Ken Turner
@kenturneruae.bsky.social
Pursuing impact at scale
kennethturner.net
kennethturner.net
In his occasional column titled “Where I Stand”, LV Sun publisher Brian Greenspun has Sean Parker (co-founder of Center for the Future of Learning) provide perspective on Sun Youth Forum. As event moderator for 7 yrs, the writer’s remarks are worth reading
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December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In his occasional column titled “Where I Stand”, LV Sun publisher Brian Greenspun has Sean Parker (co-founder of Center for the Future of Learning) provide perspective on Sun Youth Forum. As event moderator for 7 yrs, the writer’s remarks are worth reading
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.@Axios For #GenZ abt to enter #workforce, #AmericanDream of #UpwardSocialMobility looks like a #PipeDream
Since 2023, unemployment for those 20-24 rose 2.1 %age pts. For those 16-19, it is up 3.5 %age pts. Yet for those 25 or over it has hardly changed
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/a...
Since 2023, unemployment for those 20-24 rose 2.1 %age pts. For those 16-19, it is up 3.5 %age pts. Yet for those 25 or over it has hardly changed
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/a...
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
.@Axios For #GenZ abt to enter #workforce, #AmericanDream of #UpwardSocialMobility looks like a #PipeDream
Since 2023, unemployment for those 20-24 rose 2.1 %age pts. For those 16-19, it is up 3.5 %age pts. Yet for those 25 or over it has hardly changed
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/a...
Since 2023, unemployment for those 20-24 rose 2.1 %age pts. For those 16-19, it is up 3.5 %age pts. Yet for those 25 or over it has hardly changed
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/a...
.@Uber will now pay its drivers to help train #AutonomousVehicles - During free time, when drivers are not on the road with a rider, they can receive compensation for completing 2- or 3-minute online tasks. The pay is as low as a dollar or two per task.
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/u...
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/u...
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
.@Uber will now pay its drivers to help train #AutonomousVehicles - During free time, when drivers are not on the road with a rider, they can receive compensation for completing 2- or 3-minute online tasks. The pay is as low as a dollar or two per task.
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/u...
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/u...
Alarm sounds after study shows #AI power usage for text-to-video imaging exceeds previous estimate. “Power needed for increasingly sophisticated generation doesn’t scale linearly; so, a 6-second AI video clip consumes 4 times as much energy as a 3-second clip.”
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September 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Alarm sounds after study shows #AI power usage for text-to-video imaging exceeds previous estimate. “Power needed for increasingly sophisticated generation doesn’t scale linearly; so, a 6-second AI video clip consumes 4 times as much energy as a 3-second clip.”
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
.@bradplumer .@theNASEM (National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine) publishes findings that conclude that the evidence linking rising emissions to negative human health outcomes is “beyond scientific dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
.@bradplumer .@theNASEM (National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine) publishes findings that conclude that the evidence linking rising emissions to negative human health outcomes is “beyond scientific dispute.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
Teachers got mad about a cheat button in Chrome. Now Google’s pausing it.
Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Teachers got mad about a cheat button in Chrome. Now Google’s pausing it.
Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
“If we’re patient and let policies take root we’ll see positive change” sez Gov Lombardo
.@jhoneebert credits progress to a K12 $ boost by NV. That investment helped ensure Ss have what they need
Educators worked hard to prove the investment has results
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.@jhoneebert credits progress to a K12 $ boost by NV. That investment helped ensure Ss have what they need
Educators worked hard to prove the investment has results
thenevadaindependent.com/article/near...
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“If we’re patient and let policies take root we’ll see positive change” sez Gov Lombardo
.@jhoneebert credits progress to a K12 $ boost by NV. That investment helped ensure Ss have what they need
Educators worked hard to prove the investment has results
thenevadaindependent.com/article/near...
.@jhoneebert credits progress to a K12 $ boost by NV. That investment helped ensure Ss have what they need
Educators worked hard to prove the investment has results
thenevadaindependent.com/article/near...
“The world needs unifiers, not vilifiers.”
h/t .@harari_yuval
h/t .@harari_yuval
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“The world needs unifiers, not vilifiers.”
h/t .@harari_yuval
h/t .@harari_yuval
.@NAEP Math & reading scores of HS seniors slide reaching new low on nat’l test
“Pervasive challenges are facing schools and students”
Score fell to lowest level overall as well for lowest-performing students; only Ss at very top showed stable results
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“Pervasive challenges are facing schools and students”
Score fell to lowest level overall as well for lowest-performing students; only Ss at very top showed stable results
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
.@NAEP Math & reading scores of HS seniors slide reaching new low on nat’l test
“Pervasive challenges are facing schools and students”
Score fell to lowest level overall as well for lowest-performing students; only Ss at very top showed stable results
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“Pervasive challenges are facing schools and students”
Score fell to lowest level overall as well for lowest-performing students; only Ss at very top showed stable results
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
.@NAEP Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit New Low
HS seniors post lowest scores on nat’l test since 1992
Decline likely linked to screen time and pandemic
Linda McMahon says Success isn’t abt how much we spend but who controls it and how it is invested
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
HS seniors post lowest scores on nat’l test since 1992
Decline likely linked to screen time and pandemic
Linda McMahon says Success isn’t abt how much we spend but who controls it and how it is invested
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
.@NAEP Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit New Low
HS seniors post lowest scores on nat’l test since 1992
Decline likely linked to screen time and pandemic
Linda McMahon says Success isn’t abt how much we spend but who controls it and how it is invested
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
HS seniors post lowest scores on nat’l test since 1992
Decline likely linked to screen time and pandemic
Linda McMahon says Success isn’t abt how much we spend but who controls it and how it is invested
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
Las Vegas Review Journal editorial (“Progress at CCSD but much work still left”) offers praise and advice to new School District Superintendent
.@ClarkCountySch
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.@ClarkCountySch
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September 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Las Vegas Review Journal editorial (“Progress at CCSD but much work still left”) offers praise and advice to new School District Superintendent
.@ClarkCountySch
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.@ClarkCountySch
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.@OpenAI sez it plans (by end of 2025) to rollout a new version of #ChatGPT that includes enhanced safeguards for teens and people in crisis
www.axios.com/2025/09/02/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/02/c...
September 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
.@OpenAI sez it plans (by end of 2025) to rollout a new version of #ChatGPT that includes enhanced safeguards for teens and people in crisis
www.axios.com/2025/09/02/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/02/c...
.@Lasvegasweekly .@ClarkCountySch
“Superintendent Jhone Ebert Brings Fresh Start to Clark County School District”
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“Superintendent Jhone Ebert Brings Fresh Start to Clark County School District”
lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/au...
September 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
.@Lasvegasweekly .@ClarkCountySch
“Superintendent Jhone Ebert Brings Fresh Start to Clark County School District”
lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/au...
“Superintendent Jhone Ebert Brings Fresh Start to Clark County School District”
lasvegasweekly.com/news/2025/au...
.@Google unveils tools that enable users to craft workplace videos on their own laptop
#AI tools enhance ease of use and put professional-grade production within reach
Video creation tools allow users to construct avatars or include their own likeness.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
#AI tools enhance ease of use and put professional-grade production within reach
Video creation tools allow users to construct avatars or include their own likeness.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
August 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
.@Google unveils tools that enable users to craft workplace videos on their own laptop
#AI tools enhance ease of use and put professional-grade production within reach
Video creation tools allow users to construct avatars or include their own likeness.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
#AI tools enhance ease of use and put professional-grade production within reach
Video creation tools allow users to construct avatars or include their own likeness.
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
.@scottros
Parents of California youth sue .@OpenAI claiming #ChatGPT bears responsibility for teenage son’s suicide. News reports say chatbot told youth to call a help line, but the youth bypassed chatbot's safeguards by saying he was writing a story.
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/p...
Parents of California youth sue .@OpenAI claiming #ChatGPT bears responsibility for teenage son’s suicide. News reports say chatbot told youth to call a help line, but the youth bypassed chatbot's safeguards by saying he was writing a story.
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/p...
August 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
.@scottros
Parents of California youth sue .@OpenAI claiming #ChatGPT bears responsibility for teenage son’s suicide. News reports say chatbot told youth to call a help line, but the youth bypassed chatbot's safeguards by saying he was writing a story.
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/p...
Parents of California youth sue .@OpenAI claiming #ChatGPT bears responsibility for teenage son’s suicide. News reports say chatbot told youth to call a help line, but the youth bypassed chatbot's safeguards by saying he was writing a story.
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/p...
.@WashingtonPost
No, it isn’t our imagination . . . summer months don’t just seem longer.
They are getting longer.
Measurably longer.
#HotSummerNights
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
No, it isn’t our imagination . . . summer months don’t just seem longer.
They are getting longer.
Measurably longer.
#HotSummerNights
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
August 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
.@WashingtonPost
No, it isn’t our imagination . . . summer months don’t just seem longer.
They are getting longer.
Measurably longer.
#HotSummerNights
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
No, it isn’t our imagination . . . summer months don’t just seem longer.
They are getting longer.
Measurably longer.
#HotSummerNights
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
.@LasVegasSun Rare compromise on school policy puts students over partisanship
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August 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
.@LasVegasSun Rare compromise on school policy puts students over partisanship
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.@HarvardMagazine On the importance of international student enrollment at world-class universities
“Global communities solve global problems”
www.harvardmagazine.com/commentary/h...
“Global communities solve global problems”
www.harvardmagazine.com/commentary/h...
August 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
.@HarvardMagazine On the importance of international student enrollment at world-class universities
“Global communities solve global problems”
www.harvardmagazine.com/commentary/h...
“Global communities solve global problems”
www.harvardmagazine.com/commentary/h...
.@Axios One week after release of #GPT-5 .@OpenAI sees a doubling of traffic to its api site
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
.@Axios One week after release of #GPT-5 .@OpenAI sees a doubling of traffic to its api site
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
.@Alissamarie
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow”
“The most essential investment of time you can make in a theater. Not just important; it is brilliant, devastating.”
“If everybody lies, nobody believes anything any longer.”
#Gutsy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow”
“The most essential investment of time you can make in a theater. Not just important; it is brilliant, devastating.”
“If everybody lies, nobody believes anything any longer.”
#Gutsy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
August 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
.@Alissamarie
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow”
“The most essential investment of time you can make in a theater. Not just important; it is brilliant, devastating.”
“If everybody lies, nobody believes anything any longer.”
#Gutsy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow”
“The most essential investment of time you can make in a theater. Not just important; it is brilliant, devastating.”
“If everybody lies, nobody believes anything any longer.”
#Gutsy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/m...
.@TheGuardian Lutnick threatens .@Harvard #patents demanding that the university provide within 4 weeks a list of all patents stemming from federally funded research grants including how patents are used and if any licensing requires substantial US manufacturing.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
.@TheGuardian Lutnick threatens .@Harvard #patents demanding that the university provide within 4 weeks a list of all patents stemming from federally funded research grants including how patents are used and if any licensing requires substantial US manufacturing.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
.@OpenAI releases two powerful language models that are device-resident (not cloud-based), are in the public domain, and are available free of charge
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/o...
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/o...
August 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
.@OpenAI releases two powerful language models that are device-resident (not cloud-based), are in the public domain, and are available free of charge
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/o...
www.axios.com/2025/08/05/o...
Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone reverses trophic cascade that occurs in absence of apex predators. Prior to return, aspens were stunted & dwindled. With only cougar/bear as predators, elk proliferated. Aspens elk grazed on suffered; biodiversity narrowed.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
August 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone reverses trophic cascade that occurs in absence of apex predators. Prior to return, aspens were stunted & dwindled. With only cougar/bear as predators, elk proliferated. Aspens elk grazed on suffered; biodiversity narrowed.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
h/t .@Amanda_AIforEd
WH announces nat’l competition for K12 Ss to develop #AI-powered solutions to real world problems
Tracks
1. Propose solutions
2. Build AI solutions
3. Develop teaching methods
Focus
• Safety
• Digital engagement
• Assessment
• Customized learning
orise.orau.gov/ai-challenge/
WH announces nat’l competition for K12 Ss to develop #AI-powered solutions to real world problems
Tracks
1. Propose solutions
2. Build AI solutions
3. Develop teaching methods
Focus
• Safety
• Digital engagement
• Assessment
• Customized learning
orise.orau.gov/ai-challenge/
August 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
h/t .@Amanda_AIforEd
WH announces nat’l competition for K12 Ss to develop #AI-powered solutions to real world problems
Tracks
1. Propose solutions
2. Build AI solutions
3. Develop teaching methods
Focus
• Safety
• Digital engagement
• Assessment
• Customized learning
orise.orau.gov/ai-challenge/
WH announces nat’l competition for K12 Ss to develop #AI-powered solutions to real world problems
Tracks
1. Propose solutions
2. Build AI solutions
3. Develop teaching methods
Focus
• Safety
• Digital engagement
• Assessment
• Customized learning
orise.orau.gov/ai-challenge/