Seeing this quote today reminds me of something from Harlan Ellison, “Sat cito, sat bene: It is done quickly enough if it is done well.”
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Seeing this quote today reminds me of something from Harlan Ellison, “Sat cito, sat bene: It is done quickly enough if it is done well.”
AI as Co-Teacher or AI as Replacement?
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com “Empathy, evidently, existed only within the human community.”— Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? There’s a moment in Philip K. Dick’s novel when the line between human and machine doesn’t shatter—it…
The danger isn’t that AI can’t teach. It’s that it can simulate teaching well enough that we stop asking what’s been replaced.
The danger isn’t that AI can’t teach. It’s that it can simulate teaching well enough that we stop asking what’s been replaced.
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"Classrooms in which deeper learning is the goal are ones where meaningful academic content is paired with engaging, experiential, and innovative learning experiences." (Kia Darling-Hammond and Linda Darling-Hammond, The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning)
"Historically, the working class has often been more resistant to change than the class oppressing them.”" (Brandon Sanderson, Shadows of Self)
AI Schools and the Illusion of Efficiency mikepaul.com/ai-schools-a...
AI Schools and the Illusion of Efficiency
Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Pexels.com A recent investigation into Alpha School, a high-tuition “AI-powered” private school, revealed faulty AI-generated lessons, hallucinated questions, scraped curriculum materials, and heavy student surveillance. Former…
Well, this was certainly a learning experience. Heck, it still is. I'm working on a couple more articles, so I guess I'm going to get more practice :)
Yes. I am now officially published. This was a team effort, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity.
For fantasy is true, of course. It isn’t factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know it, too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid of fantasy. They know that its truth challenges, even threatens, all that is false, all that is phony, unnecessary, and trivial in the life they have let themselves be forced into living. They are afraid of dragons because they are afraid of freedom.
This week's hallway quote from Ursula K. LeGuin...
Why Do They Fear Dragons?
I've been reading a lot of Ursula K. LeGuin lately. Whether or not it's because I hadn't read much of her work before I read The Dispossessed last year, I'm not sure. But I wish I had. I'm working through her essays published in The Language of the Night and am transfixed…
Why We Still Need Shakespeare’s Words
Before we argue—again—about whether Shakespeare is still relevant, it’s worth watching a three-minute clip that does more to answer the question than any curriculum guide ever could. On The Late Show, Ian McKellen closes an interview with Stephen Colbert by…
Starfleet Academy, Season 1, Episode 5.
I won't spoil it for anyone, but DS9 fans will enjoy it. I know I did.
The Building is Closed, The Vibe is Open
The first great snowstorm of 2026 hit Kentucky last week and sent many schools either to pure snow days or Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) days. So, I spent most of last week sitting at my desk, unshowered, unshaved, and low-key fiending for in-person…
My post-holiday TBR stack has overtaken my desk at home. Working here is... problematic, at best. Perhaps I should adjust the stacks in a more productive arrangement...
No, 'tis best not to disturb the tomes before they are ready for me.
I'd like to point out that, since Ken referenced a "third thing" - or perhaps a "Thing 3" - that Ken Jennings is canonically Thing 1.
Somehow, I find comfort in these dark times knowing this.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Belonging Is a Design Choice
Belonging is one of the most talked-about—and most misunderstood—ideas in education. We often treat it like a feeling that students either bring with them or don’t. If students feel disconnected, we respond with posters, slogans, or one-off activities meant to “build…
Engagement Is the Outcome, Not the Goal mikepaul.com/engagement-i...
Engagement Is the Outcome, Not the Goal
For years, we’ve treated engagement like something teachers should be able to manufacture on demand. If students aren’t engaged, the assumption is often that the lesson wasn’t exciting enough, interactive enough, or energetic enough. So we add activities. We…
New Semester, New Quote
I have a small whiteboard outside my office door. Being the inspirational do-gooder that I am, I change out the quote at least once a week. Sometimes the quotes are fun, sometimes more meaningful. I though this was an appropriate quote for our first week back to class. "I'm…
New Tools I’m Trying in 2026
Photo by Tara Winstead on Pexels.com I'm revisiting some of my everyday tools as we head into 2026. Why? Because... reasons... Mostly, I'm thinking about how I move through my days and how I combine analog and digital tools to keep my monkey brain moving and…
MP Daily Telegraph: October 16, 2025
Photo by Amsterdam City Archives on Unsplash New Oklahoma Superintendent Rescinds Bible Mandate: Oklahoma's new superintendent, Lindel Fields, will not enforce the previous mandate to place Bibles in public school classrooms. This change marks a shift away from…
MP Daily Telegraph: October 15, 2025
The Atlantic Telegraph 1866 via Internet Archive Illustrative Math’s CEO on What Went Wrong in NYC and Why Pre-K Math is Up Next - Illustrative Mathematics created a K-12 math curriculum used in many U.S. schools, but its rollout in New York City faced…
A Quick Zine Resource Guide for Teachers
I've been on a zine kick for a while now, and recently had the chance to walk teachers through making their first zine. We worked on creating their own zines, which was fun and made many of them uncomfortable, which is perfectly OK. I compiled some quick…
MP Daily Telegraph: October 14, 2025
1938 advertisement for the Daily Telegraph via Internet Archive “Enshittification”: Cory Doctorow on Why Big Tech Sucks, Keeps Getting Worse & What to Do About It - Big tech platforms like Facebook and Google get worse over time because they focus on profit,…
All In on Selling Out
Collage time. I took an image from the most recent Wired politics issue from a Steven Levy article about the decidedly traitorous Silicon Valley denizens whom people like me used to look up to and thought were disruptors and fearless resisters to the status quo. Turns out…
Prophets of a Future Not Our Own
Photo by Zhimai Zhang on Unsplash A friend made this prayer into a short video and, while the focus is on the work of Christians (real Christians, not the power-mad Christian Nationalists currently trying to ruin literally everything in the world), I can't help but…
Reading activity for the day: Just go read the foreword to Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" and see if you get a chill.
Not the good kind of chill, that chill you get when something slides past you in silence, something you know is... evil...
