Conor P. Williams
@conorpwilliams.bsky.social
Writer and researcher in DC. Just my views here. Dopily pro-America, stridently anti-fascist.
Also: Brewery magnate. Deweyan progressive. Former stay-at-home dad. Primary caregiver.
Also: Brewery magnate. Deweyan progressive. Former stay-at-home dad. Primary caregiver.
Basically: this whole push for English-only is out of step with what families want AND with the research. It's bad politics (eventually) and bad policy. We should cut that out and invest more energy in building more bilingual schools.
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Basically: this whole push for English-only is out of step with what families want AND with the research. It's bad politics (eventually) and bad policy. We should cut that out and invest more energy in building more bilingual schools.
3) However, majorities of families shared concerns about dual language programs, worrying that schools aren't prepared to effectively support students' bilingualism.
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
3) However, majorities of families shared concerns about dual language programs, worrying that schools aren't prepared to effectively support students' bilingualism.
2) Latine families rank their interest in bilingual education and dual language immersion programs very high—nearly 8 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Note: We asked all demographics this, and Spanish-speaking families, highly educated families, and higher income families tend to rank these programs highest.
Note: We asked all demographics this, and Spanish-speaking families, highly educated families, and higher income families tend to rank these programs highest.
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
2) Latine families rank their interest in bilingual education and dual language immersion programs very high—nearly 8 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Note: We asked all demographics this, and Spanish-speaking families, highly educated families, and higher income families tend to rank these programs highest.
Note: We asked all demographics this, and Spanish-speaking families, highly educated families, and higher income families tend to rank these programs highest.
What did we find?
1) Strong majorities of Latine families think it's important that their children become bilingual. They're more enthusiastic about it than any other group.
1) Strong majorities of Latine families think it's important that their children become bilingual. They're more enthusiastic about it than any other group.
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What did we find?
1) Strong majorities of Latine families think it's important that their children become bilingual. They're more enthusiastic about it than any other group.
1) Strong majorities of Latine families think it's important that their children become bilingual. They're more enthusiastic about it than any other group.
Didn't have time for a better idea, so I'm reprising last year's costume. Thanks to Steve Buscemi for the inspiration.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Didn't have time for a better idea, so I'm reprising last year's costume. Thanks to Steve Buscemi for the inspiration.
And again, I tell you: pretty ok for an old working dad w/three kids. Might be retirement time on marathons though.
October 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And again, I tell you: pretty ok for an old working dad w/three kids. Might be retirement time on marathons though.
Might have to start selling these if they keep coming out so smooth.
October 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Might have to start selling these if they keep coming out so smooth.
Leaving aside any broader endorsement/non-endorsement of the argument, I can confirm that this was *also* the position of many Biden administration ppl working on K–12 education policies.
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Leaving aside any broader endorsement/non-endorsement of the argument, I can confirm that this was *also* the position of many Biden administration ppl working on K–12 education policies.
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...
Not bad for an old guy with a bunch of nagging injuries. Just perfect running conditions out there.
October 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Not bad for an old guy with a bunch of nagging injuries. Just perfect running conditions out there.
Sometimes I think that, to make sense of our present chaos, the only thing you need from the Western canon is this passage from Plato's Republic.
October 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sometimes I think that, to make sense of our present chaos, the only thing you need from the Western canon is this passage from Plato's Republic.
Meanwhile, the @washingtonspirit.com out here putting on a CLINIC as to how you engage with your fans.
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Meanwhile, the @washingtonspirit.com out here putting on a CLINIC as to how you engage with your fans.
Yeesh, #DCU, read the room. That was like the 3rd or 4th performance this season that would warrant a club making a public statement of apology + offering some sort of refund to fans.
September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yeesh, #DCU, read the room. That was like the 3rd or 4th performance this season that would warrant a club making a public statement of apology + offering some sort of refund to fans.
Just had one of those "your photos from this day" emails pop up, and up popped this 6-months-into-a-pandemic shot. Yeesh.
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just had one of those "your photos from this day" emails pop up, and up popped this 6-months-into-a-pandemic shot. Yeesh.
Mann and Ornstein from the top rope
September 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Mann and Ornstein from the top rope
New @childrensequity.bsky.social report on the possible consequences of proposed cuts to federal English learner funding.
cep.asu.edu/sites/g/file...
cep.asu.edu/sites/g/file...
September 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New @childrensequity.bsky.social report on the possible consequences of proposed cuts to federal English learner funding.
cep.asu.edu/sites/g/file...
cep.asu.edu/sites/g/file...
Such a series of small numbers, relative to a city of DC's size. Such a minor public issue, relative to the amount of troops and weaponry brought onto DC streets as part of the "surge."
mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...
mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...
September 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Such a series of small numbers, relative to a city of DC's size. Such a minor public issue, relative to the amount of troops and weaponry brought onto DC streets as part of the "surge."
mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...
mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo...
I keep thinking back to this part of the new DoJ guidance, which really gives the game away. Like, "multilingualism" in the US very regularly includes English proficiency.
So "deprioritizing multilingualism" here really means "choosing English-only monolingualism."
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
So "deprioritizing multilingualism" here really means "choosing English-only monolingualism."
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
July 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I keep thinking back to this part of the new DoJ guidance, which really gives the game away. Like, "multilingualism" in the US very regularly includes English proficiency.
So "deprioritizing multilingualism" here really means "choosing English-only monolingualism."
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
So "deprioritizing multilingualism" here really means "choosing English-only monolingualism."
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Lol. The perfect distillation of AI in my life. AI read the comments for me. AI is doing something “for me” that I 100% do not need or want done.
June 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Lol. The perfect distillation of AI in my life. AI read the comments for me. AI is doing something “for me” that I 100% do not need or want done.
Ran by RFK, jr.’s swimming hole this am
May 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ran by RFK, jr.’s swimming hole this am
This was obvious a month or five (or 15 or 150) ago and should have been the driving framing of all coverage even vaguely related to fiscal issues
May 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This was obvious a month or five (or 15 or 150) ago and should have been the driving framing of all coverage even vaguely related to fiscal issues
Gonna start a niche Parenting Achievements Bsky account.
April 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gonna start a niche Parenting Achievements Bsky account.
Got dozens of these
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Got dozens of these
Oh man this sent me back to the photos database from when my kids were that age. I was a master.
April 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Oh man this sent me back to the photos database from when my kids were that age. I was a master.
It's the Fightin Bob La Follette School of Fluff-Haired Midwestern Fury
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It's the Fightin Bob La Follette School of Fluff-Haired Midwestern Fury