(bring back phonics is still the "bring back phonics of our time) (also teach content!)

I actually think A LOT of people would care about the impact and outcomes of technical k12 edu policy. But a much smaller number would be able to dig into and make a difference on the actual policies themselves. The details are both obscure and hard to manage. Statewide policy doesn't get you there

It would be nice is "getting mad at Dems" could fix this but I bet the school boards of the High Schools don't even know about grade inflation in their schools. This type of problem is like single staircase reform in housing- really technical and hard to pinpoint unless you really are immersed

It's not that this isn't important, but it demands strong hyper local coverage by people who "get" education. Chalkbeat is a step in this direction (but even they focus too much on the political beat and not enough on the actual work of teaching and learning as it happens in schools)

The problem is making something that is hyper local too salient at a national level. The "fix" is at the school board level (and really not even their it's at the individual school and maybe even dept. level). There is no promise a national or even state figure can make to genuinely "fix" this

It’s the sport version of “uber isn’t a taxi company, it’s a human mobility company“

Rosemont!

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Also today is a Haitian holiday. Battle of vertieres the battle that ended the revolution, final defeat of France

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Truly unbelievable!!!!

Also today is a Haitian holiday. Battle of vertieres the battle that ended the revolution against France

As a kid who took all the church youth group trips to deep creek/wisp I get this.

Legit think it made a better skier later in life when I engaged with real snow

the core question:

Do you understand that the politics of governing and the politics of elections are different?

in power you can:

-affect people's material circumstances which primarily drive their future vote
-drive the salience of your best issues up by headline-making government action

We watched "Been So Long" with Michaela Coel after being blown away by "I May Destroy You"- had NO idea it was a musical (movie doesn't really work but isn't the worst thing ever)

Royksopp- “Remind Me”, from the Geico caveman commercials

Country grammar

Between him and Myles Garrett very happy not to be facing the Browns again

Two things can be true

USA-Algeria, Landon Donovan's last second goal

Racing to pick up the phone first

AND

Picking up another phone silently when someone else is one the phone