternalism,’ coalition spokesman says The African American Coalition of Indianapolis rejected claims that parents of color support a controversial bill to reduce the power of the elected school board.

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Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Charter School Law Unconstitutional In yet another setback for school choice advocates, Kentucky’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that the state’s charter school law violates the state constitution.

Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Charter School Law Unconstitutional www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...

Live updates: In rare rebuke of Trump, Supreme Court strikes down tariffs The ruling deals a major blow to his signature economic policy and represents a stinging political setback.

Breaking news: The Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, dealing a major blow to his signature economic policy.

The decision is expected to affect global trade, companies, inflation and the pocketbooks of every American.

The Activity Why Michigan Needs Full Abolishment of Drum Corps International and Bands of America in Public Schools.

The Activity
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So, just to recap, we have two random DOGE bros with basically no knowledge or experience in the humanities (and at least one of whom is a college dropout), who just went around terminating grants that had gone through a full grant application process by feeding in a list of culture war grievance terms, selecting out the grant titles based on the appearance of seemingly “woke” words, then asking ChatGPT “yo, tell me this is DEI” and then sending termination emails the next day from a private server and forging the director’s signature. This is what “government efficiency” looks like in practice: two guys with zero relevant experience, a keyword list built on culture war grievances, and a chatbot confidently spitting out 120-character verdicts on federal grants that went through actual review processes. The experts who might have explained what these grants actually do? Locked out. The director whose signature appeared on termination letters? Couldn’t tell you which grants got cut or w

Ever wondered how your grant got cancelled? No we know. Some college dropout asked ChatGPT "is it DEI/woke"?

www.techdirt.com/202...

Great job, Internet!: Hollywood uncooked as viral Cruise vs. Pitt video looks like another AI con-job Great job, Internet!: Hollywood uncooked as viral Cruise vs. Pitt video looks like another AI con-job

The lesson from the "Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt AI Video" reveal is twofold, old, and evergreen:

1) Slow Down
and 2) always start from the ground position that any claims made by an "AI" corporation— any for-profit corporation, really— is them lying to you to hype their product.

They locked up a Colombian child coming to go to Disney World with her family.

What the hell are we doing? And why in the world would anyone come here for the World Cup/Olympics? www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigra...

Celebrating Traditional K-12 Public Education Defending the Promise: Public Education and the Fight for Democracy

Celebrating Traditional K-12 Public Education
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What Would It Mean if Ohioans Voted to Eliminate Property Taxes? When I read  Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Thomas Suddes’ column on February 1st, I gritted my teeth before I followed the advice in the headline: “Abolishing Property Taxes Would Le…

What Would It Mean if Ohioans Voted to Eliminate Property Taxes? janresseger.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/w...

Tennessee lawmaker backs off plan to kill tenure Rep. Justin Lafferty said he "struggled over the weekend" with how to continue with the bill after researching the history of tenure.

Rep. Justin Lafferty, R-Knoxville, dropped his push to prevent public state universities from awarding tenure to professors, though he kept open the option of reviving the bill. www.knoxnews.com/story/news/e...

"The potential of having the exhibits replaced by an alternative script — a plausible assumption at this time — would be an even more permanent rejection of the site’s historical integrity, and irreparable,” wrote Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, an appointee of President George W. Bush.

Can We Please Stop it with the AI Woo-Woo? If we're going to deal with this technology we have to cut through the fake mystery.

Can We Please Stop it with the AI Woo-Woo?
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Hempfield School District votes in favor of ending collaboration with Independence Law Center During this week's school board meeting, the board, which is Democrat-majority for the first time in years, voted 6 to 3 to sever ties with the organization

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Americans don’t want to be pulled into more conflict in the Middle East.

No more endless wars. No more blank checks from Congress.

The Ed Department's Anti-DEI Letter Is Dead. Don't Get Too Excited. Is this particular nightmare over?

The department issued a statement indicating that the ruling on the Feb 14 letter would not change a thing.
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Join ELC on March 2 for “Making the Grade: Advocating for Fair School Funding in the States.” Access the report + register for the webinar here: edlawcenter.org/making-the-g...

Susan Collins hands Trump the 50th vote against free and fair elections When it comes to free and fair elections, Collins is as conservative and anti-voting rights as they come.

Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time — the same rate as Mitch McConnell and two points above conservative Rand Paul. This is hardly the profile of someone looking to chart her own path. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/susa...

A New National Reading Panel? It Depends - Nancy Bailey's Education Website ... I believed that because of its weaknesses, the report was dangerous in its potential for misuse. ~ Joanne Yatvin, from Education Week (2003). Educator, former president of the National Council of ...

'Many governors are climbing on board the SoR train.

A new panel would have to include classroom teachers, especially early learning and special education teachers, with degrees in reading, as they were left off the last panel.' nancyebailey.com/2026/02/19/a...

The Ed Department's Anti-DEI Letter Is Dead. Don't Get Too Excited. Is this particular nightmare over?

The Ed Department's Anti-DEI Letter Is Dead. Don't Get Too Excited.
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Forcing The Boss To Bargain—Even When They Don't Have To - PopularResistance.Org North Carolina is one of six states that prohibit collective bargaining for public school staff. But unionized workers in two school districts have built enough bottom-up power to force their employers to “meet and confer,” a non-binding form of negotiation. Labor Notes’ Ellen David Friedman talked with Carlos Perez and Allison Swaim of the Durham Association of Educators, representing 5,000 teachers and classified staff. Ellen David Friedman: Durham is one of two districts in North Carolina that have achieved “meet-and-confer” status. How did you do it?

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Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony The Meta CEO stuck to a playbook of repetitive answers and buzzwords in a landmark trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Trump's secret police are now the tech bros' Secret Service???

"Mark Zuckerberg walked somewhat stiffly into a courtroom of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County...having first been escorted into the building by a security detail that included two Department of Homeland Security officers."

The administration is going to use taxpayer funds to provide people in Europe with access to sites like the Daily Stormer and Stormfront

The Ed Department's Anti-DEI Letter Is Dead. Don't Get Too Excited. Is this particular nightmare over?

"I’m pretty sure that the administration let this one go because the existence or non-existence of the Dear Colleague letter has zero bearing on what they intend to keep doing."

Yup. TFA unleashed a host of "education thought leaders" who could wave around two years of teacher cosplay as "proof" they weren't just talking out their butt.

TFA rises as political powerhouse With annual revenues approaching $300 million, Teach for America is flush with cash and ambition.

But, TFA is not really for students or better teachers, but to influence education policy. With a little “street cred," TFAers can bring those neoliberal ideas into the most powerful positions controlling educational decisions (superintendents and politicians). www.politico.com/story/2013/1...

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer.

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That’s 4x Higher Than Humans

The incidents bring the robotaxi service to a total of 14 crashes since launching last summer.

The new data raises concerns about how safe Tesla’s systems really are compared to the average driver.