We moved to America in 2015, in time for my kid to start third grade. Now she’s a year away from graduating high school (!) and I’ve had a front-row seat for the US K-12 system in a district rated as one of the best in the country. There were ups and downs, but high school has been a monster.

–

If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/16/flexibility-in-the-margins/#a-commons

1/

  • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
    1·
    8 months ago

    But in the meanwhile, we could be making lemonade of out lemons. If we’re going to have standardization, we should at least have the collaboration standards enable.

    28/

    • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
      1·
      8 months ago

      I’m Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There’s also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:

      http://thebezzle.org

      eof/