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Today was a rare day of reckoning in a Florida education committee. accountabaloney.com/whatever-cou...
“Whatever could go wrong, Has gone wrong” – Accountabaloney
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November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today was a rare day of reckoning in a Florida education committee. accountabaloney.com/whatever-cou...
Apparently, the “Big Story” today includes a bit of Accountabaloney.
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Florida education officials to discuss how schools teach good vs. evil
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Apparently, the “Big Story” today includes a bit of Accountabaloney.
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Recommended weekend listening: in a growing # of states, education policy reflects the vision of individual billionaires. We head to Florida, where @jasongarcia.bsky.social & @flbaloney.bsky.social help us get to the bottom of a controversial school privatization plan soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
HY#207 Under the Influence
Have You Heard heads to Florida, where education policy is increasingly being determined by wealthy donors. We meet a billionaire who has been putting big bucks behind a very particular vision for the
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November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Recommended weekend listening: in a growing # of states, education policy reflects the vision of individual billionaires. We head to Florida, where @jasongarcia.bsky.social & @flbaloney.bsky.social help us get to the bottom of a controversial school privatization plan soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...
On the November FLBOE agenda:“Lawmakers promoting the bill said they did not intend to use the standards to indoctrinate children or spread fear, leaving the details to the Department of Education.”
“It’s a highly biased picture…”
#Florida
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“It’s a highly biased picture…”
#Florida
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Florida revives McCarthyism, anti-communism with classroom guidelines
Historians question whether proposed standards emphasize ideology over critical thinking.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On the November FLBOE agenda:“Lawmakers promoting the bill said they did not intend to use the standards to indoctrinate children or spread fear, leaving the details to the Department of Education.”
“It’s a highly biased picture…”
#Florida
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“It’s a highly biased picture…”
#Florida
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#Florida’s Spring 2025 school funding shortfall wasn’t a glitch — it was a system failure.
Until the state releases the missing February data, we can’t fix what went wrong.
#Transparency first.
Release the Fourth Calculation
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Until the state releases the missing February data, we can’t fix what went wrong.
#Transparency first.
Release the Fourth Calculation
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Where Did The Money Go?
Florida’s school funding shortfall wasn’t a glitch — it was a system failure.Until the state releases the missing February data, we can’t fix what went wrong.Transparency first.Release the Fourth Calc...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#Florida’s Spring 2025 school funding shortfall wasn’t a glitch — it was a system failure.
Until the state releases the missing February data, we can’t fix what went wrong.
#Transparency first.
Release the Fourth Calculation
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Until the state releases the missing February data, we can’t fix what went wrong.
#Transparency first.
Release the Fourth Calculation
substack.com/home/post/p-...
“what’s really happening is the systematic removal of ideas the government doesn’t want made widely available.” @FLFreedomRead www.floridatoday.com/story/opinio...
Florida’s book bans aren’t about parents—they’re about control | Opinion
Opinion: Florida’s book bans aren’t about parental rights—they’re about controlling ideas. A local parent explains why this matters to all of us.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“what’s really happening is the systematic removal of ideas the government doesn’t want made widely available.” @FLFreedomRead www.floridatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Trump admin going after special education with a hatchet in the dark of night seems like an issue the Dems could run with
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump admin going after special education with a hatchet in the dark of night seems like an issue the Dems could run with
"The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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October 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
“As conservative lawmakers promise to expand school choice next year, a handful of Mississippi cities are taking a public stand against the policy.” mississippitoday.org/2025/10/07/m...
Mississippi towns say no to school choice as state-level push continues - Mississippi Today
As conservative lawmakers promise to expand school choice next year, a handful of Mississippi cities are taking a public stand against the policy.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“As conservative lawmakers promise to expand school choice next year, a handful of Mississippi cities are taking a public stand against the policy.” mississippitoday.org/2025/10/07/m...
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How about a Pause on the Race to Embed AI in Schools? - Just who wants us on this one? Well, scammers. And the folks who turned DEI into something to be avoided. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/03/h... via @nancyflanagan #EdTech
How about a Pause on the Race to Embed AI in Schools?
I haven’t written much about AI and education, for several reasons. First, there are already many people writing compellingly and with considerable expertise about the uses and misuses of AI in the…
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October 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
How about a Pause on the Race to Embed AI in Schools? - Just who wants us on this one? Well, scammers. And the folks who turned DEI into something to be avoided. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/10/03/h... via @nancyflanagan #EdTech
“So many people who appear to be intelligent and well-educated who are harboring fantasy-based ideas about what AI is and what it does.” curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/10/rein...
"Reinventing Education for the Age of AI" (or Building a Better MOOC)
The slightly-cranky voice navigating the world of educational "reform" while trying to still pursue the mission of providing quality education.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“So many people who appear to be intelligent and well-educated who are harboring fantasy-based ideas about what AI is and what it does.” curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/10/rein...
Where’s that eating popcorn gif when you need it?
Oklahoma AG requests investigation of education department, 1 day after Walters resigns www.kosu.org/politics/202...
Oklahoma AG requests investigation of education department, 1 day after Walters resigns
The day after Ryan Walters officially resigned as Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, another state official is calling for a post-mortem on his spending at the State Department of Educat...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Where’s that eating popcorn gif when you need it?
This week marks 10 years of Accountabaloney!
The mission is still the same: speak truth, defend public schools, and demand accountability.
Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, and stood with us along the way.
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The mission is still the same: speak truth, defend public schools, and demand accountability.
Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, and stood with us along the way.
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A Decade of Accountabaloney – Accountabaloney
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September 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This week marks 10 years of Accountabaloney!
The mission is still the same: speak truth, defend public schools, and demand accountability.
Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, and stood with us along the way.
#DecadeofAccountabaloney accountabaloney.com/a-decade-of-...
The mission is still the same: speak truth, defend public schools, and demand accountability.
Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, and stood with us along the way.
#DecadeofAccountabaloney accountabaloney.com/a-decade-of-...
Profiteering at the Expense of Students, Families, and Taxpayers. Step Up's Marketplace traps students in an overpriced marketplace. #FLEducation #Florida accountabaloney.substack.com/p/profiteeri...
Profiteering at the Expense of Students, Families, and Taxpayers: Step Up's Marketplace
Students shouldn’t be trapped In a Marketplace full of overpriced choices. Families and taxpayers deserve better.
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September 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Profiteering at the Expense of Students, Families, and Taxpayers. Step Up's Marketplace traps students in an overpriced marketplace. #FLEducation #Florida accountabaloney.substack.com/p/profiteeri...
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There simply is no settled evidence that the US has a “crisis” in reading or that any specific reading program or reading theory has contributed significantly to low student reading proficiency. radicalscholarship.com/2025/08/12/w...
Why I Reject Crisis Rhetoric about Reading and Education: My Agenda
[Header Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash] When I had my OpEd on the manufactured reading crisis and NAEP misinformation published in The Washington Post, I anticipated that SOR advocates would conti…
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September 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There simply is no settled evidence that the US has a “crisis” in reading or that any specific reading program or reading theory has contributed significantly to low student reading proficiency. radicalscholarship.com/2025/08/12/w...
“For eight years, the Schools of Hope program has drained public dollars, delivered mediocre results and weakened the very neighborhood schools that anchor our communities…” 1/2
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Commentary: Florida doubles down on failed Schools of Hope experiment
Florida families want safe, strong schools. Florida taxpayers want accountability and value. Schools of Hope deliver neither.
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September 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“For eight years, the Schools of Hope program has drained public dollars, delivered mediocre results and weakened the very neighborhood schools that anchor our communities…” 1/2
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"Nearly three in four, 71%, of faculty in Florida who were surveyed said they would not encourage a graduate student to seek employment in Florida." #Florida
Citing state policy on tenure, elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and the cost of living, nearly a third of #Florida professors looking for work in another state floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/05/n...
Nearly a third of Florida professors looking for work in another state • Florida Phoenix
Citing state policy on tenure, elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and the cost of living, Florida faculty laid out their frustrations in a recent survey. In a Faculty in the ...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Nearly three in four, 71%, of faculty in Florida who were surveyed said they would not encourage a graduate student to seek employment in Florida." #Florida
Citing state policy on tenure, elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and the cost of living, nearly a third of #Florida professors looking for work in another state floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/05/n...
Nearly a third of Florida professors looking for work in another state • Florida Phoenix
Citing state policy on tenure, elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and the cost of living, Florida faculty laid out their frustrations in a recent survey. In a Faculty in the ...
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September 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Citing state policy on tenure, elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and the cost of living, nearly a third of #Florida professors looking for work in another state floridaphoenix.com/2025/09/05/n...
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.
The end of critical thinking in the classroom...
The end of critical thinking in the classroom...
"A generation of novices." We've been asking for this for years. AI is just exceptionally able to walk into the gap we have created. 1/ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.
The end of critical thinking in the classroom
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September 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.
The end of critical thinking in the classroom...
The end of critical thinking in the classroom...
"Just like with food stamps, taxpayers have a right to know that the money they’re providing for schools is actually funding a quality education."
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Maxwell: Food stamps have accountability. So should school vouchers
Scott Maxwell: It makes sense that Florida no longer allows food-stamp recipients to use their vouchers on junk food. The state should demand similar accountability for school vouchers to ensure pu…
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September 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Just like with food stamps, taxpayers have a right to know that the money they’re providing for schools is actually funding a quality education."
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I have a new essay up at @thebaffler.com about the right's turn against education-as-job-training. If you're wondering how we went from a decades-long national STEMergency to 'a flat earth curriculum is OK by us,' this is the piece for you! thebaffler.com/outbursts/un...
Uniform Policy | Jennifer C. Berkshire
Democrats must come up with a defense of public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce preparation
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September 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have a new essay up at @thebaffler.com about the right's turn against education-as-job-training. If you're wondering how we went from a decades-long national STEMergency to 'a flat earth curriculum is OK by us,' this is the piece for you! thebaffler.com/outbursts/un...
Yet another reason #Florida’s school districts should refuse to participate in Step Up’s education marketplace and protect public schools for every child. accountabaloney.substack.com/p/from-publi...
From Public Good To Personal Gain: How Florida’s ESAs Invite Abuse
Yet another reason Florida’s school districts should refuse to participate in Step Up’s education marketplace and protect public schools for every child.
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September 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yet another reason #Florida’s school districts should refuse to participate in Step Up’s education marketplace and protect public schools for every child. accountabaloney.substack.com/p/from-publi...
"we’ve moved from school choice as a means of escaping ‘failing schools’ to escaping any kind of school. But the bottom line is that we’re just supposed to accept that ‘education freedom’ means that lots of schools will be closing." #savepublicschools
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Is Public Education Over?
It's been a tough summer for public school supporters
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August 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"we’ve moved from school choice as a means of escaping ‘failing schools’ to escaping any kind of school. But the bottom line is that we’re just supposed to accept that ‘education freedom’ means that lots of schools will be closing." #savepublicschools
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"relying on private markets to educate America’s youth makes it harder to create equal opportunity for children to learn and be economically successful, leaving the country less prosperous and more divided." theconversation.com/why-america-...
Why America still needs public schools
Two legal scholars argue that public education helps the US maintain the nation’s fundamental values of equality and fairness – and recent attacks put them at risk.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"relying on private markets to educate America’s youth makes it harder to create equal opportunity for children to learn and be economically successful, leaving the country less prosperous and more divided." theconversation.com/why-america-...
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In 2020, @jackschneider.bsky.social & I wrote a book called A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. We warned that the vision of the future was *unbundling* in which school = whatever education content consumers purchase. As @flbaloney.bsky.social reports, the future is here substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Selling Florida's Public Schools, Piece by Piece
How Step Up for Students is recruiting school boards into the unbundling of public schools
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August 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In 2020, @jackschneider.bsky.social & I wrote a book called A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. We warned that the vision of the future was *unbundling* in which school = whatever education content consumers purchase. As @flbaloney.bsky.social reports, the future is here substack.com/inbox/post/1...