Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026When people in a dystopia mistake it for cyclical bad times, it's because the dyspotic conditions have been normalized, and the people habituated to dehumanizing practices, pacified by convenience & compromises, trading deep agency for shallow bliss, and losing the very vocabulary of their reality. 3338
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026When people in a dystopia mistake it for cyclical bad times, it's because the dyspotic conditions have been normalized, and the people habituated to dehumanizing practices, pacified by convenience & compromises, trading deep agency for shallow bliss, and losing the very vocabulary of their reality. 3338
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Education isn't just facts and figures, it's friends and feelings. It's going to take educating ourselves and each other in the fullest sense to stem the rising tide of authoritarianism. 092
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Education isn't just facts and figures, it's friends and feelings. It's going to take educating ourselves and each other in the fullest sense to stem the rising tide of authoritarianism. 092
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Intelligence isn't humanity's greatest achievement. Connection is. And it's exactly what the richest people alive are sacrificing in their race to superintelligence. 5172
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's connection that eludes them most, super intelligence won't fill that void. 0123
Reposted by Joshua WeishartPeter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you were thinking your state could shape the federal vouchers into a more agreeable form, I have bad news via @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...forbes.comFederal School Vouchers Offer Little Flexibility For StatesOne persistent question about federal vouchers has been how much flexibility will states have in administering the program. The answer that came today is “Not very much.” 151
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's connection that eludes them most, super intelligence won't fill that void. 0123
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Intelligence isn't humanity's greatest achievement. Connection is. And it's exactly what the richest people alive are sacrificing in their race to superintelligence. 5172
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Addendum to my🧵 below after considering 2 new conversations w/ Hannah-Jones (1) This American Life #898 (2) the Black Explained interview. Both worth a listen (links in 🧵replies) Feel compelled to make some corrections, to say where these conversations sharpened my view and where they didn’t. 1/n 123
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yes, AI practically selling itself with that pitch! 040
Reposted by Joshua WeishartEmily Williams @emilyw00.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It might be what she ends up carrying with her more than the classroom learning. 111
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Addendum to my🧵 below after considering 2 new conversations w/ Hannah-Jones (1) This American Life #898 (2) the Black Explained interview. Both worth a listen (links in 🧵replies) Feel compelled to make some corrections, to say where these conversations sharpened my view and where they didn’t. 1/n 123
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"rather than the press allowing the narrative to be driven by ED’s 'dismantling,' they might consider framing the story around some other 'd' words—diversion, depletion, and discrimination." edlawprof.substack.com/p/ancient-di...edlawprof.substack.com 072
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A decade ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote about deliberately sending her daughter to a segregated, high-poverty NYC school, on principle. Her daughter later asked: "Did you know my school was bad like this when you decided to put me here?" It's a gutting piece...🧵1/n www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 332
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All of this coincides neatly with my "Schools, Race, Money" class tomorrow on Resegregation. I've always assigned NHJ's 2016 piece as part of the reading; this time, the 2026 piece as well. 183
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All of this coincides neatly with my "Schools, Race, Money" class tomorrow on Resegregation. I've always assigned NHJ's 2016 piece as part of the reading; this time, the 2026 piece as well. 183
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A decade ago, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote about deliberately sending her daughter to a segregated, high-poverty NYC school, on principle. Her daughter later asked: "Did you know my school was bad like this when you decided to put me here?" It's a gutting piece...🧵1/n www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 332
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The risk of educational extinction is higher than 10%. 081
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The risk of educational extinction is higher than 10%. 081
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Substantive due process seems technically correct but SCOTUS has insisted it doesn't want to make law there. And if substantive due process can't support a basic "right to read" (Gary B.) it probably won't work for a nuanced "right to digital-free education" (without a religious freedom angle). 021
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Too on the nose for my taste. 0205
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Sharing this new resource by the good people @statecourtreport.org for law students interested in state constitutional law, conveniently just in time for my students this semester. Thanks! statecourtreport.org/collections/...statecourtreport.orgState Court Report EDUResources on State Courts, Constitutions, and Careers 023
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Learning with AI inevitably learns for AI which inevitably learns without (our) learning. It's technological determinism. Is compatibilism possible? Sure, just less and less meaningful in many domains. Can we stop this? Yes. Will we? Probably not. 060
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 30/06/2026If we expanded the Supreme Court, there would be even fewer reasons to read the Chief Apologist Kavanaugh's insufferable concurrences and dissents. 0143
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Insightful perspective here, as always, from Peter Greene. Here's my quick legal take: bsky.app/profile/josh... 053
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Insightful perspective here, as always, from Peter Greene. Here's my quick legal take: bsky.app/profile/josh... 053
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Prof. Cowen is most knowledgeable on this subject, his “go get the money” points here are well-motivated and he thoughtfully anticipates and addresses many counterpoints. I’m still unconvinced. I remain concerned about a point he mentions but doesn’t--for me--convincingly address... 1/n 2135
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"The federal voucher program does not support school choice; it’s a private school subsidy wrapped in a tax shelter. It’s not meant to help public schools, and it won’t, unless they are willing to bend themselves into a twisted fun-house mirror version of what a public school system is meant to be." 064
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026When school privatization comes to America, it will be wrapped in a voucher and carried by Democrats. Pathetic. share.google/094Xt2KYx8h2...share.googleWith Gov. Hochul’s OK, NY could become second Democrat-led state to opt into federal tax-credit scholarshipThe announcement represents a win for supporters of private school choice, who have been lobbying Democratic governors to join the federal program. 15013
Reposted by Joshua WeishartAdam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I understand that point, but I don't think Hochul & other tempted blue-state govs see the big picture. For good education, split budgets are poison. For good politics, private-school subsidies are poison. It's an old story--here's my take on Horace Mann's experience:yahoo.comFinancial Hell Is About to Break Loose in American SchoolsSchool funding is about to drop off a fiscal cliff. Costs will stay the same. What then? 143
Reposted by Joshua WeishartAdam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social · 03/06/2026For the ed nerd/fantasy nerd crossover: It's a Boromir moment. Hochul wants to use the awesome power to do good, but..... 0128
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026When school privatization comes to America, it will be wrapped in a voucher and carried by Democrats. Pathetic. share.google/094Xt2KYx8h2...share.googleWith Gov. Hochul’s OK, NY could become second Democrat-led state to opt into federal tax-credit scholarshipThe announcement represents a win for supporters of private school choice, who have been lobbying Democratic governors to join the federal program. 15013
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"rather than the press allowing the narrative to be driven by ED’s 'dismantling,' they might consider framing the story around some other 'd' words—diversion, depletion, and discrimination." edlawprof.substack.com/p/ancient-di...edlawprof.substack.comAncient Diabolical Tactic Explains Education Department’s “Dismantling”As legend has it from 5th Century BC China, King Goujian once put condemned convicts or suicidal soldiers on his frontlines, ordering them to slit their own throats in view of the approaching enemy. 0101
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Which is worse? The poorly educated who accept authoritarianism not experiencing much difference between it and dysfunctional, inequitable democracy. Or the well educated who embrace authoritarianism experiencing the difference it can make for them by adding to democracy's dysfunction & inequities. 293
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 22/05/2026It is in this school choice space that our desire for artificial, individual freedom puts us in direct odds with our need for authentic connection with others. 13712
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 22/05/2026"School choice" doesn't mean more freedom, it means more search & opportunity costs, riddling you with doubt, regret, & anxiety about the choices you make for your kid, who must then live in a world w/ more kids growing up in separated school systems. Bad for all! www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/h...nytimes.comSchool Choice Is Creating Two Separate School Systems 0162
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Almost forgot: cheating, also incentivized by competitive grading systems. Listen to the boos from the college grads. They know how AI has distorted their educational experiences and reset expectations in that way. 061
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Agree, there are federal constitutional rights "in" education, just not "to" education. Already-existing state constitutional rights to (and in) education are undertheorized and underutilized. Absent revolutionary approach and sustaining political will, "rights talk" is just that. 071
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Grades are for sorting, credentialing, gatekeeping in already unfair competitions, they undermine motivation & self esteem, inflate privilege, and largely value what gets measured instead of measuring what we claim to really value. But none of that seems to matter, so go ahead with your debates... 1134
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026When Republicans "win," they think it's because they are better, "might makes right," and they deserve to win. In defeat, they claim others cheated. When Democrats "lose," they still think all are equal, "right make right," and they deserve what they get. Having been cheated, they succumb to defeat 080
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Just to state the obvious that is a reflection of his moral judgment, what he won't say but undoubtedly believes is that he deserves tax breaks and the teacher deserves to be exploited. 1132
Reposted by Joshua WeishartJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Here's that brief: joshuaweishart.com/wp-content/u...joshuaweishart.com 162
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026And it's the experience and expansion of our consciousness in this way that makes us distinctively human, no small potatoes. 091
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Here's that brief: joshuaweishart.com/wp-content/u...joshuaweishart.com 162
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Education can have many purposes, but the most meaningful education has no purpose--it alters consciousness through relational experience, mind-to-mind, one to another. That is intrinsically valuable, that is all. 0409
Joshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Before they so stridently and shamelessly gerrymandered electoral opportunity in the new Jim Crow, they openly and offensively gerrymandered educational opportunity even after the old Jim Crow. nyulawreview.org/issues/volum... scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol73/is... 091