Good morning! Be conscious of micro moments today. Those tiny moments that are sprinkled across our days where we laugh, where we connect, and find joy. Grab onto those moments today as you will be thankful you did. Have a great day!👊

BASEBALL FINAL: Milan High School Baseball 9, Loretto 1. Kasen Yates pitched a complete-game gem, 7-innings allowing 1 run on 5 hits. Rye Maxwell with a home run.

🚨🚨🚨Now we need to write the Senators who have signed on to sponsor their version of the voucher bill. Scan the QR code below to email them.

Good morning! Give someone the gift of being interested today. Truly pay attention to what they say, ask questions, be curious, and learn something new. Taking a little time to be interested can go a long way in strengthening relationships. Have a great day!👊

🚨VOUCHER ALERT🚨
New plot being discussed! HB 1191 - first on the House floor tomorrow - could be amended for school vouchers. Even if it does not have the votes, school privatization activists want to get people on the record on “school choice” so they know who to target during…

We are hearing the exact same thing — that Scott Cepicky William Lamberth Speaker Cameron Sexton & the TN House Republicans may try to slip vouchers through with a different bill by amending it on the house floor and sneaking through a quick vote

Call your reps

🚨VOUCHER ALERT🚨
A lot of eyeballs in Tennessee legislature are on HB390/SB191 - which could become a vehicle for school vouchers, skipping Finance Committee. The budget bill, on the House floor at 4 pm, has funding for vouchers. A GOP leader assured me recently that the bill…

.Alyssa Latham, a talented 6-2 forward who just finished freshman season at Syracuse, will take official visit April 18-19 Lady Vols Basketball. Alyssa Latham recruited by previous staff and still has high interest in #ladyvols . Latham led Syracuse in rebounding and started 26 games.

This is big, pun intended. Lazaria Spearman, 6-4 forward who just completed sophomore year at Miami, is making official visit April 20-21 Lady Vols Basketball. Lazaria Spearman is from Dacula, Georgia, and led Miami in rebounding. #ladyvols need interior help with exit of Tamari Key.

No matter your role in education, see people through an empathy lens today. Everyone has a story.

BASEBALL FINAL: Milan High School Baseball 12, Peabody 2

With little discussion, #tnleg House votes unanimously to give 4th-graders several paths to promotion if they don't score as proficient readers on their TCAPs. The Senate is set to vote on the bill Wednesday. Background here: chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

Despite the coaching change, I am excited about the vision Coach Caldwell has communicated to me and the direction of the program. With that, I have decided to finish out my final year of eligibility on Rocky Top. Cue the music 😉🍊 #feardaspear

The answer isn't vouchers, which (frankly) are a scam.

The answer is to make our public schools as public as they should be.

And it works in a different way for those we have collectively refused. When a school fails, it is because we have failed.

Instead of telling a largely untrue story about a system in decline—a story that absolves us of any personal responsibility—we might begin telling a different story: about a system that works. It works to deliver a high-quality education to those we collectively embrace.

And in schools where that isn’t the case, the problem isn’t unions or bureaucracies or an absence of choice. The problem is us. The problem is the limit of our embrace.

Reform rhetoric about the failures of America’s schools is both overheated and off the mark. Our schools haven’t failed. Most are as good as the schools anyplace else in the world.