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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Swinging for the bleachers this morning, my friends, asking my students to reconsider the game they are playing (GPA and CV values) and reclaim what they came here to grow. I made a list of one-minute moves to practice these goods below - would love your suggestions ⬇️

Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring research by @t-h-a-d.bsky.social, @emilykpenner.bsky.social, and Andrew Penner.

#205 Schools as Sorting Machines

Play #205 Schools as Sorting Machines by Have You Heard on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

A new article in AERJ observed the relationship between school choice policy and school segregation, finding that White and Asian families disproportionately used the choice system to avoid schools with large concentrations of Black students. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

Structuring Choice Policy, School Segregation and the Two-Staged School Choice Process - Deven Carlson, Thurston Domina, James Carter, Rachel M. Perera, Vitaly Radsky, Andrew McEachin, 2025

School choice is both an important tool for school desegregation policy and an enabler of racial segregation. In this paper, we used a two-stage model of comple...

journals.sagepub.com

David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · last yr.

Fascinating work by Deven Carlson, @t-h-a-d.bsky.social, James Carter, @rachelmarisa.bsky.social, Vitali Radsky, and Andrew McEachin on both the potential of school choice for the purpose of desegregation and the disappointing reality that most school choice systems tend to exacerbate segregation

AERA@aeraedresearch.bsky.social · last yr.

Brady Klopfer @bradyklopfer.bsky.social · last yr.

11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls

Tweet from the Durham Bulls that reads "Y'all means all. #PrideNight"

Tweet from a user saying "Please delete," and Durham Bulls responding "No."

Tweet from a user saying, "Actually, no it does not! Stop dividing people." with a response from the Durham Bulls saying, "Inclusion's actually the exact opposite of division"

Tweet from someone saying "Maybe don't promote gay sex to children?" with the Durham Bulls responding, "Okay, sexyman159861581242902587231848675309"

pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · last yr.

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · last yr.

Shout out to Chase Strangio who did his level best and should have fucking won. What a beast of an attorney and an amazing advocate. This is heartbreaking. #Skrmetti

Edward @arkayne242.bsky.social · last yr.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · last yr.

Breaking: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's effort to shutter much of the Education Department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Defendants do acknowledge, as they must, that the Department cannot be shut down without Congress's approval, yet they simultaneously claim that their legislative goals
(obtaining Congressional approval to shut down the Department) are distinct from their
administrative goals (improving efficiency). There is nothing in the record to support these
contradictory positions. Not only is there no evidence that Defendants are pursuing a "legislative goal" or otherwise working with Congress to reach a resolution, but there is also no evidence that the RIF has actually made the Department more efficient. Rather, the record is replete with
evidence of the opposite. Consolidated Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the Department will not
be able to carry out its statutory functions— and in some cases, is already unable to do so-and Defendants have proffered no evidence to the contrary. Defendants fail to understand Plaintiffs claims which is evident by their attempt to frame this case as an unlawful terminations
employment action. As fully explained below, a preliminary injunction is warranted to return the
Department to the status quo such that it can comply with its statutory obligations.

Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · last yr.

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

Rafe Meager (they/them)@economeager.bsky.social · last yr.

art blakey for all your friday needs youtu.be/fsJ3JjpZyoA?...

Moanin'

YouTube video by Art Blakey - Topic

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · last yr.

Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey. They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵

A photograph of Louis Bamberger, seated on the right, wearing a mustache and bowler hat, and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld, standing on the left, wearing a fur hat and shawl

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · last yr.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

time.com

Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · last yr.

Saunders is so good on the weaponization of "DEI." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

Opinion | George Saunders: Shame on the White House

nytimes.com

Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · last yr.

Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. Pope Peanut M&Ms XIII

Meg Elison@megelison.bsky.social · last yr.

Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name. Pope Mochi VI!

erin mccann @mccanner.bsky.social · last yr.

To many, atmospheric rivers are a West Coast phenomenon. But they’re also responsible for devastating storms that can hit the Central and Eastern U.S. There's one in the forecast this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/w...

One of the Weather World’s Biggest Buzzwords Expands Its Reach

nytimes.com

Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · last yr.

Finally. My fellow Fulbright Scholar Rumeysa Ozturk has been freed. My country jailed her for over a month as—let’s be perfectly frank—a political prisoner. Why? Because she wrote a mild oped that criticised Israel in her student newspaper. I've thought of her every day.

Tom Dannenbaum@tomdannenbaum.bsky.social · last yr.

Judge Sessions orders Rümeysa released immediately with no travel restrictions.

Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote about the widespread adoption of AI in education, and why there needs to be more resistance to it open.substack.com/pub/irinadum...

What makes me mad about AI in education

How to crush a generation and tell them they're winning

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Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · last yr.

a man with a mustache wearing a blue jacket and scarf

ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a blue jacket and scarf

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Ben Casselman@bencasselman.bsky.social · last yr.

Powell: If announced tariffs remain in place, the likely outcome will be "a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth and a rise in unemployment."

Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · last yr.

I've been thinking about this a lot, and I think what makes writing attractive is when you get something unexpected. The connection you didn't anticipate, the logical thread getting built in new ways, the marvelous inductive/deductive Jenga towers that a terrific undergrad will create. 1/6

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · last yr.

“In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peaceful moment.” -Maxine Hong Kingston (from the book she wrote from scratch after her home burnt down and she lost all her drafts in the Oakland forest fires of 1991)

David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · last yr.

Six months after Election Day, a federal judge ordered the North Carolina Board of Elections to certify Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs as the winner of the fiercely contested race for her seat on the state Supreme Court. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Federal Judge Orders Dem Win Certified In NC Supreme Court Race

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · last yr.

I don't have an Ivy League education, but I'm struggling to understand this Administration's BIZARRE Rules of Capitalization.

Jen Jennings@jenjennings.bsky.social · last yr.

I’ve read a few 9th grade persuasive essays, and this must-read demand letter from Ed to Harvard matches the verbal swagger of an angry 14-year-old.

Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · last yr.

It's gonna be a hot Amtrak summer

Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · last yr.

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie Perfect Weeks

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The Onion @theonion.com · last yr.

Trump Argues Toy Shortages Easily Overcome By Making Servants Dance

WASHINGTON—Acknowledging that his tariff hikes could result in a frozen supply chain this holiday season, President Donald Trump claimed Friday that any toy shortages Americans experienced could be ea...

theonion.com

Derek W. Black @derekwblack.bsky.social · last yr.

This is the day every young voter should remember. For several years running, young people said they needed mental health counselors more than anything—while legislators fawned over vouchers. Washington finally listened in 2022. Trump just cut the program.

Education Department cuts about $1B in federal school mental health grants

The department’s decision centers on funding meant to help train mental health professionals who could work in local schools.

politico.com