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Peter Greene

@palan57.bsky.social

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public education fan, education ranter, retired teacher, SAHD, tailgate trombone, Venangoland PA, Curmudgucation, The Progressive, Forbes.com, Bucks County Beacon

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · Nov 12

Find me at original flavor curmudgucation.blogspot.com or fancy new substack curmudgucation.substack.com

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 1d

Great long read on what parents will lose when they lose School Board Trustees, including no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks & schools, or hold the system to account. thewalrus.ca/im-a-school-... #topoli #onpoli #onted

I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus

What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account

thewalrus.ca

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Nancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 16h

'Gifted and talented programs are popular among a set of upwardly-aspiring middle and upper class parents. Gifted and talented programs breed segregation and deficit thinking in the nation's public school system. Both are true at the same time.' thejosevilson.com/the-genius-o...

The Genius of Our Students | The Jose Vilson

How do we know our students are gifted? What do MacArthur genius award winners tell us about exceptional education? Read on for more!

thejosevilson.com

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Larry Feinberg @lfeinberg.bsky.social · 11h

Yesterday, Democratic leaders brought a state budget totaling $50.25 billion to the floor in the Pennsylvania House and it passed with bipartisan support, 105-98.

Click HERE to see how your state representative voted.
www.palegis.us/house/roll-c...

www.palegis.us

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 13h

The Inconvenient Success of Mississippi
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The Inconvenient Success of Mississippi

It's not just education reform skeptics who are giving the Mississippi Miracle the side eye

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 16h

The Genius of Our Students thejosevilson.com/the-genius-o...

The Genius of Our Students | The Jose Vilson

How do we know our students are gifted? What do MacArthur genius award winners tell us about exceptional education? Read on for more!

thejosevilson.com

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 16h

The repeated assumption that "brainstorming" and "structuring" are unimportant in the writing process, so go ahead and farm that out-- there goes my blood pressure

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Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 1d

After actions by the administration to limit access to Covid vaccinations, parents in some parts of the country are struggling to find vaccines to protect their young kids. Gift link:

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 16h

MSN picked it up-- no paywall here
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MSN

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 16h

Anti-DEI legislation suffers another setback in federal court www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...

Federal Judge Blocks New Hampshire’s Anti-Diversity Law

U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty has issued a preliminary injunction against New Hampshire’s law meant to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in public schools.

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 16h

Silencing Mockingbirds
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Silencing Mockingbirds

Reading is resistance

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 16h

Lawsuit: South Carolina book ban regulation is unconstitutional
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Lawsuit argues South Carolina's book ban regulation is unconstitutional

The Regulation’s prohibition on materials that depict or describe “sexual conduct” is overbroad in both libraries and classrooms.

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 17h

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Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute wins $700,000 settlement

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes on youth shelves has reached a $700,000 settlement with her former employer.

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 17h

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 19h

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1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

www.npr.org

Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 1d

Mississippi towns say ‘no’ to school choice as state-level push continues 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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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 1d

Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It’s because of vouchers. azmirror.com/2025/10/06/n...

Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It's because of vouchers.

OPINION: Arizona's $1 billion voucher program is forcing public school closures while subsidizing wealthy families

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 1d

Saving Time With AI
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Saving Time With AI

As AI-mongers continue their full court press to crack the education market, we keep hearing the same pitch over and over again--

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 2d

counterpoint: that speech was bad, actually, and even if it had been an email it would have been a bad email

If the Urgent Trump-Hegseth Address to the Military Had Been an Email

THIS IS NOT SPAM.

www.theatlantic.com

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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 2d

So, it's who you know?

Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 2d

The Oatmeal has a take on AI art theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 2d

He's running for governor, and he never got along with Walters.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST

Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.

Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 2d

They've all been swamped by the notion that Attention Is Good (so why would anyone object to having their privacy violated if it meant they would get some attention)