Photo by Amsterdam City Archives on Unsplash New Oklahoma Superintendent Rescinds Bible Mandate: Oklahoma's new superintendent, Lindel Fields, will not enforce the previous mandate to place Bibles in public school classrooms. This change marks a shift away from the former superintendent's focus on culture war issues. Fields aims to improve the quality of education and student outcomes in the state. Life: The First Few Levels - Traditional education resembles old computer games in its reliance on manuals and tests. Modern games teach players through simple, fun challenges that build skills and allow failure without harsh consequences.

The Atlantic Telegraph 1866 via Internet Archive Illustrative Math’s CEO on What Went Wrong in NYC and Why Pre-K Math is Up Next - Illustrative Mathematics created a K-12 math curriculum used in many U.S. schools, but its rollout in New York City faced challenges due to implementation issues. The curriculum encourages students to think about problems before teachers explain solutions, blending direct teaching with student exploration. The organization is now focusing on early math by developing a pre-K curriculum to help students succeed from the start. Mark Rober’s underwater search for a flooded Gold Rush mining town…

I've been on a zine kick for a while now, and recently had the chance to walk teachers through making their first zine. We worked on creating their own zines, which was fun and made many of them uncomfortable, which is perfectly OK. I compiled some quick links and information, and we discussed potential ideas they might consider and run with when working with students. Oh, and here's the zine I made during one of the sessions. Feel free to use it to introduce the idea of zines to your peers and admin.

1938 advertisement for the Daily Telegraph via Internet Archive “Enshittification”: Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It - Big tech platforms like Facebook and Google get worse over time because they focus on profit, not users. This process, known as "enshittification," ensnares users and businesses, yielding little value for anyone except shareholders. To fix this, we need better rules and new kinds of platforms that serve people, not just profits. The Post-Pandemic Promise of High-Impact Tutoring - Following the pandemic, numerous U.S.

Collage time. I took an image from the most recent Wired politics issue from a Steven Levy article about the decidedly traitorous Silicon Valley denizens whom people like me used to look up to and thought were disruptors and fearless resisters to the status quo. Turns out they were all just bootlickers.

Photo by Zhimai Zhang on Unsplash A friend made this prayer into a short video and, while the focus is on the work of Christians (real Christians, not the power-mad Christian Nationalists currently trying to ruin literally everything in the world), I can't help but see our work as educators reflected here, as well. This prayer was first presented by Cardinal Dearden in 1979 and quoted by Pope Francis in 2015. This reflection is an excerpt from a homily written for Cardinal Dearden by then-Fr. Ken Untener on the occasion of the Mass for Deceased Priests, October 25, 1979.

In a move likely to spark accusations of bowing to the powers that be and their ongoing battles with media companies and programming that doesn’t fit their narrative, Apple TV+ has pulled The Savant…

In a move likely to spark accusations of bowing to the powers that be and their ongoing battles with media companies and programming that doesn't fit their narrative, Apple TV+ has pulled The Savant, a show about domestic terrorism based on a 2019 Cosmopolitan article. We'll likely never know the reason why the show was pulled, even if it does return. However, I can't think of a time when media that makes people think is more important than the current time we're living in.

Amid an artist exodus from Spotify, Apple Music is rolling out a sought-after feature in the United States, United Kingdom, and more countries

Trump’s flag-burning order is totally preposterous—and a total set-up.

More students (and teachers) should grasp this concept. School is a great thing, to be sure, but so is learning on your own. If we can bring that type of learning into our schools… oh, what a time we could have. But it’s like Jim Henson said: “Your kids… don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” One of the things we’ve tried hard to do in our house is to make it a place of learning while also making it as unlike school as possible. What this shakes out to, essentially, is thinking about the house as a library. - Austin Kleon