Whos of Who-cester

 You may already have heard of Nikki Anderson, the mom in South Carolina whose six-year-old daughter came home from school with an AI-genera...

  It's a lovely time of year in Massachusetts.  Do get out and enjoy it. My photo of a former schoolhouse in Belchertown yesterday. The ...

This is from earlier in the month, but Wired covered how AI slop is now facing a backlash . The backlash’s “why” is simple at its core. Man...

Screenshot of Monday's orders, highlighting the relevant line Yes, that is all that they send out! Unless you were watching for it, you ...

I'm impressed by the follow-up article from the Boston Globe on the House's disaster of a bill passed last week.* Civil liberties g...

 I've subscribed to Chris Geidner at Law Dork, and I highly recommend him in general. Here's what he has on the Mahmoud decision . H...

 And there was one this week in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, where the decision went for the Ludlow School Committee in Foote v. Ludl...

  Headline in "The Hill": AI read to hit its stride in schools in 2025 No, I am not linking to the article. Sometimes it is a cons...

 It's a whole big country out there, and, even though it is summer, there is stuff happening around schools: People in Worcester may or ...

 I am hoping that by now you've heard of Project 2025 , the Heritage Foundation's "Presidential Transition Project," whic...

First up, Governing looks at the culture warrior aspect of school board elections and looks into if that is waning: There will be other is...

This presentation is by Linda M. Trujillo of Walsh Gallegos Treviño Russo & Kyle P.C. and Kate I. Noble, Sante Fe Public Schools Board p...

Des Moines Public Schools Twitter wins today: Happy Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Golden Anniversary Day! ...

There's a thoughtful piece from Jill Lepore in the New Yorker  magazine on the Plyler v Doe decision, affirming the right of undocument...

First up: Rhoda Schneider from DESE "change is constant in this field...there's a reason we went into public education, or for man...

History and social studies ELA and math  implementation also coming: arts and health Wulfson: update on review of history and social sci...

Specifically, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette , decided by the Supreme Court in 1943: The Fourteenth Amendment, as now...

The petition is here.  Gordon Davis speaking: have lived in Worcester for 47, 48 years now, kids went to Worcester Public Schools petitio...

If school personnel can handle it, they shouldn't be involved: The Justice Department's interest statement, which was filed Oct. 2...

Chester: have modified self-identify sections sure that recommendations are consistent with law, which added general identity as protected ...