Kevin Hall

if people are using classified information to place bets, then theoretically others can analyze betting behavior to find signals that reveal classified information.

A slide showing different examples of making questions more engaging by re-wording the instructions for the task. For example, instead of "calculate the following", ask "which of these have the same answer?"

A slight change of wording is a quick win to ask more engaging questions.

Here are a few simple examples.

For history nerds, this is quite interesting.

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The two most successful Dem politicians of my lifetime, Bill Clinton and Obama, were both masculine, to be sure. But they had sort of a cool guy masculinity rather than a tough guy masculinity, if that makes any sense? Idk.

Why cognitive science matters in education: three reasons My perspective on why the science of learning is important for teachers

New post - going back to the basics: Why cognitive science matters for teachers?
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I think the "should" there is doing a lot of work. But I think it's my ideal, anyways.

Been thinking about this. I suppose what you say here is generally true. My difficulty with it is that it has generally not been true in my experience. I think classrooms are more like a fractal, and even when you siphon off, say, the top 25%, the same dynamics re-form themselves (or should).

Nice -- appreciate the info!

Nice to see the hospital demolition is underway. I hadn't seen any pictures of that before.

You don't think there's an analog on the other end? Take a group of struggling students who can't yet access the grade-level content at the pace at which it's being presented, but instead present them with a selected 70% of it, and there's a chance they'll learn it instead of learning very little?

absolutely hilarious

I haven't been able to watch the video of Alex Pretti, but I was able to watch this interview and her video (it does not show much of the shooting, but it shows most of what happened before and after)

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How to help the resistance to ICE in Minnesota — and beyond What Minnesota’s immigrant communities need from you now.

I found this article helpful in choosing how to donate and support Minneapolis

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I'm excited about it, yes.

Good post from Dylan partly about the absurdity of the current "high quality instructional materials" moment.

The United Soccer League announced today its Division One league will be called USL Premier, set to launch in 2028 alongside Major League Soccer.

USL also confirmed plans to implement promotion and relegation across its three professional leagues.

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JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled

JD Vance Places Candle Outside Hooters Where ICE Agents Were Heckled

Please reshare the below post, unfortunately some accounts with lots of followers have reposted the false claim and loads of people are falling for it.

Wow, Minnesota is cool, this is amazing

Minnesota is the best of us.

Exactly!

Sounds very interesting! Will add it to my list.

Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?

guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.

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