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/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.

Well, bush v gore was based on the idea that states have equal protection claims visa the other state states.

Technically correct. Literally correct.

Luckily for all of us, brownies are not alive.

I’m starting to think that the Oxford comma whiners should expand their horizons and become em-dash advocates.

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

Maybe his faith says he should not:

* thank God for anything
* honor a day of rest
* address God without the supervision of an ordained religious officiant
* eat bread
* light candles
* marvel at the wonder that is fermentation

There are a lot of potentially offensive elements of a shabbot dinner.

Finally! It’s the knowledge transfer from charter schools to public schools they’ve been promising for so long.

I entirely agree.

But we would need to pay and recruit and reward teachers who are capable and interested in doing that.

Many communities— and many schoolers— do not want that.

If you served on an a Board of Education, you were in one of the most important roles in our system. You were the primary interface between the community and the schools that were supposed to serve them.

Board members need serious training, and should take their responsibilities quite seriously.

You fought the good fight. You live to fight again.

Think about running again. Don’t decide, so don’t rule it out.

We don’t do a core curriculum or set of required texts….but everyone in education should have read Dewey’s Democracy and Education.

Absolutely everyone.

I have other nominees, but that should be foundational—for the reasons you said.

A couple months after I moved in to my current home, my next-door neighbor cautioned about a town budget vote. She did not want taxes to go up.

She’s a retired middle school teacher.

Lots of people just suck.

I think people who don’t understand the purpose or functioning of TACs can misunderstand what kind of independence is important.

Like everything else about TACs, that needs more accessible/available explanation.

2/2

I think the most important thing is that TACs are independent from the test development team/vendor.

I think it important, but less so, that they not be part of the DOE or political leadership of the state—or part of their regular team.

I’m not worried that TACs are independent enough.

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Yeah, I was trying to be funny when invited you to speak to Rich’s point.

He was very polite.

I don’t know if you are talking about AIME-Con or something else, but it would be great if AIG folks understood that k-12 education learning standards are about a lot more than declarative knowledge that can be gleaned from reading a text—particularly reading standards in middle and upper grades.

The central lie — the key dishonesty — of modern conservatism is that being judgmental about the ethnicity or language or culture of the person next door is fine and acceptable, but being judgmental of that attitude is elitist and arrogant and closed-minded. What vapid bullshit.

I just wanted to hear your response to the pushback.

It wasn’t me who called bullshit. It was your pal.

Yeah, I haven’t had my work so eagerly received since AERA put me in a session with Linda Darling-Hammond.

Of course, it might not have been *my* work that so attracted people in either case.

When I was checking in this morning, someone who had not registered in advance tried to get in.

Nope. The conference was already at capacity.”

Truly sold out.

Yeah, that IS cool.

This is, I would offer, a great example of when it's better to teach skills than content; It's impossible to keep up with the background knowledge needed to spot an AI video.

Develop the skill of lateral reading and you'll be better off than someone who stares at a video trying to spot the tells.

Fired NCES Chief: Ed. Dept. Cuts Mean 'Fewer Eyes on the Condition of Schools' Experts discuss how federal actions have impacted equity and research in the field of education.

Fired NCES Chief: Ed. Dept. Cuts Mean 'Fewer Eyes on the Condition of Schools': Experts discuss how federal actions have impacted equity and research in the field of education.

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What gets me in this drive for efficiency is that it is about doing it faster and cheaper, but worse.

It is not about using efficiency gains to improve quality.

Typical Yankee fan thinking they have a right sign anyone they want.

There’s just no limit to the hubris, I tell you.

Mike/Michael.

Definitely.

@ncme38.bsky.social can we get the zip up hoodie for non-AI NCME?

Oh, I’m sorry. It didn’t look like you actually had a point.

You need caffeine?

Tea? Soda? Energy drinks?

Same as it ever was.

If you think of charters is being good for your family, maybe.

But they are never good for your community.

There is no knowledgetransfer. There is no benefit of competition. And they allow potential community leaders to separate their interests from their community’s.