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Oct 11

Junk food for the brain?

In an AI world, should we even try to make kids consume actual textbooks?

Junk food for the brain?

Jillian O'Connor

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Sep 30

District cuts down on kids’ access to iPads, DoorDash, porn in elementary schools

The Spiral Unravels: Fake news about real schools

District cuts down on kids’ access to iPads, DoorDash, porn in elementary schools

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Aug 11

Advice: Should I force my teen or tween to read a book this summer?

I’m a bit of a nerd. It’s known among my friends and acquaintances that I care a little too much about education and will talk about it all…

Advice: Should I force my teen or tween to read a book this summer?

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Apr 27

A Spiral manifesto

A rant: What I believe we all want from schools

A Spiral manifesto

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Mar 11

Literature isn’t flourishing in public schools, but it could be

New superintendent’s expectations of witty book banter are tragicomedy, given current curriculum

Literature isn’t flourishing in public schools, but it could be

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Feb 14

Students, please sign on the dotted line (if you know how)

It’s cursive home-schooling for high schoolers!

Students, please sign on the dotted line (if you know how)

Jillian O'Connor

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Feb 8

A warm, satirical welcome for Seattle’s new superintendent

Greetings to Ben Shuldiner, Seattle’s new superintendent of schools, coming to us directly from his time as superintendent of schools in…

A warm, satirical welcome for Seattle’s new superintendent

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Nov 12, 2024

Counting the students could help SPS know how many students will be enrolled each year, $94 million…

Instead of having a major dip in enrollment as expected, Seattle Public Schools has seen enrollment go up for the 2024–25 school year.

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Nov 12, 2024

Seattle Public Schools finds unexpected (and delicious) answer to budget woes (satire)

Five schools in Seattle are being closed down, disappointing parents, students and teachers, but fixing a whooping 5.3 percent ($5…

Seattle Public Schools finds unexpected (and delicious) answer to budget woes (satire)

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Sep 30, 2024

School Board members horrified as they realize, months after approving closure proposal, that 20…

After the superintendent released details on his two 2025–26 plans for Seattle Public Schools, one closing down 21 schools and the other…

School Board members horrified as they realize, months after approving closure proposal, that 20…

Jillian O'Connor

Jillian O'Connor

Years of experience as a journalist, public school parent and public school student. Follow me here and at The Spiral Notebook, jilloconnor.substack.com.

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