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There’s nothing you can buy for 25 cents today that’s this good.

Hey Trump Team: Not a great time to cut NSF grants focused on getting more kids into advanced STEM pipelines! hechingerreport.org/proof-points-n…

Back when I was teaching manually and had to log professional development (PD) hours, I was disappointed how hard it was to find PDs that seriously addressed the science of learning. Exciting to see that Anna Stokke is hosting one this week! Serious PD is sorely needed.

I also went to the naep data and couldn’t replicate these numbers. Would love to get the citation to the study

The weird focus on taking away advanced learning options in the name of “equity” helps neither poor nor rich children. It just makes everyone dumber. What are we even doing here?

timeless

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Well worth reading. My own sense is: Music significantly worse ... Movies worse ... TV significant better ... Design (furniture & so on) significantly better Food (if it counts) unbelievably better ... What else ...

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Medicaid is a flashpoint in the reconciliation bill with potential cuts to states. I talked with Sarah Broome about *why* that matters for schools on a Bellwether LinkedIn Live.

Maybe don’t remove and defund algebra and honors and AP

#OTD in 1986, Van Halen released the single "Dreams". To promote the song and take advantage of the popularity of TOP GUN, Warner Bros quickly produced a video using stock footage of the Blue Angels. The video became a hit on MTV and a recruiting boon for the Navy.

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Great to hear Angela R. Watson discuss our paper on #homeschooling on the Education Exchange! educationnext.org/the-education-…

🚨 Fantastic new episode is here! England reversed its academic decline—and now ranks 4th in reading on PIRLS and highest-performing non-Asian country on TIMSS. Former Minister Nick Gibb shares how evidence-based reforms in reading & math made it happen. Link below ⬇️

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Criminally underrated post.

GOING INTERNATIONAL at researchED Toronto ( June 7, 2025) Dr Jim Heal $ Meg Lee of ⁦researchED US⁩, Tom Sherrington of ⁦researchED⁩, Dr Jonathan Plucker of JHEducation, Rachel Ball of ⁦Steplab⁩ UK We reach out to bring best practices to Canada #rEDTO25

Thx for attending the session! I'm happy to send a copy of my slides to anyone who is interested in this topic, along with a bunch of other recent, high-quality resources. Just DM me your email address and I'll be in touch. #advancedlearning