Robert Henderson
@roberthendersondc.bsky.social
Student and sometimes practitioner of housing and education policy. Represent Ward 5 on the DC State Board of Education (personal account)
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Ok, I admit that I forgot about this platform for over a year, but now that the party is really starting, I hope I can reconnect with the good people I met in the bad place.
DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
Yet more evidence on the importance of HVAC and indoor air quality on student outcomes.
Proud of SBOE Student Rep. Anna Mayer for her leadership in bringing attention to this issue in DC.
Proud of SBOE Student Rep. Anna Mayer for her leadership in bringing attention to this issue in DC.
YOU DON'T SAY. #CleanTheAir #EduSky
(TL;DR: attendance improved, suspension rates dropped, math scores improved.)
(TL;DR: attendance improved, suspension rates dropped, math scores improved.)
HVAC improvements shown to improve student outcomes
Metrics on absenteeism, suspension rates and math scores grew more positive as upgrades or replacements were made, a study finds.
www.k12dive.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Yet more evidence on the importance of HVAC and indoor air quality on student outcomes.
Proud of SBOE Student Rep. Anna Mayer for her leadership in bringing attention to this issue in DC.
Proud of SBOE Student Rep. Anna Mayer for her leadership in bringing attention to this issue in DC.
CM Pinto and Rep. Chang about what we've heard from teachers: thedcline.org/2025/02/19/b...
Brooke Pinto and Allister Chang: Keep cellphones out of the classroom
Government has a fundamental responsibility to provide an excellent education to the next generation. To meet the moment, we must get cellphones out of the classroom and empower our students to learn ...
thedcline.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
CM Pinto and Rep. Chang about what we've heard from teachers: thedcline.org/2025/02/19/b...
No one told me that parenting would involve this much super glue.
January 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
No one told me that parenting would involve this much super glue.
Snow day reading: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Tutoring may not significantly improve attendance
Lessons learned from a study of D.C. students
hechingerreport.org
January 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Snow day reading: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
DC Education morning reads:
The US Commission on Civil Rights on Special Ed in DC
www.usccr.gov/files/2024-1...
And Betsy Wolf on school ratings:
The US Commission on Civil Rights on Special Ed in DC
www.usccr.gov/files/2024-1...
And Betsy Wolf on school ratings:
December 20, 2024 at 2:56 PM
DC Education morning reads:
The US Commission on Civil Rights on Special Ed in DC
www.usccr.gov/files/2024-1...
And Betsy Wolf on school ratings:
The US Commission on Civil Rights on Special Ed in DC
www.usccr.gov/files/2024-1...
And Betsy Wolf on school ratings:
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If you want to know if a study provides valid evidence of whether a policy or practice has a causal impact on outcomes, look for:
1) a control or comparison group
2) control for pretest
3) independent outcome measures
#EduSky #EdResearch
1) a control or comparison group
2) control for pretest
3) independent outcome measures
#EduSky #EdResearch
Expectations about effect sizes are a key challenge to bridging the #EdResearch and policy / practice communities.
Many educators read Visible Learning and believe that 0.4 SD being the "hinge point" - a marker of some practice being worth doing. But that's very misleading 1/2
Many educators read Visible Learning and believe that 0.4 SD being the "hinge point" - a marker of some practice being worth doing. But that's very misleading 1/2
December 7, 2024 at 6:27 PM
If you want to know if a study provides valid evidence of whether a policy or practice has a causal impact on outcomes, look for:
1) a control or comparison group
2) control for pretest
3) independent outcome measures
#EduSky #EdResearch
1) a control or comparison group
2) control for pretest
3) independent outcome measures
#EduSky #EdResearch
If you like Friendsgiving, wait till you experience Thanksfriending (coined by my 10yo).
November 25, 2024 at 12:18 PM
If you like Friendsgiving, wait till you experience Thanksfriending (coined by my 10yo).
Beyoncé
C&C Music Factory
Dave Brubeck
And…that’s all I got. Maybe a high rarity score though?
C&C Music Factory
Dave Brubeck
And…that’s all I got. Maybe a high rarity score though?
artist you’ve seen live for each letter of the alphabet:
Arcade Fire
Babymetal
Churches
Devo
Eagles
Fleet Foxes
Goose
Hold Steady
Isbell, Jason
Janelle Monae
Kriss Kross
LCD Soundstsyem
Massive Attack
National
OutKast
Phair, Liz
—
Radiohead
Spoon
Toad the Wet Sprocket
(cont’d)
Arcade Fire
Babymetal
Churches
Devo
Eagles
Fleet Foxes
Goose
Hold Steady
Isbell, Jason
Janelle Monae
Kriss Kross
LCD Soundstsyem
Massive Attack
National
OutKast
Phair, Liz
—
Radiohead
Spoon
Toad the Wet Sprocket
(cont’d)
Artist you’ve seen live for each letter of the alphabet:
AC/DC
BR-549
Cheap Trick
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Earle, Steve
Flaming Lips
Golden Smog
Honeydogs
Isbell, Jason
Jayhawks
Kiss the Tiger
LCD Soundsystem
Metric
AC/DC
BR-549
Cheap Trick
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Earle, Steve
Flaming Lips
Golden Smog
Honeydogs
Isbell, Jason
Jayhawks
Kiss the Tiger
LCD Soundsystem
Metric
November 22, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Beyoncé
C&C Music Factory
Dave Brubeck
And…that’s all I got. Maybe a high rarity score though?
C&C Music Factory
Dave Brubeck
And…that’s all I got. Maybe a high rarity score though?
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cool new @nepc.bsky.social brief on voucher impacts: nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...
The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems
The U.S. Department of Education has projected enrollment declines over the next decade, leading to budget cuts for school districts, which will be particularly impactful in urban and rural areas serv...
nepc.colorado.edu
November 21, 2024 at 9:28 PM
cool new @nepc.bsky.social brief on voucher impacts: nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...
A marvelous letter in today’s New York Times from Victoria Chen, a senior at Georgetown, on the vitality of the humanities. . .
November 21, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Inspired by Dr. Oz’s nomination to CMS, here’s my “as seen on TV” federal health policy leadership team:
Secretary of HHS: Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper.
Qualifications: Experience overseeing a large bureaucracy and highly skeptical of fluoridation
Secretary of HHS: Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper.
Qualifications: Experience overseeing a large bureaucracy and highly skeptical of fluoridation
November 19, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Inspired by Dr. Oz’s nomination to CMS, here’s my “as seen on TV” federal health policy leadership team:
Secretary of HHS: Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper.
Qualifications: Experience overseeing a large bureaucracy and highly skeptical of fluoridation
Secretary of HHS: Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper.
Qualifications: Experience overseeing a large bureaucracy and highly skeptical of fluoridation
Care about student attendance and outcomes? Care about HVAC.
First new working paper thread on Blue Sky! 🧵
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
November 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Care about student attendance and outcomes? Care about HVAC.
I always read and recommend Dr. Wolf, even when it is deeply depressing.
I read the education chapter of Project 2025 so you don't have to. The losers are public education, students of color, student loans, history, and education research. The winners are the wealthy, private schools, overzealous parents, and crackpot law schools. betsyjwolf.substack.com/p/i-read-the...
I read the education chapter of Project 2025
So you don't have to
betsyjwolf.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I always read and recommend Dr. Wolf, even when it is deeply depressing.
Ok, I admit that I forgot about this platform for over a year, but now that the party is really starting, I hope I can reconnect with the good people I met in the bad place.
DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
November 15, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Ok, I admit that I forgot about this platform for over a year, but now that the party is really starting, I hope I can reconnect with the good people I met in the bad place.
DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
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I have a new piece in Time today! About the important role of celebrities in postpartum depression awareness, but how it also often accompanies conservative ideas about selfless motherhood. time.com/7134456/cele...
How Celebrities Changed the Postpartum Depression Narrative
The backlash to Cardi B's post-baby behavior was decades in the making.
time.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I have a new piece in Time today! About the important role of celebrities in postpartum depression awareness, but how it also often accompanies conservative ideas about selfless motherhood. time.com/7134456/cele...
Reposted by Robert Henderson
Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments
Across the U.S.
"bond authorization
significantly raises test scores"
"spending on infrastructure renovation and upgrades, such as HVAC or roofs, raises
test scores"
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
Across the U.S.
"bond authorization
significantly raises test scores"
"spending on infrastructure renovation and upgrades, such as HVAC or roofs, raises
test scores"
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
DIstractions include "Killer Bs" Building budgets buses books and bonds. Adult interests. Don't relate to student outcomes.
November 14, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments
Across the U.S.
"bond authorization
significantly raises test scores"
"spending on infrastructure renovation and upgrades, such as HVAC or roofs, raises
test scores"
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
Across the U.S.
"bond authorization
significantly raises test scores"
"spending on infrastructure renovation and upgrades, such as HVAC or roofs, raises
test scores"
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
Reposted by Robert Henderson
to all who celebrate
February 29, 2024 at 1:24 PM
to all who celebrate
I neither drink nor carouse, and yet I find myself identifying with Jimmy McNulty more and more.
February 11, 2024 at 2:12 AM
I neither drink nor carouse, and yet I find myself identifying with Jimmy McNulty more and more.
First voluntary pants day since spring. I am not sad about it.
September 26, 2023 at 8:43 PM
First voluntary pants day since spring. I am not sad about it.
At school, my 4th grader got to choose a word to describe himself. He picked “nerdy,” which he defined as “very good at something.”
#ProudNerdDad
#ProudNerdDad
September 22, 2023 at 12:30 PM
At school, my 4th grader got to choose a word to describe himself. He picked “nerdy,” which he defined as “very good at something.”
#ProudNerdDad
#ProudNerdDad
By Ward 5 education expert and advocate, Qubilah Huddleston:
edtrust.org/the-equity-l...
edtrust.org/the-equity-l...
September 22, 2023 at 1:51 AM
By Ward 5 education expert and advocate, Qubilah Huddleston:
edtrust.org/the-equity-l...
edtrust.org/the-equity-l...