Joshua Dresser
@joshuacd.bsky.social
High school admin in Chicago, aka, the Ed Rooney of north center
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New research on Mayer's Multimedia theory. Analysis here ⬇️
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/which-mult...
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September 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
New research on Mayer's Multimedia theory. Analysis here ⬇️
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/which-mult...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/which-mult...
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A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
February 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
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*NEW* Round-up of research on learning - latest evidence on phone bans, practice testing, belonging, digital reading, absenteeism, AI feedback, and more. ⬇️
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
August 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
*NEW* Round-up of research on learning - latest evidence on phone bans, practice testing, belonging, digital reading, absenteeism, AI feedback, and more. ⬇️
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-resear...
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For decades cognitive scientists have debated the role of symbols and connections in theorizing how our minds work (and how to create AI). A new paper points to a harmonious path forward, which I explore in this week's essay.
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
Neurosymbolic AI—not with a bang, but a whither?
A visit to the frontlines of a contentious and longrunning battle within cognitive science
open.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For decades cognitive scientists have debated the role of symbols and connections in theorizing how our minds work (and how to create AI). A new paper points to a harmonious path forward, which I explore in this week's essay.
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...
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If the AI takeover of education is indeed just getting started then it's really important to highlight why this could be bad, not just accept the unevidenced assumptions it will be good for education.
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started
Was your kid’s report card written by a chatbot?
www.theatlantic.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If the AI takeover of education is indeed just getting started then it's really important to highlight why this could be bad, not just accept the unevidenced assumptions it will be good for education.
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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A great summary of the major findings from our AEI working group on chronic absenteeism led by Nat Malkus (featuring @ehutt.bsky.social @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social and others) hechingerreport.org/proof-points... @jillbarshay.bsky.social
7 insights about chronic absenteeism, a new normal for American schools
Even high-income students are skipping more school, but absenteeism rates are highest among low-income students
hechingerreport.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A great summary of the major findings from our AEI working group on chronic absenteeism led by Nat Malkus (featuring @ehutt.bsky.social @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social and others) hechingerreport.org/proof-points... @jillbarshay.bsky.social
And for absolutely no point at all. Shameful and embarrassing.
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years.
www.the74million.org
July 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
And for absolutely no point at all. Shameful and embarrassing.
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‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years.
www.the74million.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
Such an excellently written overview of current state of evidence in AIED
Brain science has attained special status to explain how we learn. Itvquantifies and visualizes learning in the body. That helps explain why "Your brain on ChatGPT" has circulated so much - it's the negative version of what I was getting at here... codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Such an excellently written overview of current state of evidence in AIED
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New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
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@cmooreanderson.bsky.social Fritz Zwicky created the Morphological Analysis (now known as the Zwicky Box) in which variations of set elements, laid out in ordered visual fashion, allows significantly more combinations to be considered than when done in one's head.
June 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
@cmooreanderson.bsky.social Fritz Zwicky created the Morphological Analysis (now known as the Zwicky Box) in which variations of set elements, laid out in ordered visual fashion, allows significantly more combinations to be considered than when done in one's head.
Studio drummers circa 2000
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
April 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Studio drummers circa 2000
Principal Rooney goes on a home visit for a chronically absent student and he’s the villain?
April 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Principal Rooney goes on a home visit for a chronically absent student and he’s the villain?
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Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful:
A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research.
#EdResearch #EdPolicy
livehandbook.org
A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research.
#EdResearch #EdPolicy
livehandbook.org
Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
livehandbook.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful:
A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research.
#EdResearch #EdPolicy
livehandbook.org
A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research.
#EdResearch #EdPolicy
livehandbook.org
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
Really think about how twisted this all is.
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*new*
Autonomy Traps for School Leaders
On how leaders’ actions affect teacher autonomy, how this can go well and why it often goes badly
curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/a...
Autonomy Traps for School Leaders
On how leaders’ actions affect teacher autonomy, how this can go well and why it often goes badly
curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/a...
Autonomy Traps for School Leaders
Photo by Digital Buggu on Pexels.com My new book, The Long Game, looks at the problems that get in the way of being an effective teacher and what we can do about them. One area the book looks at, r…
curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
*new*
Autonomy Traps for School Leaders
On how leaders’ actions affect teacher autonomy, how this can go well and why it often goes badly
curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/a...
Autonomy Traps for School Leaders
On how leaders’ actions affect teacher autonomy, how this can go well and why it often goes badly
curriculumteamleader.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/a...
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You can’t improve education unless you know what’s happening in education now. The main source of that information in the US is NCES. The commissioner was just put on leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Courts rule on Trump administration initiatives including DOGE, DEI
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You can’t improve education unless you know what’s happening in education now. The main source of that information in the US is NCES. The commissioner was just put on leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Cancelling NAEP is a terrible idea. It’s the most reliable metric of how schools are doing (on one important dimension)
www.the74million.org/article/afte...
www.the74million.org/article/afte...
After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test
One prominent researcher said the flip-flop offers ‘the first direct evidence that executive actions have weakened NAEP.’
www.the74million.org
February 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Cancelling NAEP is a terrible idea. It’s the most reliable metric of how schools are doing (on one important dimension)
www.the74million.org/article/afte...
www.the74million.org/article/afte...
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Her story has shaken up metro Detroit. It's very cold up here and she didn't get the help she needed even after calling the city and multiple agencies.
She, her mom, and her kids slept in a van. Ran out of gas.
Her 9 year old & 2 year old died from hypothermia.
I can't stop thinking about her. 💔
She, her mom, and her kids slept in a van. Ran out of gas.
Her 9 year old & 2 year old died from hypothermia.
I can't stop thinking about her. 💔
“I regret having to sleep out there so bad. I tell them, ‘I’m sorry, but I tried.’”
These kids deserved our protection. This mother deserves our protection. We are collectively failing one another.
These kids deserved our protection. This mother deserves our protection. We are collectively failing one another.
Mom of 2 kids who froze to death while sleeping in a van says she asked for help: ‘I’m sorry, but I tried’
The mom of two children who died from hypothermia while sleeping in a cold van said she has asked for help for a long time.
www.wdam.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Her story has shaken up metro Detroit. It's very cold up here and she didn't get the help she needed even after calling the city and multiple agencies.
She, her mom, and her kids slept in a van. Ran out of gas.
Her 9 year old & 2 year old died from hypothermia.
I can't stop thinking about her. 💔
She, her mom, and her kids slept in a van. Ran out of gas.
Her 9 year old & 2 year old died from hypothermia.
I can't stop thinking about her. 💔
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Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States.
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here's why your education friends had a real rough one today. It's... it's the entire education data collection apparatus of the United States.
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Heterogeneity in treatment effects is real, but too often the heterogeneous effects found in one study do not replicate. A great primer here on how to think about this problem and what to do about it: edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is just a reminder that Keith Jarrett, one of the greatest musicians who has ever lived, has not won a Grammy.
If Michael Jordan never won an MVP, would it even be an award worth winning?
If Michael Jordan never won an MVP, would it even be an award worth winning?
February 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is just a reminder that Keith Jarrett, one of the greatest musicians who has ever lived, has not won a Grammy.
If Michael Jordan never won an MVP, would it even be an award worth winning?
If Michael Jordan never won an MVP, would it even be an award worth winning?