No. 1
Video
Primary Source: Free Speech Under Attack
Congressional sub-committee hearing on book banning and gag orders in education
The archive
The complete body of work, most recent first. Photographs, essays, sermons, and pastoral letters.
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No. 2
Newsletter
In Brief [5-5-22]
the kinda weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress
No. 3
Newsletter
Jesus at the 50-yard line
Moral relativists on the right love to charge school districts with "indoctrination," except when they don't
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No. 4
Newsletter
In Brief [4-22-22]
the weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress
No. 5
Newsletter
Why do teachers hate testing so much?
Their outsized attention on a fairly customary and traditional part of schooling is just weird to me
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No. 6
Newsletter
in brief [3-17-22]
the weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress
No. 7
Newsletter
The Finnish equity mirage mirrors our own
For years America's white educators pointed to Finland as a model education system, ignoring racism there as they do here
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No. 8
Newsletter
in brief [2-28-22]
the weekly review of education advocacy, news, and progress
No. 9
Newsletter
John Oliver's half-truths about school choice
I gave the late night comedian a hard time when he came for charter schools, but I welcomed his recent segment about the culture warriors in education
No. 10
Newsletter
A global retail chain investing in Black schools? Why?
Remember that time a big box store chain built thousands of Black schools across America