@tomloveless99.bsky.social
I study K-12 education.Formerly at Brookings and Kennedy School. Author of Between the State and the Schoolhouse: Understanding the Failure of Common Core.
Beware of Wise. As the victim of fraud while abroad, Wise could only provide unhelpful bots. I closed my account, too risky.
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Beware of Wise. As the victim of fraud while abroad, Wise could only provide unhelpful bots. I closed my account, too risky.
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Imagine it is 2007. All academic performance talk, all the time. NCLB sanctions starting to hit. Someone reveals the future to you with this article. Hard to believe we landed here.
NEWS: Investigation Reveals That State-Funded School Vouchers Were Used for Over 8,400 Disney, Universal, and SeaWorld Tickets allears.net/2025/05/... #SchoolVoucherScam
NEWS: Investigation Reveals That State-Funded School Vouchers Were Used for Over 8,400 Disney, Universal, and SeaWorld Tickets
A recent look into taxpayer-funded scholarships revealed how many theme park tickets were purchased with education vouchers.
allears.net
June 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Imagine it is 2007. All academic performance talk, all the time. NCLB sanctions starting to hit. Someone reveals the future to you with this article. Hard to believe we landed here.
A superb essay on contemporary school reform by Dana Goldstein. | Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A superb essay on contemporary school reform by Dana Goldstein. | Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
Joe was a great Dean of the KSG.
A great leader and a fine thinker sails on. Joe Nye was incredibly kind to me throughout my life and an inspiration in so many ways. www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...
Joseph Nye, Harvard professor, developer of “soft power” theory, and an architect of modern international relations, dies at 88
Nye’s ideas transformed how we understand power, his leadership helped guide his country through difficult moments, and his vision helped transform the Kennedy School.
www.hks.harvard.edu
May 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Joe was a great Dean of the KSG.
The gutting of NAEP continues. | NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not
Funding pauses, layoffs and looming budget cuts threaten a critical test
hechingerreport.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The gutting of NAEP continues. | NAEP, the Nation's Report Card, was supposed to be safe. It's not hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
There will be a Dem president someday, one who, I hope, does not follow this precedent. No matter how unpopular the department or agency is among party loyalists. Go back to Congress and dismantle legally.
Not sure whether this matters given that much of the U.S. Department of Ed has already been dismantled, but the report is that Trump will push for making this official tomorrow.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump to sign order dismantling Education Department Thursday
Several Republican governors, including Greg Abbott of Texas, Mike Braun of Indiana, Ron DeSantis of Florida and Mike DeWine of Ohio, are expected to be at the signing.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
There will be a Dem president someday, one who, I hope, does not follow this precedent. No matter how unpopular the department or agency is among party loyalists. Go back to Congress and dismantle legally.
Shame on all of those who have used EdReports to identify (and then promote) "high quality instructional materials." | When schools buy new reading programs, they look to EdReports. But some of its reviews don’t line up with science. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
When schools buy new reading programs, they look to EdReports. But some of its reviews don’t line up with science.
Even though EdReports is only a decade old, it has quickly become a powerful force in the educational publishing industry. Many schools rely on its reviews when they decide which reading programs to b...
www.apmreports.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Shame on all of those who have used EdReports to identify (and then promote) "high quality instructional materials." | When schools buy new reading programs, they look to EdReports. But some of its reviews don’t line up with science. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
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Great op-ed by @pauldiperna.bsky.social on the value of federal education data infrastructure
I'm not sure what the long game is to preserve and improve federal investment in education research, but I know the short game requires right-of-center folks making cases like this
More of this please!
I'm not sure what the long game is to preserve and improve federal investment in education research, but I know the short game requires right-of-center folks making cases like this
More of this please!
A nice piece highlighting that data are the roads and bridges of education research.
The fact that I’m reposting EdChoice should tell you just how essential protecting data infrastructure really is - something everyone should be able to get behind.
The fact that I’m reposting EdChoice should tell you just how essential protecting data infrastructure really is - something everyone should be able to get behind.
Roads and Bridges for Education Research
How we use federal data at EdChoice
informedchoice1996.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great op-ed by @pauldiperna.bsky.social on the value of federal education data infrastructure
I'm not sure what the long game is to preserve and improve federal investment in education research, but I know the short game requires right-of-center folks making cases like this
More of this please!
I'm not sure what the long game is to preserve and improve federal investment in education research, but I know the short game requires right-of-center folks making cases like this
More of this please!
Buying this stock while Elon spends so much time on poltics is poor risk-reward. If you alienate half of your market through ideology, uh no.
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Buying this stock while Elon spends so much time on poltics is poor risk-reward. If you alienate half of your market through ideology, uh no.
Replacing Common Core with a different set of standards will solve very little. The United States cannot regulate its way to educational excellence. It’s time to invest resources in improving the basic science of education—including the discovery of new,
February 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Replacing Common Core with a different set of standards will solve very little. The United States cannot regulate its way to educational excellence. It’s time to invest resources in improving the basic science of education—including the discovery of new,
The proposed policy will fail again, as did Common Core. www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
February 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The proposed policy will fail again, as did Common Core. www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
What a horrible idea! Integrated math in high school, long the dream of education progressives, has been tried repeatedly. Always fails. The last big push came as a result of Common Core. In the 2019 NCES Transcript Study, only 6% reported taking Math3 as juniors.
"The proposed policy would transition from the traditional algebra-geometry-algebra 2 sequence to an integrated algebra pathway."
Doubt that would fix the 4th and 8th grade NAEP scores.
www.thecentersquare.com/maryland/art...
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Doubt that would fix the 4th and 8th grade NAEP scores.
www.thecentersquare.com/maryland/art...
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Maryland Board of Education considers new math policy
(The Center Square) – The Maryland State Board of Education is proposing a new pre-K-12 Mathematics Policy to ensure access to quality math education after a significant decline in math
www.thecentersquare.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What a horrible idea! Integrated math in high school, long the dream of education progressives, has been tried repeatedly. Always fails. The last big push came as a result of Common Core. In the 2019 NCES Transcript Study, only 6% reported taking Math3 as juniors.
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Excited to give this presentation in the @uwinnipeg physics colloquium on Friday.
You Can't Teach What You Don't Know: The Flawed Process Behind Manitoba's Teacher Certification Changes
All are welcome.
www.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/even...
You Can't Teach What You Don't Know: The Flawed Process Behind Manitoba's Teacher Certification Changes
All are welcome.
www.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/even...
Anna Stokke Colloquium
| Physics
| The University of Winnipeg
www.uwinnipeg.ca
February 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Excited to give this presentation in the @uwinnipeg physics colloquium on Friday.
You Can't Teach What You Don't Know: The Flawed Process Behind Manitoba's Teacher Certification Changes
All are welcome.
www.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/even...
You Can't Teach What You Don't Know: The Flawed Process Behind Manitoba's Teacher Certification Changes
All are welcome.
www.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/even...
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Lovely chatting with Barry and J.R. about math, which shouldn’t be as "fuzzy" as we pretend it needs to be!
educationrickshaw.com/2025/02/23/s...
educationrickshaw.com/2025/02/23/s...
S4E22: J.R. Wilson and Barry Garelick on Engagement and Conceptual Teaching in Math
Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. Fans of my blogs might remember the interview series that J.R. Wilson and Barry Garelick provided around their book, Traditional Math. I’m excited to …
educationrickshaw.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The geographical political divisions within Western democracies are huge.
February 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The geographical political divisions within Western democracies are huge.
Looks like a governing coalition in Germany may need three parties. Difficult to assemble, easy to fall apart.
February 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Looks like a governing coalition in Germany may need three parties. Difficult to assemble, easy to fall apart.
Nat Malkus of AEI calculates DOGE estimates of cancelled Ed contracts are about 22% of what DOGE claims: Running Down DOGE’s Department of Education Receipts www.aei.org/education/ru...
www.aei.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Nat Malkus of AEI calculates DOGE estimates of cancelled Ed contracts are about 22% of what DOGE claims: Running Down DOGE’s Department of Education Receipts www.aei.org/education/ru...
The Long Term Trend NAEP test in math goes back to 1978. It was cancelled this week while being administered to 17 year olds nationwide. What an incredible loss for the nation.
February 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Long Term Trend NAEP test in math goes back to 1978. It was cancelled this week while being administered to 17 year olds nationwide. What an incredible loss for the nation.
The NAEP Long Term Trend test for 17 year olds was cancelled while in the field. The test in reading goes back to 1971. What an enormous loss for the United States!
February 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The NAEP Long Term Trend test for 17 year olds was cancelled while in the field. The test in reading goes back to 1971. What an enormous loss for the United States!
Craziness.
After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test www.the74million.org/article/afte...
After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test
One prominent researcher said the flip-flop offers ‘the first direct evidence that executive actions have weakened NAEP.’
www.the74million.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Craziness.
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Eliminate the data, eliminate the problem!
February 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Eliminate the data, eliminate the problem!
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Inexplicable Cuts at the Dept. of Education
open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
Inexplicable Cuts at the Dept. of Education
Recently, DOGE has bragged about terminating 89 contracts worth a collective $881 million at the Institute for Education Sciences at the US Department of Education.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Inexplicable Cuts at the Dept. of Education
open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences
theconversation.com/helping-teac...
theconversation.com/helping-teac...
Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences
The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences
theconversation.com/helping-teac...
theconversation.com/helping-teac...
Wishing the best for Angelinos affected by fire
January 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Wishing the best for Angelinos affected by fire
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The Clash release “London Calling”, their 3rd studio LP, today in 1979.
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
December 15, 2024 at 12:54 AM
The Clash release “London Calling”, their 3rd studio LP, today in 1979.
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”
“Punk rock isn’t something you grow out of,” Joe Strummer said. “Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is, ‘Give us some truth.’”
“Train in Vain”