I knew the guy and really thought highly of him. He left because his contributions and ideas (including with a Master's in geology) were being completely sidelined for Seattle voices and priorities. AGAIN.

Okay I can buy that argument- literally lol.
Even if it was Dow's weird ego project

I'm not sure I follow why that would be bad, especially since the KC Budget gave us in the south end a very big middle finger (again)
They'll throw Reagan Dunn under the nonexistent buses but it's all just very petty garbage. We just don't have the money or power they want.

We tried that in Washington State and our executive branch just rolled over and played dead and watered down the laws

Any use of a tool requires critical thinking and social skills, both of which are in short supply as it is before you see how poorly mandated for-profit curriculum has harmed it further by slapping shoddy workbooks or subscription software to a standard and saying "good enough"

I'm interested in AI getting out of public schools lol

Super interesting how The Burner isn't covering any pieces about these darlings either, it's almost like they just learned how to better get away with good old fashioned ethical malpractice in their field of choice

I can't believe it's the libertarian saying this but it's 2025 and hell, Girmay totally left us out of his transition team.
*screams in Black Diamond*

Girmay is just a younger, fresher face for old-school cronyism so like