Nic Pardo
@npardo.bsky.social
Doc student @ USC Rossier
Blue Devil
Too much TV, not enough camping
💍@jhoneycutt9.bsky.social
Blue Devil
Too much TV, not enough camping
💍@jhoneycutt9.bsky.social
My computer is once again begging for mercy as I force I force it to run dozens of do files all day and night
a cartoon of a girl laying on the floor with the words leave me alone to die
ALT: a cartoon of a girl laying on the floor with the words leave me alone to die
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My computer is once again begging for mercy as I force I force it to run dozens of do files all day and night
Takes me out every time people use the elevator at the gym.
Except the guy with one leg, he gets an elevator pass
Except the guy with one leg, he gets an elevator pass
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Takes me out every time people use the elevator at the gym.
Except the guy with one leg, he gets an elevator pass
Except the guy with one leg, he gets an elevator pass
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Chef Rick Martinez, a James Beard award winner, helped an NPR host recreate a beloved Ecuadorian dish his family ate during Thanksgiving. Here's the recipe. n.pr/4pxSj3h
An Ecuadorian-style Thanksgiving: Recreating holiday memories of a childhood recipe
Chef Rick Martinez, a James Beard award winner, helped an NPR host recreate a beloved Ecuadorian dish his family ate during Thanksgiving. Here's the recipe.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Chef Rick Martinez, a James Beard award winner, helped an NPR host recreate a beloved Ecuadorian dish his family ate during Thanksgiving. Here's the recipe. n.pr/4pxSj3h
Sad how close we were to kicking nicotine, then came vaped
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sad how close we were to kicking nicotine, then came vaped
Not the messenger I expected but solid message
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not the messenger I expected but solid message
Tap-to-exit on the metro means playing door Russian roulette. Do I keep walking and they open because it’s not a tap or they stay shut and I slam into doors
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tap-to-exit on the metro means playing door Russian roulette. Do I keep walking and they open because it’s not a tap or they stay shut and I slam into doors
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
www.wbtv.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
Fun read showing how aggregate test scores leave gains on the table for decision makers.
Do Test Scores Misrepresent Test Results? An Item-by-Item Analysis www.nber.org/papers/w34484
Do Test Scores Misrepresent Test Results? An Item-by-Item Analysis www.nber.org/papers/w34484
Do Test Scores Misrepresent Test Results? An Item-by-Item Analysis
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Fun read showing how aggregate test scores leave gains on the table for decision makers.
Do Test Scores Misrepresent Test Results? An Item-by-Item Analysis www.nber.org/papers/w34484
Do Test Scores Misrepresent Test Results? An Item-by-Item Analysis www.nber.org/papers/w34484
Desperate housewives and Jane the Virgin are on the same wavelength
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Desperate housewives and Jane the Virgin are on the same wavelength
Most annoying part of a broken finger is when the splint gets wet 🤢🤢
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Most annoying part of a broken finger is when the splint gets wet 🤢🤢
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Fresh off the presses today, new research on attendance from me and @npardo.bsky.social. We look at attendance by student group in NC and VA pre- and post-COVID, studying which groups saw the sharpest increases in absenteeism. We reach a few conclusions: www.aei.org/research-pro...
www.aei.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fresh off the presses today, new research on attendance from me and @npardo.bsky.social. We look at attendance by student group in NC and VA pre- and post-COVID, studying which groups saw the sharpest increases in absenteeism. We reach a few conclusions: www.aei.org/research-pro...
Food delivery robot fail
October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Food delivery robot fail
I proposed in my fourth grade notebook that recess should be shortened for more time for learning
My first policy proposal
My first policy proposal
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I proposed in my fourth grade notebook that recess should be shortened for more time for learning
My first policy proposal
My first policy proposal
My husband informed me I was shouting about “statistics” in my sleep earlier this week
Not quite sure what to make of this development
Not quite sure what to make of this development
October 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My husband informed me I was shouting about “statistics” in my sleep earlier this week
Not quite sure what to make of this development
Not quite sure what to make of this development
I want a methods rosetta stone
September 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I want a methods rosetta stone
Something about JSTOR having ai based on its catalog feels icky
August 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Something about JSTOR having ai based on its catalog feels icky
AERA proposal submitted straight to a table in Vegas
August 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
AERA proposal submitted straight to a table in Vegas
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FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
useful_data_resources
go.illinois.edu
July 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe...
Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.
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Death, taxes, and...
The #AERA2026 submissions deadline has been extended one week to August 1, originally scheduled for July 25. We hope this extension will provide support during a time of funding losses and disruptions to work. www.aera.net/Events-Meeti...
July 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Death, taxes, and...
The CCD data is moving to the IES website…. Interesting
July 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The CCD data is moving to the IES website…. Interesting
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Check out my team’s new working paper - we have some interesting findings on pandemic and post-pandemic academic achievement
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: In Tennessee, charter and traditional public school students performed similarly during COVID-19, but charter students showed more growth post-pandemic.
🔍 Adam Kho, @shelbyleighsm.bsky.social, & Ron Zimmer
📄 Full paper here: buff.ly/g8LzhkT
🔍 Adam Kho, @shelbyleighsm.bsky.social, & Ron Zimmer
📄 Full paper here: buff.ly/g8LzhkT
July 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out my team’s new working paper - we have some interesting findings on pandemic and post-pandemic academic achievement
Got screamed at by a man on an e-bike for *checks notes*
Walking on the sidewalk
Walking on the sidewalk
July 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Got screamed at by a man on an e-bike for *checks notes*
Walking on the sidewalk
Walking on the sidewalk
The complete dismantling of national data systems has already, and will continue to, compromise what we can know and do about education
Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Suddenly sacked
Former education stats chief describes her final days under DOGE
hechingerreport.org
July 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The complete dismantling of national data systems has already, and will continue to, compromise what we can know and do about education
Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
A photo from my wedding last month to celebrate 10 years of same sex marriage across the US
June 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
A photo from my wedding last month to celebrate 10 years of same sex marriage across the US