Nick Covington
@covingtonedu.bsky.social
Dad. Iowan. Former HS social studies teacher.
Creative Director @ Human Restoration Project 🛸 www.humanrestorationproject.org
Creative Director @ Human Restoration Project 🛸 www.humanrestorationproject.org
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Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
I can't imagine a better sendoff for 2025 than this. Crash Course is a staple of my history teaching toolkit, so it was surreal to sit down with @mistermeyer.bsky.social to talk about that work, his perspective on history ed, and the current challenges social studies teachers face. #edchat #sschat
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
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Fascinating thread on new research—my fellow Autistic, AuDHD, and ADHD folks will find this of particular interest (and likely find it reflects our lived experience):
“Stimulants mimicked the effects of getting more sleep and anticipated reward, not attention.”
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“Stimulants mimicked the effects of getting more sleep and anticipated reward, not attention.”
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This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
December 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fascinating thread on new research—my fellow Autistic, AuDHD, and ADHD folks will find this of particular interest (and likely find it reflects our lived experience):
“Stimulants mimicked the effects of getting more sleep and anticipated reward, not attention.”
🧵👇🏼
“Stimulants mimicked the effects of getting more sleep and anticipated reward, not attention.”
🧵👇🏼
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i just don't think there are any shortcuts--if we want kids who are readers, we need teachers who are readers, and if we want teachers who are readers, we need professors who are readers
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
i just don't think there are any shortcuts--if we want kids who are readers, we need teachers who are readers, and if we want teachers who are readers, we need professors who are readers
This is how it sounds when the exurbs build a new planned commercial area over corn fields and call it something like Heritage Square or Legacy Crossing:
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is how it sounds when the exurbs build a new planned commercial area over corn fields and call it something like Heritage Square or Legacy Crossing:
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Recomano lectura del fil.
#eduCat
#eduCat
Gert Biesta just published a brief reflection on his important 2007 article, "Why 'What Works' Won't Work" in Education:
"...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A 🧵:
"...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A 🧵:
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Recomano lectura del fil.
#eduCat
#eduCat
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El citado "efecto placebo educativo" es una interesante idea sobre la que reflexionar.
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
El citado "efecto placebo educativo" es una interesante idea sobre la que reflexionar.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Thank you, @laurarbelin.bsky.social, for publishing this!
I expected something disheartening from UI's new center... I didn't realize it'd be this bad. Or that they'd say a soup of feminism and social movements is supposedly destroying higher ed. (?!)
I expected something disheartening from UI's new center... I didn't realize it'd be this bad. Or that they'd say a soup of feminism and social movements is supposedly destroying higher ed. (?!)
New post: Early this month, greg wickenkamp attended a panel discussion at the inaugural event of the University of Iowa's "Center for Intellectual Freedom."
A reflection on what he heard there:
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/21/o...
A reflection on what he heard there:
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/21/o...
On soup, freedom, and heritage in the heartland
greg wickenkamp reflects on the University of Iowa's "Center for Intellectual Freedom" and a panel discussion he attended there.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you, @laurarbelin.bsky.social, for publishing this!
I expected something disheartening from UI's new center... I didn't realize it'd be this bad. Or that they'd say a soup of feminism and social movements is supposedly destroying higher ed. (?!)
I expected something disheartening from UI's new center... I didn't realize it'd be this bad. Or that they'd say a soup of feminism and social movements is supposedly destroying higher ed. (?!)
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New post: Early this month, greg wickenkamp attended a panel discussion at the inaugural event of the University of Iowa's "Center for Intellectual Freedom."
A reflection on what he heard there:
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/21/o...
A reflection on what he heard there:
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/21/o...
On soup, freedom, and heritage in the heartland
greg wickenkamp reflects on the University of Iowa's "Center for Intellectual Freedom" and a panel discussion he attended there.
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
New post: Early this month, greg wickenkamp attended a panel discussion at the inaugural event of the University of Iowa's "Center for Intellectual Freedom."
A reflection on what he heard there:
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/21/o...
A reflection on what he heard there:
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/21/o...
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Loved listening to this!
I can't imagine a better sendoff for 2025 than this. Crash Course is a staple of my history teaching toolkit, so it was surreal to sit down with @mistermeyer.bsky.social to talk about that work, his perspective on history ed, and the current challenges social studies teachers face. #edchat #sschat
Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Loved listening to this!
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Education policy seems immune to the complexity education demands, reinforcing the need to fight on normative & democratic fronts:
"...policy tends to fall for the promise of easy answers to complex problems rather than taking the complexity of education sufficiently seriously."
"...policy tends to fall for the promise of easy answers to complex problems rather than taking the complexity of education sufficiently seriously."
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Education policy seems immune to the complexity education demands, reinforcing the need to fight on normative & democratic fronts:
"...policy tends to fall for the promise of easy answers to complex problems rather than taking the complexity of education sufficiently seriously."
"...policy tends to fall for the promise of easy answers to complex problems rather than taking the complexity of education sufficiently seriously."
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Teach like a Luddite! In which I join @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social to argue for a Luddite praxis in education grounded in three elements: embracing strategic playfulness; developing localized tactics; and building networks of resistance. Read the article at Kappan:
Teach like a Luddite - Kappan Online
Embracing new technologies that don’t advance teaching and learning is a mistake. Educators must ask questions — and resist when necessary.
kappanonline.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Teach like a Luddite! In which I join @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social to argue for a Luddite praxis in education grounded in three elements: embracing strategic playfulness; developing localized tactics; and building networks of resistance. Read the article at Kappan:
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New additions on the placebo effect in education research:
"The basic point is that whereas in medicine, drugs are only considered to work when the patient has no knowledge of what they are receiving, education only works because of the active involvement of the student." (!!)
"The basic point is that whereas in medicine, drugs are only considered to work when the patient has no knowledge of what they are receiving, education only works because of the active involvement of the student." (!!)
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New additions on the placebo effect in education research:
"The basic point is that whereas in medicine, drugs are only considered to work when the patient has no knowledge of what they are receiving, education only works because of the active involvement of the student." (!!)
"The basic point is that whereas in medicine, drugs are only considered to work when the patient has no knowledge of what they are receiving, education only works because of the active involvement of the student." (!!)
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"...in education the 'intervention' generating the 'effect' is not the treatment to which the student is exposed. The intervention—if we wish to use this notion—consists of the treatment plus the student's engagement with what is being offered."
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"...in education the 'intervention' generating the 'effect' is not the treatment to which the student is exposed. The intervention—if we wish to use this notion—consists of the treatment plus the student's engagement with what is being offered."
Gert Biesta just published a brief reflection on his important 2007 article, "Why 'What Works' Won't Work" in Education:
"...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A 🧵:
"...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A 🧵:
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Gert Biesta just published a brief reflection on his important 2007 article, "Why 'What Works' Won't Work" in Education:
"...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A 🧵:
"...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A 🧵:
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Feel extremely lucky to walk into a room every morning and be like “whoa, look at this thing—what do you think of it”
December 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Feel extremely lucky to walk into a room every morning and be like “whoa, look at this thing—what do you think of it”
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Know that there are nobler reasons to be a teacher but staying interested in the world is probably my number 1
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Know that there are nobler reasons to be a teacher but staying interested in the world is probably my number 1
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I can't imagine a better sendoff for 2025 than this. Crash Course is a staple of my history teaching toolkit, so it was surreal to sit down with @mistermeyer.bsky.social to talk about that work, his perspective on history ed, and the current challenges social studies teachers face. #edchat #sschat
Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I can't imagine a better sendoff for 2025 than this. Crash Course is a staple of my history teaching toolkit, so it was surreal to sit down with @mistermeyer.bsky.social to talk about that work, his perspective on history ed, and the current challenges social studies teachers face. #edchat #sschat
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Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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“Back in June, medical researchers discovered a similar racial bias in large language model (LLM) psychiatric diagnostic tools. In that case, results showed AI tools often proposed “inferior treatment” plans for Black patients whenever their race was explicitly known.”
Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Racial bias in AI-mediated psychiatric diagnosis and treatment: a qualitative comparison of four large language models
www.nature.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Back in June, medical researchers discovered a similar racial bias in large language model (LLM) psychiatric diagnostic tools. In that case, results showed AI tools often proposed “inferior treatment” plans for Black patients whenever their race was explicitly known.”
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Social studies education is essential to democracy
Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Social studies education is essential to democracy
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Crash Course SAVED me during SY 2020-21 when I had four preps and simultaneous hybrid instruction - students face-to-face and online simultaneously.
Could’ve been a live shot of me:
👇👇👇
Could’ve been a live shot of me:
👇👇👇
a man in a blue suit is juggling plates on a table
ALT: a man in a blue suit is juggling plates on a table
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Crash Course SAVED me during SY 2020-21 when I had four preps and simultaneous hybrid instruction - students face-to-face and online simultaneously.
Could’ve been a live shot of me:
👇👇👇
Could’ve been a live shot of me:
👇👇👇
I can't imagine a better sendoff for 2025 than this. Crash Course is a staple of my history teaching toolkit, so it was surreal to sit down with @mistermeyer.bsky.social to talk about that work, his perspective on history ed, and the current challenges social studies teachers face. #edchat #sschat
Our final episode of 2025 is a conversation with @mistermeyer.bsky.social about the old days of Crash Course History and the current state of social studies teaching in America. 👇
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/cra... #K12 #NCSS #sschat #edchat
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I can't imagine a better sendoff for 2025 than this. Crash Course is a staple of my history teaching toolkit, so it was surreal to sit down with @mistermeyer.bsky.social to talk about that work, his perspective on history ed, and the current challenges social studies teachers face. #edchat #sschat
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...