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Thoughts On Ed Policy

@EdPolThoughts

Education Policy PhD who left academia to make a difference in the community. Trying to put my research on urban poverty and achievement gaps into practice.

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The test of your behavior during the pandemic is this: “If everyone had done what I’ve done the past six months, the pandemic would be ______.”


The tide of propaganda just keeps creeping higher and higher. It will take decades to undo the damage this administration does — if we ever can.

"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" –President Donald J. Trump

WhiteHouse's tweet image. "CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" 
–President Donald J. Trump


I love how adults just absolutely refuse to believe that letting teens sleep in will be good for them no matter how much the evidence says otherwise. If your backwards moralizing doesn’t fix them, surely sleep deprivation will! buffalonews.com/news/local/edu…


I can’t believe @FIFAcom doubled down on being corrupt after the whole Qatar selection scandal.


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What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!


I would pay to watch a debate where moderators actually forced the candidates to answer the questions that were asked. Give them 20 seconds to answer, ask the question again, then turn off their mic if they still won’t answer.


I keep signing up for webinars that are mostly just boring “panel discussions” but this one is really interesting. Thanks, ⁦@BrookingsInstbrookings.edu/events/the-cha…

EdPolThoughts's tweet image. I keep signing up for webinars that are mostly just boring “panel discussions” but this one is really interesting. Thanks, ⁦@BrookingsInst⁩

brookings.edu/events/the-cha…

Still waiting for ⁦@MLB⁩ to explain how the Cubs’ runner was safe when the Pirates’ catcher clearly tags him out. Do they think Joey Bart dropped the ball too soon after the tag?


Did I find an economics word I don’t know, or is that just a really bad typo? @WSJ

EdPolThoughts's tweet image. Did I find an economics word I don’t know, or is that just a really bad typo? @WSJ

Not sure why ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ thinks immigration is “unpalatable” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

EdPolThoughts's tweet image. Not sure why ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ thinks immigration is “unpalatable”

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

I was just in a webinar where one of the moderators advocated for test-optional admissions in the name of equity. I understood the push for it in the past, but we now know it doesn't actually do this. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

EdPolThoughts's tweet image. I was just in a webinar where one of the moderators advocated for test-optional admissions in the name of equity. I understood the push for it in the past, but we now know it doesn't actually do this.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Good piece today by David Leonhardt “The Misguided War on the SAT: Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.” nytimes.com/2024/01/07/bri…

EdPolThoughts's tweet image. Good piece today by David Leonhardt

“The Misguided War on the SAT:
Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.”

nytimes.com/2024/01/07/bri…

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