Peter Greene
@palan57.bsky.social
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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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Youth for Christ recruits local students by having charismatic young leaders "volunteer" in public school as tutors and cafeteria supervisors. What do parents have to say about that? teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/12/03/y...
Youth. For Christ? At School?
I should probably preface what I’m about to say by noting that I self-identify as a liberal Christian. Without getting too far into the theological weeds—or alienating those who are rightfully skep…
teacherinastrangeland.blog
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Youth for Christ recruits local students by having charismatic young leaders "volunteer" in public school as tutors and cafeteria supervisors. What do parents have to say about that? teacherinastrangeland.blog/2025/12/03/y...
FL: Schools of Hope and Charter Property Grab
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FL: Schools of Hope and Charter Property Grab
Florida is implementing a whole new way for charter schools to hoover up taxpayer dollars.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
FL: Schools of Hope and Charter Property Grab
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Truly destined for a special corner of hell.
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Truly destined for a special corner of hell.
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
FL: Schools of Hope and Charter Property Grab
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FL: Schools of Hope and Charter Property Grab
Florida is implementing a whole new way for charter schools to hoover up taxpayer dollars.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
FL: Schools of Hope and Charter Property Grab
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Most writing problems are really thinking problems.
December 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Most writing problems are really thinking problems.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
Penn State Exceptionalism Meets Reality
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Penn State Exceptionalism Meets Reality
When you're special, but not the only one who is
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December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Penn State Exceptionalism Meets Reality
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Funding Ends for School Mental Health Projects After a 'Roller Coaster' Year share.google/j4s3bdUnPd7S...
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Funding Ends for School Mental Health Projects After a 'Roller Coaster' Year share.google/j4s3bdUnPd7S...
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Cyber Charter Reform pt. 2: Day-to-Day Changes www.wfmz.com/news/state/c... via @69News
Cyber Charter Reform pt. 2: Day-to-Day Changes
Four big changes families should prepare for.
www.wfmz.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cyber Charter Reform pt. 2: Day-to-Day Changes www.wfmz.com/news/state/c... via @69News
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"State funding diverted to private school vouchers increased from 12% for the 2021 school year to 24% for the 2025 school year, according to data from the Florida Policy Institute."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
Private school vouchers in Florida redirecting funding away from public schools
Florida’s expansion of vouchers for families who want to enroll their children in private schools is leading to tighter budgets at public schools across the state.
www.wlrn.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"State funding diverted to private school vouchers increased from 12% for the 2021 school year to 24% for the 2025 school year, according to data from the Florida Policy Institute."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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The Trump White House pushes the limits of presidential authority by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions. theconversation.com/labeling-dis...
Labeling dissent as terrorism: New US domestic terrorism priorities raise constitutional alarms
A new Trump administration policy threatens free speech and association by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Trump White House pushes the limits of presidential authority by targeting individuals and groups as potential domestic terrorists based on their beliefs rather than their actions. theconversation.com/labeling-dis...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The charter school grift machine:
1. California: www.abc10.com/article/news...
2. Michigan: www.wxyz.com/ethical-ques...
3. Florida: projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
1. California: www.abc10.com/article/news...
2. Michigan: www.wxyz.com/ethical-ques...
3. Florida: projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The charter school grift machine:
1. California: www.abc10.com/article/news...
2. Michigan: www.wxyz.com/ethical-ques...
3. Florida: projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
1. California: www.abc10.com/article/news...
2. Michigan: www.wxyz.com/ethical-ques...
3. Florida: projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
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Amazon did this for years (and may still--I've stopped buying from them). My wife and I would often get different prices for the same items, sometimes 25-30% different. And that was without physical locations to excuse, er, ahem, justify it.
Your Data Might Determine How Much You Pay for Eggs
A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Amazon did this for years (and may still--I've stopped buying from them). My wife and I would often get different prices for the same items, sometimes 25-30% different. And that was without physical locations to excuse, er, ahem, justify it.
They may compromise our ability to see our school system clearly, but they enhance the regime's ability to gaslight us with whatever narrative they're making up this week.
Today in Feature, Not Bug:
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
They may compromise our ability to see our school system clearly, but they enhance the regime's ability to gaslight us with whatever narrative they're making up this week.
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Today in Feature, Not Bug:
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today in Feature, Not Bug:
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
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Real men commit war crimes and also sneer at efforts to deal with climate change (since, as we all know, it's a sign of confidence in one's masculinity to find solar energy emasculating): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Real men commit war crimes and also sneer at efforts to deal with climate change (since, as we all know, it's a sign of confidence in one's masculinity to find solar energy emasculating): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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CBS News reporting on charter schools and opaque related party transactions (which @drprestongreen.bsky.social
and I have written about for years) projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
and I have written about for years) projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
projects.cbsnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
CBS News reporting on charter schools and opaque related party transactions (which @drprestongreen.bsky.social
and I have written about for years) projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
and I have written about for years) projects.cbsnews.com/2025/fl-char...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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coming in March 2026
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
coming in March 2026
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it’s not “woke teachers,” or “lazy kids,” or the Department of Education.
This isn’t even a uniquely American story.
The trends are global. OECD-wide. thecycle.substack.com/p/the-whole-...
This isn’t even a uniquely American story.
The trends are global. OECD-wide. thecycle.substack.com/p/the-whole-...
The Whole World is Getting Dumber
(And the Smartphone Did It)
thecycle.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
it’s not “woke teachers,” or “lazy kids,” or the Department of Education.
This isn’t even a uniquely American story.
The trends are global. OECD-wide. thecycle.substack.com/p/the-whole-...
This isn’t even a uniquely American story.
The trends are global. OECD-wide. thecycle.substack.com/p/the-whole-...
NH: Less Transparency for Vouchers
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NH: Less Transparency for Vouchers
Turns out the New Hampshire taxpayer-funded voucher program would rather that people not be able to see details of how their money is spent.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NH: Less Transparency for Vouchers
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