Josh Eyler
@josheyler.bsky.social
Senior Director of the University of Mississippi's CETL & Assistant Professor of Teacher Education | Author: Failing Our Future (https://bit.ly/3UUdctd) and How Humans Learn (2018) | Speaker: http://bit.ly/jeyler | he/him
From UM colleague Marshall Ramsey.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From UM colleague Marshall Ramsey.
Finally received my t-shirt for completing the ultra-hot “Shut Up Juice” Challenge at Mean Pig BBQ in Arkansas back in June. I intend to wear this thing until it is in tatters.
August 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Finally received my t-shirt for completing the ultra-hot “Shut Up Juice” Challenge at Mean Pig BBQ in Arkansas back in June. I intend to wear this thing until it is in tatters.
Today I completed the Shut Up Juice challenge at Mean Pig BBQ in Cabot, Arkansas. Made famous by the show Man vs. Food, the challenge requires truly ridiculous people like me to eat a pulled pork sandwich doused in a sauce made with habanero extract and then to wait five minutes after finishing. 1/2
June 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Today I completed the Shut Up Juice challenge at Mean Pig BBQ in Cabot, Arkansas. Made famous by the show Man vs. Food, the challenge requires truly ridiculous people like me to eat a pulled pork sandwich doused in a sauce made with habanero extract and then to wait five minutes after finishing. 1/2
University of Mississippi faculty and grad students have shown up en masse for @bbarre.bsky.social’s fabulous talk on helping students to read more effectively!
February 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
University of Mississippi faculty and grad students have shown up en masse for @bbarre.bsky.social’s fabulous talk on helping students to read more effectively!
Come study with my amazing colleagues and me! I'm happy to talk to any students who are interested in applying and especially so if you are interested in research on grading or the science of learning.
February 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Come study with my amazing colleagues and me! I'm happy to talk to any students who are interested in applying and especially so if you are interested in research on grading or the science of learning.
Kariann’s NYC solo show was a remarkable success. So very proud of her! It’s up until March 1st at Stand 4 Gallery in Brooklyn, so there’s lots of time to go see it!
January 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Kariann’s NYC solo show was a remarkable success. So very proud of her! It’s up until March 1st at Stand 4 Gallery in Brooklyn, so there’s lots of time to go see it!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
December 1, 2024 at 4:09 AM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Our final harvest of peppers for the season. The ones in the left are ghosts, scorpions, and Carolina reapers. They will soon be sauces and powders for the small batch business that my daughter wants to create called Professor Pepper’s.
November 24, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Our final harvest of peppers for the season. The ones in the left are ghosts, scorpions, and Carolina reapers. They will soon be sauces and powders for the small batch business that my daughter wants to create called Professor Pepper’s.
1 final point: Joe Feldman is cited throughout as (rightly) an expert on this subject. I admire much of his work, and agree with many of the points he makes in the article. You absolutely cannot make the point he raises in this pull quote, though, w/out evidence. 8/x
October 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
1 final point: Joe Feldman is cited throughout as (rightly) an expert on this subject. I admire much of his work, and agree with many of the points he makes in the article. You absolutely cannot make the point he raises in this pull quote, though, w/out evidence. 8/x
The same is true of AP exams. No school can teach all possible sources from which an AP exam will draw, but--more importantly--those tests are rated by external experts using criteria established by the College Board (not the students' teachers). Again--a big difference. 4/x
October 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
The same is true of AP exams. No school can teach all possible sources from which an AP exam will draw, but--more importantly--those tests are rated by external experts using criteria established by the College Board (not the students' teachers). Again--a big difference. 4/x
There's absolutely no relationship between grades & the SAT/ACT. Those tests have nothing at all to do w/a school's curriculum. Grades reflect student progress on instructor goals for a course & these tests measure math/reading/writing skills divorced from actual curriculum. 3/x
October 10, 2024 at 4:57 PM
There's absolutely no relationship between grades & the SAT/ACT. Those tests have nothing at all to do w/a school's curriculum. Grades reflect student progress on instructor goals for a course & these tests measure math/reading/writing skills divorced from actual curriculum. 3/x
A final articulation of several straw men here as he concludes, conveniently failing to mention a) the existence of UDL and b) the fact that disability services offices ALREADY insist on "evidence-based accommodations." 6/x
September 27, 2024 at 3:09 PM
A final articulation of several straw men here as he concludes, conveniently failing to mention a) the existence of UDL and b) the fact that disability services offices ALREADY insist on "evidence-based accommodations." 6/x
Here he finally tries to cite evidence that accommodations don't work. All I can say is that this is a classic example of cherry-picking. There is a counterexample for every single one of the papers he cites here. There is far more evidence that accommodations help than not. 5/x
September 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Here he finally tries to cite evidence that accommodations don't work. All I can say is that this is a classic example of cherry-picking. There is a counterexample for every single one of the papers he cites here. There is far more evidence that accommodations help than not. 5/x
Despite the experts he quotes making it very clear that students are not gaming the system, he continues to hold onto this completely insupportable claim. 4/x
September 27, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Despite the experts he quotes making it very clear that students are not gaming the system, he continues to hold onto this completely insupportable claim. 4/x
Absence of evidence here too, but I want to especially note the author's insistence that accommodations are "unproven interventions." This claim would be laughable if it weren't also harmful. Here is but 1 of many articles showing efficacy of accomms. 3/x journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
September 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Absence of evidence here too, but I want to especially note the author's insistence that accommodations are "unproven interventions." This claim would be laughable if it weren't also harmful. Here is but 1 of many articles showing efficacy of accomms. 3/x journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
This is the crux of the author's argument. Notice how there is no evidence at all for these claims, no links to research, nothing. He is claiming that students are going through the intensive, expensive process to get accommodations fraudulently w/out proof. Think about that. 2/x
September 27, 2024 at 3:05 PM
This is the crux of the author's argument. Notice how there is no evidence at all for these claims, no links to research, nothing. He is claiming that students are going through the intensive, expensive process to get accommodations fraudulently w/out proof. Think about that. 2/x
Let me walk through all the ways this essay in The Chronicle fails and the potential harm it can cause to an already marginalized group--students with disabilities. I'm not linking to it, because I don't want to drive more clicks. 🧵 1/x
September 27, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Let me walk through all the ways this essay in The Chronicle fails and the potential harm it can cause to an already marginalized group--students with disabilities. I'm not linking to it, because I don't want to drive more clicks. 🧵 1/x
But the key issue with the piece is that, while it may be true that grades have gone up over time, a) there can be lots of reasons for this including the students themselves, & b) we do not have any information as to the criteria by which those grades were given in the past. 2/x
September 18, 2024 at 3:20 PM
But the key issue with the piece is that, while it may be true that grades have gone up over time, a) there can be lots of reasons for this including the students themselves, & b) we do not have any information as to the criteria by which those grades were given in the past. 2/x
Another grade inflation article that is really a grade compression article. The author quixotically wants grades to be something they can never be: meaningful, objective measurements of learning. 1/x
September 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Another grade inflation article that is really a grade compression article. The author quixotically wants grades to be something they can never be: meaningful, objective measurements of learning. 1/x
Seen tonight at Square Books in Oxford!
August 30, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Seen tonight at Square Books in Oxford!
More good news! Very grateful.
August 28, 2024 at 1:22 PM
More good news! Very grateful.
Big news! Honored and thrilled! www.amazon.com/Failing-Our-...
August 27, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Big news! Honored and thrilled! www.amazon.com/Failing-Our-...
Happy National Dog Day to Minny, the very best and sweetest of all dogs!
August 26, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Happy National Dog Day to Minny, the very best and sweetest of all dogs!
On that last point, @rissachem.bsky.social shared a slide with me years ago (thank you, my friend!) that provides some evidence on the question of syllabi and contracts.
August 26, 2024 at 1:42 PM
On that last point, @rissachem.bsky.social shared a slide with me years ago (thank you, my friend!) that provides some evidence on the question of syllabi and contracts.
More evidence that pre-orders of *Failing Our Future* are shipping early! This bit of morning happiness brought to you by @liznorell.bsky.social.
August 6, 2024 at 1:43 PM
More evidence that pre-orders of *Failing Our Future* are shipping early! This bit of morning happiness brought to you by @liznorell.bsky.social.