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I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful.

Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful.  And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education.  I may also include my own comments or related links.

This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts.

Here are this week’s sentences:

Burke said there are no current plans to convert federal special education money into vouchers or to do away with Title I funding that supports schools serving low-income communities.

The visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over.

It makes me wonder: why am I spending so much time doing this assignment that was obviously created by ChatGPT or Claude (there’s literally a tab with a ChatGPT icon in the teacher’s browser!)

“The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.”

“What makes the IB so special is that it creates the space for students to find their voices, to learn how to research around the problems they are passionate about and want to solve — and to be able to cite their beliefs in grounded research and sources.”

“A lot of kids don’t realize they’re musical because they just weren’t given a chance.”

“What is interesting about this moment is, if it’s your employee you’re protecting, or your kid’s teacher that you’re protecting, or the street vendor you buy tacos from once a month, that feels very personal.”

“I be teachin’ YOU? We be teachin’ each other?!”

While the percentage [of teachers who used AI] dipped slightly in 2024 to 32%, 2025 saw a huge increase, with 61% saying they used the technology in their work in some capacity.

If I tell you the truth, you may not like me for a week. If I lie to you, you’ll hate me forever.

No matter how fun, interesting, meaningful, or purposeful a task is, we have to contend with free, ubiquitous machine intelligence that promises it can complete it more efficiently.

In a reversal of traditional interpretations of civil rights law, the administration has argued that programs intended to help Black children deny equal opportunities to students of other races.

I ask [my kids at dinner] to tell me two things about their day that happened and one thing that didn’t, and we all guess which was which.

There’s no excuse for assigning inaccessible or boring novels and plays when there are so many books out there that teens would be more likely to enjoy.

There are empty desks in school classrooms across the Twin Cities as immigrant children stay home, afraid that they or their parents will be snatched up by ICE agents who lurk in idling SUVs near schools during drop-off and pickup.

“The fact that our own government is keeping us from the schools that they provide and they want us to be at is scary, and it’s sad and it’s angering.”

Dr. King also had some “failures”, and they are important to discuss because we often learn a great deal from failure. (see The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures)

The question, then, is not whether technology belongs in classrooms, but how much is too much.

Overdelivering will impress your customers, create loyal employees and fans, and make all your relationships stronger.

Tennessee Republicans want all students to verify their citizenship, residency, or immigration status as part of an aggressive immigration package they say was developed with the Trump White House. (see THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE PLYLER DECISION NOW THAT RIGHT-WINGERS ARE PLANNING A PUSH TO MAKE MIGRANT CHILDREN PAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL)

Incontrovertible proof the administration’s account of Renee Good’s shooting is a lie https://t.co/BXUxQzb1ku

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) January 16, 2026

The definition of being ‘data-driven’

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 7:22 AM

(see The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”)

“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

– Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail

Silence is not neutral. It is a choice.

— Jaime Harrison (@jaimeharrison.bsky.social) January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM

The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as “bait” to draw out family members.

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— MPR News (@mprnews.org) January 21, 2026 at 5:51 PM