Margaret Thornton
@maggiethornton.bsky.social
Appalachian expat in Philly doing what I can to stop school inequality. Ed leadership/policy assistant prof studying tracking and detracking. Blue skies are mine.
There are going to be so many stories like this.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There are going to be so many stories like this.
These are some of my favorite authors, so it's not a knock on them in any way, but how nuts that we have to use student test scores as a bargaining chip against community members being disappeared!
Nice summary of our paper and related work by @tomdee.bsky.social and @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social here.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/10/i...
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
These are some of my favorite authors, so it's not a knock on them in any way, but how nuts that we have to use student test scores as a bargaining chip against community members being disappeared!
Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats His Former Civics Teacher in County Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My hot take is that it's difficult to have the critical thinking skills without the content knowledge, and we need to find a way to help students with both.
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/10/v...
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Virginia social studies leaders warn proposed testing shift could sideline critical thinking • Virginia Mercury
Some Virginia social studies leaders are sounding the alarm over a proposed change to how student performance in history and social science is measured, warning it could swap critical-thinking assessm...
virginiamercury.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My hot take is that it's difficult to have the critical thinking skills without the content knowledge, and we need to find a way to help students with both.
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/10/v...
virginiamercury.com/2025/11/10/v...
I personally would like y'all to keep the sandwich jokes coming.
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I personally would like y'all to keep the sandwich jokes coming.
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The obsessive wokeness panic is about elite labor market competition and prestige. People use a lot of fancy words to obscure this, and offer some substantive criticisms as well, but that’s ultimately its driving force.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The obsessive wokeness panic is about elite labor market competition and prestige. People use a lot of fancy words to obscure this, and offer some substantive criticisms as well, but that’s ultimately its driving force.
Reposted by Margaret Thornton
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
They hate us ‘cause they ain’t us.
I like how Krasner winning an almost unprecedented third term as Philly DA by stomping the walrus mustached city court judge who quit the bench to try to take him out first in the primary and again as a Republican in the general isn’t even folded into the national Dem sweep coverage.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
They hate us ‘cause they ain’t us.
"I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential." - Shirley Chisholm
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential." - Shirley Chisholm
Sic semper tyrannis, and also good night.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Sic semper tyrannis, and also good night.
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Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
This hillbilly needs no elegy.
BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This hillbilly needs no elegy.
To be a Virginian either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one’s Mother’s side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from Above.
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
To be a Virginian either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one’s Mother’s side, is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from Above.
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Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor’s race.
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.
There's a lot going on today, but a good friend of mine's family lost their home in Jamaica. Can you help them out please? www.gofundme.com/f/help-delro...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
There's a lot going on today, but a good friend of mine's family lost their home in Jamaica. Can you help them out please? www.gofundme.com/f/help-delro...
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Supporting Democracy Begins in School: Why School Board Races Matter and How You Can Help
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/supporting...
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/supporting...
Supporting Democracy Begins Where You Live
Why School Board Races Matter & How You Can Help
grassrootsconnector.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Supporting Democracy Begins in School: Why School Board Races Matter and How You Can Help
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/supporting...
grassrootsconnector.substack.com/p/supporting...
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“Standard Empirical Policy Analysis Does Not Support Universal Vouchers/ESAs” - killer title that is also 100% true.
Check out this debate btw Doug Harris & Pat Wolf.
Check out this debate btw Doug Harris & Pat Wolf.
Standard Empirical Policy Analysis Does Not Support Universal Vouchers/ESAs
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Standard Empirical Policy Analysis Does Not Support Universal Vouchers/ESAs” - killer title that is also 100% true.
Check out this debate btw Doug Harris & Pat Wolf.
Check out this debate btw Doug Harris & Pat Wolf.
Bless his heart.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Bless his heart.
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🎓 New paper accepted today, on the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants in Denmark!
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎓 New paper accepted today, on the intergenerational educational mobility among immigrants in Denmark!
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
At first glance, immigrants seem more mobile than natives – but this is largely a data illusion. Poor register data quality drives the pattern.
w/ @rlandersoe.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/so...
It's so nice how it's not pitch black in the morning anymore.
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It's so nice how it's not pitch black in the morning anymore.
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Well, this is a story all about how, this game got flipped turned upside down . . . .
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Well, this is a story all about how, this game got flipped turned upside down . . . .
UVA wins, Dodgers win, AND all my pickles sealed up in their water bath. What a great day!
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
UVA wins, Dodgers win, AND all my pickles sealed up in their water bath. What a great day!