“Tolerance isn’t just a discourse of power, it is also a discourse of conditionality; that is to say, you will be tolerated unless and until you behave in certain ways, at which point I will no longer tolerate you.” ―… Read More ›
Month: August 2025
🍩 Donuts, Loyalty Oaths, and a Mascot: What the Hell Is Going On at MNPS?
“There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.” ― Mary Renault, The Charioteer Principals who showed up for Metro Nashville Public Schools’ regularly scheduled leadership meeting this… Read More ›
“Vouchers, AI, and the Loyalty Circus
“Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.” ― Doris Kearns Goodwin Vouchers and AI: The Two Policy Punchlines Two things that suck the air out… Read More ›
The Real Cost of Silence in Nashville Schools
“The very word ‘secrecy’ is repugnant in a free and open society.” — John F. Kennedy, in a speech before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, 1961 Three weeks ago, the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Board announced a $6.5 million… Read More ›
First Day Blues, Lawsuit Clues, and Political Cues
The first day of school was always a day of mixed emotions, a fragile balance between fear and excitement, like standing on the edge of something vast and unknown.”— *R.J. Palacio, Wonder The alarm blares like a fire drill… Read More ›
The Bonus, the Bribe, and the Brilliant Mind
“I would replace the quality of sincerity with honesty, since one can hold a conviction sincerely without examining it, while honesty would require that one subject one’s convictions to frequent scrutiny.” ― Christopher Phillips, Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 