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"Our system has failed." Rep. Melony Bell's important personal critique of Florida's choice…
An inherent defense of public education; a revealing view of "charter"; admirable personal suffering weaponized for bad governing of others. A case stu…
Billy Townsend
14 hr ago
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Applying a Michelle Townley lens to the Polk superintendent search
An appreciation of Polk County's best administrator. And what her talents tell us about what to look for in the next superintendent.
Billy Townsend
Feb 22
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Superintendent Byrd should clarify her relationship with the IDEA charter school chain
If she's planning to work for IDEA, Mrs. Byrd should say so during or prior to Tuesday's School Board vote. The public has a right to know.
Billy Townsend
Feb 18
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Become the wolves, part 1: Florida, the state that puts "a nation at risk"
Jeb Bush's Florida Model and Florida "leaders" have produced America's worst state education system for generation. Weaponize that fact, politically, r…
Billy Townsend
Feb 9
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"Julie and Billy's Hot Tub Talk," episode 2: Billus Interruptus Too Muchus
Listen now (41 min) | As we parse the wreckage from our inaugural episode’s Cobra Kai demolition derby, certain unavoidable questions arise: Why does B…
Billy Townsend
Feb 7
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Bound, part 3: A hometown Publix accounting
Publix and Publix heirs should take a long break from power politics and rebind themselves to shared American life and representative democracy. What a…
Billy Townsend
Feb 4
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"Billy and Julie's Hot Tub Talk" podcast, Episode 1: Deconstructing "Cobra Kai"
Listen now (46 min) | Everybody has a podcast. Why not Billy and Julie? We’re funny and insightful; and people like us. As far as we know. We also have…
Jan 31
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For everyone's sake, Sheriff Judd, please end "The Grady Show"
The character Grady Judd too often plays has become very dangerous. He'll never face a political reckoning for it; but he should look inward for a mora…
Billy Townsend
Jan 22
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A doomed, feral coup wrapped in a hesitant, cowardly lynching
Feralness without real power is murderous and ugly and destructive; but it’s still just feral in the end. This was feral.
Billy Townsend
Jan 8
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Godspeed, Gary: a free, accepted American turkey
A brief history of Lake Morton's Gary, and the bird(s) who loved her, as imagined by Billy
Billy Townsend
Dec 28, 2020
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Do we really need a superintendent?
No - if you only care about the district grade scoreboard. Yes - if you care about the future of human experience in your district and system. It's imp…
Billy Townsend
Dec 12, 2020
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A 62 gets "leaders" an "A" and kids a low "D": Florida's school grade fraud as American met…
The Kelli Stargel curve is profound in what it reveals about how people of power view accountability -- in education, in Florida, and in America. Any e…
Billy Townsend
Dec 3, 2020
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