"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Monday, February 16, 2026

Will the Volunteer State Soon Be Infamous As The Concentration Camp State??

Tennessee "No details about the size, scope, purchase price or street address of the facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, were immediately made available Friday, and news of the purchase took state and local officials by surprise..." tennesseelookout.com/2026/02/13/i...

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— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Make Sure Your Community Says NO to New U.S. Concentration Camps

$38 billion for U.S. concentration camps? In 2009, the Feds offered $3.2 billion for all the nation’s 90,000 schools to fight for in the Race to the Top. This fascist fever dream can’t happen if states and cities say NO! www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) February 14, 2026 at 8:06 AM

Thursday, February 12, 2026

TN School Vouchers Are about Welfare for the Wealthy

CLEMMONS: “Please be aware — They’re trying to hide this data.” @jrclemmons.bsky.social calls out Republicans for killing McKenzie’s bill to require @GovBillLee to tell us how many voucher kids were already in private schools aka “WELFARE FOR THE WEALTHY” And now they want to double it

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) February 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Friday, February 06, 2026

Paul Thomas Calls Out Chain Gang Teaching Expert, Doug Lemov

Has "Science of" Education Reform in England "Achieved Competitive Advantage Over" the US? by Paul Thomas

"Science of" Education Reform Experts on Social Media® Don't Lack Certainty, But Do Lack Credibility

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HIE (Homogeneity, Inequality, Exclusion) Now Official Policy in D.C.

Neo-nazi MAGAts are all-in on HIE (Homogeneity, Inequality, Exclusion) aurn.com/black-farmer...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) February 6, 2026 at 7:59 AM

Wednesday, February 04, 2026

Will Tennesseans Turn Over Their State to Fascist, Stephen Miller?

Will Tennesseans soon be subject to the dictates of Trump's right-hand nazi, Stephen Miller? If TN House Speaker, Cameron Sexton has his way, that will be case after the current legislative session. Sustain Resistance! @philinvestigates.com @aclutn.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM

Saturday, January 24, 2026

ICE Executes Another Citizen in Minneapolis

WARNING VIOLENT VIDEO: Federal Agents just shot and killed another person in Minneapolis. Before the ICE/Homeland Security/White House LIES start tumbling out...watch and judge for yourself. ENOUGH! STOP ICE/DHS VIOLENCE NOW!!!

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— Ted McConnell (@tedmcc.bsky.social) January 24, 2026 at 11:42 AM

Friday, January 16, 2026

Murderer's Audio Reaction Seconds After Kill Shot

Murderer’s reaction captured on his cell phone seconds after 3rd shot: “fucking bitch." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) January 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM

Friday, January 09, 2026

Avoid Red State Universities If You Want An Uncensored Education

Plato and Aristophanes too hot for Texas’ censorious fascists? Thought, itself, is at risk in these bastions of bigotry. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) January 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM

Sunday, January 04, 2026

AFT Throws Teachers and Children Under the AI Bus

It took just a promise of $23 million to get the American Federation of Teachers to support the “training” of tens of thousands of teachers to become the pawns of the tech bros. But, then, AFT’s president has always been in the pocket of corporate elites. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/07/08/o...

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— James Horn (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) January 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM

The Dangers of AI to Children

Studies Show Issues With Students And AI Companions by Peter Greene

From Forbes.com

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Thursday, January 01, 2026

Make 2026 the Last Year of Funding ICE

The story was always already about an impoverished unmarried couple facing a pitiless bureaucracy, having a baby in a barn, and then having to hide from a tyrant. The baby grew up to say that the poor were blessed and the neighbor is he who shows mercy. You can’t hide from the politics of all that.

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— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM