Kimberly Conner
@kcmath07.bsky.social
Mathematics Teacher Educator, Researcher, Former MS/HS Math Teacher.
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The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
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🤖 Prominent AI scientists call for a halt to the “uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia” in an open letter.
The authors of the position paper oppose… insist that “university leaders and administrators must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software” (sic).
The authors of the position paper oppose… insist that “university leaders and administrators must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software” (sic).
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🤖 Prominent AI scientists call for a halt to the “uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia” in an open letter.
The authors of the position paper oppose… insist that “university leaders and administrators must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software” (sic).
The authors of the position paper oppose… insist that “university leaders and administrators must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software” (sic).
Do universities realize the optics of a “free speech week” (celebrated with required 1st amendment training) when they have recently been firing faculty for what they say on their own time? Asking for a friend.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Do universities realize the optics of a “free speech week” (celebrated with required 1st amendment training) when they have recently been firing faculty for what they say on their own time? Asking for a friend.
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I love Graham Fletcher's ability to break down topics like the progression of how students learn about fractions in such an intuitive way. Watch and share his video with your teacher friends.
gfletchy.com/progression-of...
gfletchy.com/progression-of...
September 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I love Graham Fletcher's ability to break down topics like the progression of how students learn about fractions in such an intuitive way. Watch and share his video with your teacher friends.
gfletchy.com/progression-of...
gfletchy.com/progression-of...
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My pedagogical practice in diagram. #TeacherSky #EduSky
August 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My pedagogical practice in diagram. #TeacherSky #EduSky
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My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
Do not accept the premise that education is to blame for abysmal jobs outcomes.
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
“The fantasy economy's framing of economic inequality… focuses exclusively on education…deflects attention away from decades of public policies and changing business practices that have…contributed to stagnating wages”
August 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.
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The four arguments tackled:
Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
AI is a tool, just like a calculator.
AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their effectiveness.
Students are already using AI, so we have to teach them ethical use.
Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
AI is a tool, just like a calculator.
AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their effectiveness.
Students are already using AI, so we have to teach them ethical use.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet (2).pdf
drive.google.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The four arguments tackled:
Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
AI is a tool, just like a calculator.
AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their effectiveness.
Students are already using AI, so we have to teach them ethical use.
Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.
AI is a tool, just like a calculator.
AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their effectiveness.
Students are already using AI, so we have to teach them ethical use.
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Re-reading “Never say anything a kid can say,” gold from the early 2000s. A fave quote: lecture is “the transfer of info from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the student without passing through the minds of either.” hybridalgebra.pbworks.com/f/Never+Say+...
hybridalgebra.pbworks.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Re-reading “Never say anything a kid can say,” gold from the early 2000s. A fave quote: lecture is “the transfer of info from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the student without passing through the minds of either.” hybridalgebra.pbworks.com/f/Never+Say+...
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Here's the thing about AI, LLMs, and all forms that are generating "creative work": they are not creative. They are stolen, devoid of humanity, and the exact opposite of what writing, music, art. And at this exact second, their existence is sapping the will of your favorite artists.
May 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Here's the thing about AI, LLMs, and all forms that are generating "creative work": they are not creative. They are stolen, devoid of humanity, and the exact opposite of what writing, music, art. And at this exact second, their existence is sapping the will of your favorite artists.
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The value of higher ed in the U.S. has been perpetually under debate since its inception — Was it to maintain public order via Christianity? Teach people to read? Run a new country? All of the above? The debate itself is the point — the contested question of what education is for. Not a bad thing.
May 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The value of higher ed in the U.S. has been perpetually under debate since its inception — Was it to maintain public order via Christianity? Teach people to read? Run a new country? All of the above? The debate itself is the point — the contested question of what education is for. Not a bad thing.
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Lots of folks talk about using AI to brainstorm, organize thoughts, plan, and/or revise and edit, but that’s where the magic of writing and creating happens. Even if a student isn’t plagiarizing, how much of their thinking is changed and shaped by machines?
May 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lots of folks talk about using AI to brainstorm, organize thoughts, plan, and/or revise and edit, but that’s where the magic of writing and creating happens. Even if a student isn’t plagiarizing, how much of their thinking is changed and shaped by machines?
Explored a great task in my Elem. Ed math course yesterday: The surface area of a cube is (always/sometimes/never) less than its volume. Students had previously determined that to minimize surface area (or perimeter), the dimensions should be as close to a cube (or square) as possible.
May 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Explored a great task in my Elem. Ed math course yesterday: The surface area of a cube is (always/sometimes/never) less than its volume. Students had previously determined that to minimize surface area (or perimeter), the dimensions should be as close to a cube (or square) as possible.
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Today is #WorldTBDay! With the recent setbacks in the fight against TB, it's easy to forget the progress we've made as well, so we're here to remind you: hard work in community with others creates change and empowers progress. Let's celebrate these wins!
March 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today is #WorldTBDay! With the recent setbacks in the fight against TB, it's easy to forget the progress we've made as well, so we're here to remind you: hard work in community with others creates change and empowers progress. Let's celebrate these wins!
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
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This congressionally-mandated institution is how we know about the state of education in America. Literally turning off the lights.
I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
March 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This congressionally-mandated institution is how we know about the state of education in America. Literally turning off the lights.
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Polls are open until 8 pm tonight in Iowa House district 100, covering most of Lee County in SE #Iowa.
Voters will elect either Democrat Nannette Griffin or Republican Blaine Watkins to replace Martin Graber, who died unexpectedly in January. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/15/t...
Voters will elect either Democrat Nannette Griffin or Republican Blaine Watkins to replace Martin Graber, who died unexpectedly in January. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/15/t...
Tactics for Blaine Watkins, Nannette Griffin take shape in House district 100
Laura Belin covers the state of play now that both parties have selected their nominees for the March 11 special election.
www.bleedingheartland.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Polls are open until 8 pm tonight in Iowa House district 100, covering most of Lee County in SE #Iowa.
Voters will elect either Democrat Nannette Griffin or Republican Blaine Watkins to replace Martin Graber, who died unexpectedly in January. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/15/t...
Voters will elect either Democrat Nannette Griffin or Republican Blaine Watkins to replace Martin Graber, who died unexpectedly in January. #ialegis
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/15/t...
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If we really care about helping young people be "good at math", then that means caring about more than correct answers. We have to care about where they are heading next, and that means caring about the unintended consequences of what we tell them now.
March 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If we really care about helping young people be "good at math", then that means caring about more than correct answers. We have to care about where they are heading next, and that means caring about the unintended consequences of what we tell them now.
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My hometown of Waterloo, Iowa canceled its African American Read-In after Trump’s anti-diversity directives. So i got together some writer friends and I’m holding it instead.
March 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My hometown of Waterloo, Iowa canceled its African American Read-In after Trump’s anti-diversity directives. So i got together some writer friends and I’m holding it instead.
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I say this to myself every single day. 💛
March 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I say this to myself every single day. 💛
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In just 48 hours, decades of global health progress have been ignored and put at risk.
The U.S. terminated 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts—including lifesaving services once considered safe from the freeze.
Let’s talk about why this matters and how we can fight back: youtube.com/shorts/U0mLg...
The U.S. terminated 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts—including lifesaving services once considered safe from the freeze.
Let’s talk about why this matters and how we can fight back: youtube.com/shorts/U0mLg...
Take Action For Foreign Aid!
YouTube video by Partners In Health
youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
In just 48 hours, decades of global health progress have been ignored and put at risk.
The U.S. terminated 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts—including lifesaving services once considered safe from the freeze.
Let’s talk about why this matters and how we can fight back: youtube.com/shorts/U0mLg...
The U.S. terminated 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts—including lifesaving services once considered safe from the freeze.
Let’s talk about why this matters and how we can fight back: youtube.com/shorts/U0mLg...
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It Is Fun to Pretend That Hard Things Are Easy! A new online math platform promises to teach math 4x faster. Here is how! by Dan Meyer
Right on, Dan - it's not real Math! #EduSky #iTeachMath
danmeyer.substack.co...
Right on, Dan - it's not real Math! #EduSky #iTeachMath
danmeyer.substack.co...
It Is Fun to Pretend That Hard Things Are Easy!
A new online math platform promises to teach math 4x faster. Here is how!
danmeyer.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It Is Fun to Pretend That Hard Things Are Easy! A new online math platform promises to teach math 4x faster. Here is how! by Dan Meyer
Right on, Dan - it's not real Math! #EduSky #iTeachMath
danmeyer.substack.co...
Right on, Dan - it's not real Math! #EduSky #iTeachMath
danmeyer.substack.co...
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New post by Bruce Lear: The purpose of college is to broaden knowledge and enhance critical thinking. An Iowa House bill would undermine those goals.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/12/i...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/12/i...
Iowa legislative meddling would harm university curriculum
Bruce Lear: The purpose of college is to broaden knowledge and enhance critical thinking. An Iowa House bill would undermine those goals.
www.bleedingheartland.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
New post by Bruce Lear: The purpose of college is to broaden knowledge and enhance critical thinking. An Iowa House bill would undermine those goals.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/12/i...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/12/i...
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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
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The policy written into my syllabus about the use of generative AI in my composition and American literature classes.
January 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The policy written into my syllabus about the use of generative AI in my composition and American literature classes.