Russell Swinburne Romine

I am on my annual May Staycation this week. For 5 days I clean stuff, fix stuff, and do house projects without my offspring and spouse underfoot.

Upon reflection, I am in an ongoing, expensive fight against entropy that I cannot win.

A nighttime view of the north side of Denver's Union station, lit with blue and red lights. A neon illuminated sign at the top of the facade reads "Union Station Travel by Train."

Mile hi(gh), how are ya, Denver? #AERA2025 #NCME2025

On a plane headed to Denver for #AERA2025 and #NCME2025.

Just spending my morning checking all my Signal threads for Jeffrey Goldberg.

Learning Maps as Cognitive Models for Instruction and Assessment This paper describes large, fine-grained, intentionally inclusive, research-based cognitive models called learning maps. Learning maps are the product of an intensive research synthesis process to dev...

Learning maps are large, fine-grained, intentionally inclusive, research-based cognitive models. Read about their uses in instruction and assessment in this new paper from me and six colleagues who have worked on map-based projects during the last 10+ years. #edusky

www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

Seems like even chances that we're heading into the THIRD "once in a lifetime" economic calamity that I'll get to personally experience. I am 45 years old.

Great job, everyone. No notes.

Oh goody. Another snow day tomorrow.

It's the anniversary of statehood when Kansas was admitted as a Free State! Singing "Home on the Range" is traditional, but a sunflower lei sounds nice (if a little unwieldy).

Yeah, even that one. Especially that one.

We've heard your Wizard of Oz joke before.

Happy Kansas Day to all who celebrate! 🌻 We're the rectangular one in the middle that has a little nibble out of the top right corner.

Shout out to the lady sitting in the car next to mine in the grocery store parking lot. And shout out to your two rotund kitty-cats enjoying tasty wet food from little dishes on the dashboard. Y'all look like you're having a real pleasant afternoon.

Man, you'd think rich people would be a happier bunch.

White text on a black background that reads: Poorly explain what you do for a job.

I find out what children know about things adults think are important.

Let's all gather 'round and light the MEHnorah. Or don't. Whatever.

The seven-year-old child (who was up at 6:00 both weekend days) is still in bed at 7:23 on this school day morning.

Spending this afternoon at the Dynamic Learning Maps winter governance meeting in KC with folks from our partner states. The discussions are good! The cookies are good! The temperature control in the room could frankly use improvement.

Leftover Thanksgiving stuffing waffles topped with mushrooms triumphantly atop an orange plate.

Did my family talk smack about my lunch? Yes they did. Were they wrong? Yes they were. Leftover stuffing waffles with mushrooms.

First snowflakes of the season.

Me: I will never again get sucked into a new Netflix show because they're just going to cancel it after a season one cliffhanger.

Ted Danson: I'm starring as a loveable widower solving a mystery undercover in a retirement home.

Me: Goddammit.

Ahhh, the annual pre-Thanksgiving fridge purge. It's like a festival of forgotten condiments in here.

Time to draw down the strategic preserve reserves!

It's so weird to me that the word "disrupt" has taken on this glow in the eyes of some (strange) people. You can disrupt a school play by standing up and screaming profanities. Disruption is quite easy, especially if you have enough money and power. It doesn't suggest you'll do any better.

Closing out the weekend watching some Doctor Who with the youngest child.

"Flock it to me."

1. He's got an autoimmune disease that sucks, but he's hanging in there.

2. I'm clearly a thought leader in the pet name department.

Go big or *buffering*

Good morning. Allegedly.

What is a Marine’s favourite dessert?

Semper Pie

I do all the grocery shopping for our family so I call it "hunter-gathering"because it sounds more macho. It kind of kills the vibe when the store is playing Hanson's MMMBop at full volume.