Great thread on yesterday’s oral argument. Delighted that at least one justice (Gorsuch) read our brief. But, as Cam points out in detail and with receipts that was a…weird and disappointing argument full of blind alleys and imprecise questions and answers.

Campbell F. Scribner@scribnerumcp.bsky.social · last yr.

1/ Some quick thoughts on the St. Isidore oral arguments yesterday, about whether Oklahoma must permit the operation of a Catholic charter school. In no particular order… 🧵 #education #SupremeCourt #law www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...

“If the court ignores a clear historical record merely because it is inconvenient for a political cause favored by its conservative members, it will move one fateful step closer to losing its public legitimacy.” @ehutt.bsky.social and Aaron Tang

Contributor: Tax dollars for religious schools? Conservative justices could be the roadblock

The current court has deemed history and tradition to be central to the interpretation of our constitutional rights. Two centuries of history on this topic is clear.

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Late update, but excited to share I successfully defended my dissertation on April 1–and no one’s said April Fools yet. Big thanks to my advisor Dr. Lauren Sartain and committee @drconstance.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social @danielklasik.bsky.social & Steve Hemelt for their support the past 5 yrs!

Proud to sign this amicus brief for the OK religious case. W/ @ehutt.bsky.social @scribnerumcp.bsky.social & Steven K. Green. The history's clear: The Founders believed "funding religious instruction would foment civic strife and damage school administration." www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

"Given the persistence of chronic absenteeism, this book should be on the shelf of every principal, school administrator, and policymaker in the country.” —@ehutt.bsky.social on RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM by @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social‬ https://bit.ly/3ZKYXbk

Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism

A call for community-based approaches to reducing the barriers that prevent regular attendance in K-12 schools In Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism, Sarah Winc...

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This Monday (3/31) at 12 PM ET, be sure to join HEP authors @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social for a free, Monroe C. Gutman Library-hosted book talk on RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM! This event will be moderated by @ehutt.bsky.social. Register here: https://bit.ly/4k1uuyI

Wonderful thread on the history of federal education data collection

Ethan Hutt@ehutt.bsky.social · last yr.

Nice to see all the education research orgs put out a joint statement calling for Congress to safeguard the (Congressionally established) IES and NCES I would have liked to see them underscore the historical dimensions a bit more (surprise!) 1/ www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...

Nice to see all the education research orgs put out a joint statement calling for Congress to safeguard the (Congressionally established) IES and NCES I would have liked to see them underscore the historical dimensions a bit more (surprise!) 1/ www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...

On Monday, 3/31 at 12 PM ET, join @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social for a virtual talk on their book, RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. This event is hosted by the Monroe C. Gutman Library, moderated by @ehutt.bsky.social, and is free to attend! https://bit.ly/4k1uuyI

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Jack Schneider@jackschneider.bsky.social · 2y ago

The latest issue (Vol. 65, Issue 1) of History of Education Quarterly is out. Below are (free or open access) links to all the content. 1/n

To my historian followers: do you have any favorite resources you share with students doing archival work for the first time?

Agreed that this is a great post. Cancelling data collection is terribly stupid and goes against the aim of federal involvement in education going back to 1867 (and to 1950s for longitudinal data)…

Prof Dynarski@dynarski.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great piece on the important studies killed off at IES Incredibly shortsighted behavior open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...

Is there a database where someone can see IES funding by location of the research site. As people try to communicate how widespread the reach of this research is it would be useful to point to concrete examples.

I disagree with Checker Finn far more often than i agree with him, but this one he has spot on: fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...

Easy, DOGE. IES matters.

The federal role in education dates to 1867 when President Andrew Johnson signed legislation creating the first “Department of Education” for the purpose of:

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If you need a good laugh: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/was...

Was It Cake?

“It’s not cake!” my wife screamed as the cleaver split the thermostat in our foyer. I pushed past her and sank my chef’s knife into the Ethan Allen...

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And if you enjoy this essay, you should know @scribnerumcp.bsky.social has a substack open.substack.com/pub/campbell...

Thoughts on Art and Education | Campbell F. Scribner | Substack

Short essays on education, childhood, and art. Click to read Thoughts on Art and Education, by Campbell F. Scribner, a Substack publication. Launched 24 days ago.

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Ethan Hutt@ehutt.bsky.social · 2y ago

A superb meditation on moral education. “Romantic educators are not wrong to celebrate children’s creativity and potential. Rather, their mistake is to pull those qualities away from the existential commitment & moral seriousness that give them meaning & in which the soul takes root.”

A superb meditation on moral education. “Romantic educators are not wrong to celebrate children’s creativity and potential. Rather, their mistake is to pull those qualities away from the existential commitment & moral seriousness that give them meaning & in which the soul takes root.”

Campbell F. Scribner@scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have a piece out in Front Porch Republic, on Romanticism, conservatism, and moral education. #education #consetvatism www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/01/roma...

This is an imp point (in a great thread). Our paper we argues that the history is clear: states could *but didn’t have to* (as a constitutional matter) fund religious school. The history doesn’t have to be dispositive for you, but we should be clear about what it is. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Campbell F. Scribner@scribnerumcp.bsky.social · 2y ago

5/ As I have written before, I think that the Est Clause allows more flexibility around questions of religious instruction than most people assume, and that (as a matter of policy & philosophy) states should be permitted to experiment with various models of education.

1/ Another Free Exercise/Establishment Clause case, this one years in the making! The Court just agreed to hear St. Isidore v. Drummond, which asks whether Oklahoma can establish a Catholic charter school (as the state charter board did) or not (as the OK Supreme Court ruled).

Can we get the supercut of the Mahomes roughing the passer penalties with the hits Allen and Jackson took today? 🙏🙏

1/ The Supreme Court just agreed to hear Mahmoud v. Taylor, about LGBT curriculum & opt-outs. It should be a helpful ruling, but not for any of the reasons that the two sides have outlined. A quick 🧵:

“Grief comes and goes to the flow of an unknown and unknowable tide. In the face of this, with a new year before us, we may ask: Aren’t there things we’re supposed to do? Like stages or some such? No. There are not.” www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/01/faci...

Facing a New Year of Grief - Front Porch Republic

Grief is not a process to work through, a disorder to heal, a condition to treat, or an illness to cure.

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Shot in the dark but: ~6mo ago I heard a short radio segment on NPR (may have been world news hour) on children deciding to leave their families to become Jain monks. I cannot find the clip anywhere. Did anyone else hear this segment? Know where I can find it? (And, yes, I’m working on my syllabus)

If you want to squeeze a last session into your #NCTE, come chat about what’s wrong with the way we grade and test our students and what we might do about it…

Ethan Hutt@ehutt.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you’re going to be at #NCTE tomorrow, come here me talk about my book “Off the Mark How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don’t Have To)” Sunday 9am! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

If you’re going to be at #NCTE tomorrow, come here me talk about my book “Off the Mark How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don’t Have To)” Sunday 9am! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Off the Mark — Harvard University Press

Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, rather than compromise, learning.Anyone who has ev...

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Calling all historians of education: History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education." I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access. 1/n

Does your library have @jackschneider.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social’s recent book? Good stuff in it! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Off the Mark — Harvard University Press

Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support, rather than compromise, learning.Anyone who has ev...

hup.harvard.edu

"A is for Arson" offers an alternative history of American education, interpreting property destruction as a form of political resistance, aesthetic self-formation, and pure chaos. It’s a fun read! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 3y ago

TELL BLUESKY MORE ABOUT YOUR BOOK PLEASE!

You already have an AI-detection software: it’s called a grammar check. Until ChatGPT introduces comma splices into its answers, cheating will continue to be easy to spot…. <sigh>.

@jackschneider.bsky.social and I had a great chat about our book with the Nat Malkus of AEI. If you prefer to consume our book by podcast rather than print, you're in luck, we covered some new ground in this one: www.aei.org/podcast/etha...