Why Integrity Feels Like a Liability in Schools (The Frank Grimes Effect)

Meritocracy, Myth, and the Teacher Who Snaps

Dec 11 • 

Matt Brady

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Teaching in a Season of Fascism

In a season where cruelty is becoming policy, the work teachers do isn’t loud or glamorous — but it may be the most important resistance left.

Dec 4 • 

Matt Brady

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August 2025

Being a Teacher During Mass Layoffs

Cuts, confusion, and a funding crisis in Winston-Salem Forsyth County — the unfiltered reality of teaching in 2025.

Aug 21 • 

Matt Brady

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July 2025

I'm Going to Teach my Kids How to Cheat With AI

The lesson plan from hell, and a bit of a manifesto.

Jul 31 • 

Matt Brady

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The Kids Have AI. The Teachers Have Icebreakers.

Somewhere between the icebreaker and the second bathroom break, teachers will learn about AI for the school year.

Jul 29 • 

Matt Brady

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The Post That Can Sink 1,000 Cell Phone Bans.

And my...evolution?

Jul 10 • 

Matt Brady

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NC Passes a Shitty Classroom Phone Law

Baby steps are better than no steps, I guess…?

Jul 2 • 

Matt Brady

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June 2025

What "AI in Education" Means For the 99%

The Story of a Control Group

Jun 17 • 

Matt Brady

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May 2025

One Year in With a Shitty Phone Policy

So it goes.

May 29 • 

Matt Brady

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October 2024

What I Told My Kids

A story of malaise, blah and a whole lot of of worry.

Oct 29, 2024 • 

Matt Brady

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August 2024

Yeah, About the Kids Vaping in School...

There are other things going on in schools other than phones...

Aug 12, 2024 • 

Matt Brady

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July 2024

The One About Phones and School Shootings

The most difficult phone-free topic...

Jul 29, 2024 • 

Matt Brady

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