Can't take yes for an answer: what the teachers' unions and DeSantis have in common.This week some of the topics we discuss include the following:Can’t say yes to equity and excellence (00:01:10)Can’t say yes to providing parents with timely access to results or resources and tools to support their kids in mitigating pandemic learning losses (00:08:42)Can’t say yes to improving the way we teach history and civics (00:18:59)Can’t say yes to academic freedom and the full exchange of ideas (00:28:28)Can’t say yes to what is best for kids as a core value of collective bargaining (00:35:28)Notes:Economist article about math reforms in San Francisco that have generated neither excellence or equity.Emerging Democratic Majority book by John B. JudisRecent NYT article about Ruy Teixeira and his views on the modern positioning of the Democratic Party on key issuesThe Meritocracy Trap by Daniel MarkovitzNYT Op-ed by Tom Kane and Sean Reardon about parents not knowing how far behind their kids are.EdSource commentary by Steve Rees and David Osborne about the weakness of California’s new school dashboardThe 74 article about dropping NAEP Civics resultsThe Righteous Mind, Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt, Tweet from Tom Loveless about the politicizing of NAEP releasesAtlantic article by Conor Friedersdorf about recently passed Florida laws likely being deemed unconstitutional Hemmingway quote (not Buffett) about going bankrupt gradually, then suddenly.

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