Ex-investment banker, marketer, & public school teacher: pick your ad hominem. Co-author of nonfiction books Carjacked & Schooled. Cranky in the AM. Newsletter: https://nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/
America's teacher shortage is a persistent crisis with feedback loops and cascading effects that are destabilizing to the profession and to schools -- and harmful to children.
Yes, There is a Teacher ShortageAnd it is affecting the quality of education American kids are gettingnobody-wants-this.ghost.io
for months, ive been trying to map out the ways the right and the left were uniting against data centers and AI both here's my story on my efforts, featuring steve bannon's anti-tech prophet, my girlfriend's high school english class, and the unabomber:
How Data Centers Broke American PoliticsWhat the Unabomber, Steve Bannon’s tech guy, and Bernie Sanders taught me about the great data center backlash of 2026.www.wired.com
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their names. openletter.earth/open-letter-...
New data debunks the teacher shortage contrarians. I wrote about new data available on the exodus from K-12 classrooms, teachers like me who left and the professionals we left behind in jobs that have only become more challenging.
Yes, There is a Teacher ShortageAnd it is affecting the quality of education American kids are gettingnobody-wants-this.ghost.io
This summer I've been thinking a lot about how much better my mental health gets when I'm not teaching...anyways, every single thing in this thread:
Anne Lutz FernandezNew data debunks the teacher shortage contrarians. I wrote about new data available on the exodus from K-12 classrooms, teachers like me who left and the professionals we left behind in jobs that have only become more challenging.
Here's some of what I said to @espn.com at the transphobia rally outside the Fire-Fever game on Friday espn.com/wnba/story/_...
This entire thread (and article) provide an important perspective, mainly, the teachers who are choosing to stay in public education are struggling more and facing ever increasing challenges. #EduSky #TeacherSky
Anne Lutz FernandezBut one is being quashed. I’ve heard from too many educators who find it harder now to feel they are making a difference in kids’ lives. Abiding the conditions that grind away this essential motivation is giving up on American education without saying so.
I would like to return to the classroom. I don’t know anyone who’s been teaching since I left who is happier now than they were 8-10 years ago. Plus, y’know, salaries.
Anne Lutz FernandezNew data debunks the teacher shortage contrarians. I wrote about new data available on the exodus from K-12 classrooms, teachers like me who left and the professionals we left behind in jobs that have only become more challenging.
This was a great moral injury perpetrated on all of us. And there has been very little wide-scale work to recover from that (in addition to everything else that we need to recover from with COVID).
Anne Lutz FernandezHoly shit, this. We’ve never dealt with how many humans became disposable.
When I see Arundhati Roi, I read, watch, and listen. #Lit #BookSky youtu.be/7AB300pI6JA?...
Arundhati Roy: How to Survive Authoritarianism | The InterviewYouTube video by The Interviewyoutu.be
Dan sees and articulates the role of AI very clearly so this is a good discussion
PolitechsWe're joined this week by @danmcquillan.bsky.social to talk decomputing, dehumanisation, dealignment, and some things that don't start with de- as well! politechs.dev/episodes/s02...
I was a substitute teacher for two decades, while I raised my 3 children (divorced). I preferred K-4 to help develop a curiosity to ask questions. The shortage of teachers & substitutes in rural areas is mostly due to the low salaries. As a substitute teacher I earned $82 per day. #Ohio
"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy." connect the dots! Dr. McMillan Cottom has homework! go to the library, host a reading group, organize your neighbors www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
Opinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.www.nytimes.com