Alex Hyres
@hyres376.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the History of US Education at the U of Utah | AERA Division F Secretary: https://shorturl.at/NvyTG | Preorder my forthcoming book, Protest and Pedagogy: https://shorturl.at/8bDqN | Opinions my own.
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Alex Hyres
@hyres376.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hey new followers! Here's a bit more about me. I'm an assistant professor in the History of US Education in the department of Education, Culture, and Society at the University of Utah.
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If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
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Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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As @jamellebouie.net often points out about the right wingers ruining UVA they want a worse school in exchange for it being whiter.
3️⃣ We find white children exposed to academies fared worse as adults.
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
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📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As @jamellebouie.net often points out about the right wingers ruining UVA they want a worse school in exchange for it being whiter.
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Nnnnnnnnnope.
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
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No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
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In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nnnnnnnnnope.
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
[gift link:]
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
[gift link:]
It's such a great project! I'm excited to see this work out in the world and for scholars in education, history, and econ to learn from it #histed #edhist @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
Absolutely! My work would not have been possible without them and benefitted from reading their work. Bruckman, Stern, Orfield, and Lassiter, just to name a few… Amberly Sheffield is a history doctoral student at Ole Miss who also does great work in this area and @hyres376.bsky.social gave advice!
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It's such a great project! I'm excited to see this work out in the world and for scholars in education, history, and econ to learn from it #histed #edhist @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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This UVA rally — which is sponsored by student, faculty, & staff groups — will protest the Trump regime's efforts to take over American universities & demand that UVA not cooperate, as it did this summer.
Friday, noon, at the Rotunda. C-ville community members are encouraged to attend.
Friday, noon, at the Rotunda. C-ville community members are encouraged to attend.
Rally to protest Trump Administration deal set for Friday
Rally to protest Trump Administration deal set for Friday
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The University of Virginia will be holding a press conference, rally and march on Friday at the Rotunda against the Compact for Academic Excellence in
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October 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This UVA rally — which is sponsored by student, faculty, & staff groups — will protest the Trump regime's efforts to take over American universities & demand that UVA not cooperate, as it did this summer.
Friday, noon, at the Rotunda. C-ville community members are encouraged to attend.
Friday, noon, at the Rotunda. C-ville community members are encouraged to attend.
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The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED
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Ai companies want to use our electricity? Ok. They can pay triple rates offset all our bills.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ai companies want to use our electricity? Ok. They can pay triple rates offset all our bills.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
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🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵
U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
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U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
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College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy
Duties and Responsibilities
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September 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵
U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
Please boost! 🚀
U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!
💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25
For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies
Please boost! 🚀
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Finishing a Ph.D. on slavery in early American or Atlantic history this year? Consider applying for the University of California's President's Postdoc program. I'd love to sponsor at applicant if working with me @ucsantacruz.bsky.social might be a good fit!
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How to apply
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September 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Finishing a Ph.D. on slavery in early American or Atlantic history this year? Consider applying for the University of California's President's Postdoc program. I'd love to sponsor at applicant if working with me @ucsantacruz.bsky.social might be a good fit!
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-...
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-...
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Editorial Introduction (from AJ Angulo and yours truly).
History and the Politics of Nostalgia | History of Education Quarterly | Cambridge Core
History and the Politics of Nostalgia - Volume 65 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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I looked back @cvilleschools.bsky.social timeline on deciding to place police back in schools despite evidence that this move actively harms kids and found that it seems to be based on an analysis conducted by a firm called Navigate360.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I looked back @cvilleschools.bsky.social timeline on deciding to place police back in schools despite evidence that this move actively harms kids and found that it seems to be based on an analysis conducted by a firm called Navigate360.
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Same. Love to see this.
Seriously, where do I sign on?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Same. Love to see this.
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There simply is no substitute for the time-, personnel-, & $$$-intensive way of providing quality education. That we don't want to pay for it, as a society, does not make this any less true, & AI cannot fix that. At best, it can poorly substitute for the real solution.
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Sure we could reduce the student to teacher ratio, and create an education system that we know works for students. But that would cost money, so bring in the slop.
August 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There simply is no substitute for the time-, personnel-, & $$$-intensive way of providing quality education. That we don't want to pay for it, as a society, does not make this any less true, & AI cannot fix that. At best, it can poorly substitute for the real solution.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.
August 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
david rose grew up in our community. his mom was an icu nurse at emory. his wife is pregnant and he had two kids. please share this & help if you can.
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“As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians.” —UC President James B. Milliken
Breaking News: A Trump administration settlement proposal demands more than $1 billion from UCLA. It calls for the payout to contribute to a claims fund that would compensate victims of civil rights violations after a pro-Palestinian protest on campus.
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
The Trump administration has ended about $500 million for the Los Angeles-based university. The president said he wanted nearly double that to restart the flow of funds.
nyti.ms
August 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians.” —UC President James B. Milliken
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AI isn’t neutral and isn’t free from bias. AI is a reflection of society, which is embedded with biases, racism, sexism, homophobia, etc., and a reflection of those who create it, who have been deeply conditioned by those biases and -isms.
"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white" www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/a...
Annie and Lakeesha struggle in school. AI teacher assistants treated them very differently.
A Common Sense Media study found that prominent teacher assistants that use AI generated recommendations that appeared to be rooted in racial stereotypes based on students’ names. About a third of tea...
www.chalkbeat.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AI isn’t neutral and isn’t free from bias. AI is a reflection of society, which is embedded with biases, racism, sexism, homophobia, etc., and a reflection of those who create it, who have been deeply conditioned by those biases and -isms.
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
August 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
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Oh man I just realized why I kept seeing the same AHA link shared every time I glanced at my feed today and I will say that @contingent-mag.bsky.social would be happy to read a pitch responding to that.
August 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Oh man I just realized why I kept seeing the same AHA link shared every time I glanced at my feed today and I will say that @contingent-mag.bsky.social would be happy to read a pitch responding to that.
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If you insist...
(Coming out next week! Brooklyn release party on Wednesday 8/6!)
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(Coming out next week! Brooklyn release party on Wednesday 8/6!)
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Y'all, I'm pretty excited that @publisherswkly.bsky.social called my book "an urgent wake-up call" and "a must-read for educators!"
www.publishersweekly.com/9781479827817
Pre-order here and get a 30% discount using NYUAU30:
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www.publishersweekly.com/9781479827817
Pre-order here and get a 30% discount using NYUAU30:
nyupress.org/978147982781...
![Screenshot of Publishers Weekly review of Unequal Lessons reading: "Classroom diversity, specifically the integration of more white students into predominantly Black schools, does not lead to better outcomes for Black students, according to this disquieting debut study. Education scholar Freidus focuses on New York schools that, due to gentrification, are experiencing an influx of white students. Drawing on interviews and her own immersive ethnographic observations conducted over nearly six years, she finds that diversity and integration—especially via an increase in the proportion of white students—are treated by teachers, administrators, and parents as a de facto solution for racial inequality, and yet this is emphatically not the end result. Instead, Freidus observes that Black students’ experience of diversity entails a “hidden curriculum” that “reinforces deeply rooted [racial and class] assumptions about [them] and their families.” For instance, she notes several instances in which Black and white students with similar behavioral problems received disproportionate treatment, resulting partly from educators’ assumptions that the white student was more likely to be from a good family. At the same time, diversity does offer benefits for students—mostly in terms of enrichment, or new experiences—but as Freidus persuasively demonstrates, solving inequality is not one of them. This urgent wake-up call is a must-read for educators. (Aug.)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7js3r4xdyhiics6bsegplyvq/bafkreih2z6ytyvi2sqof2vbgwfu4sqf2hy6gsrpwzsv52gv5kpqzyd64ci@jpeg)
July 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you insist...
(Coming out next week! Brooklyn release party on Wednesday 8/6!)
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(Coming out next week! Brooklyn release party on Wednesday 8/6!)
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