School districts are navigating uncharted waters. Declining enrollment and rising costs including falling school facility utilization are intensifying financial distress for school districts. Read my new substack "Painful Lessons from Closing 23 schools" 🧵.

Good evening all of our media friends @thefp @nytimes @washingtonpost @FreeBeacon @nypost , a journey or narrative you should be tracking is why each of our elected officials ran for office. Do they love our country warts and all? What is their story and purpose?.

Good evening @GovofCO as we celebrate our nation's birthday tomorrow, what are the unique features we should cherish about the United States and why? @TheFP @washingtonpost @nytimes @denverpost.

Good evening @SenateGOP @SenateDems we celebrate our nation's Birthday tomorrow. What makes you proud of the United States and why? Just asking. @theFP @washingtonpost @nypost @nytimes.

Happy 4th of July @pettersen4co! Can you please tell us on this national holiday what makes you proud of the United States of America and why? @theFP @washingtonpost @nytimes.

Good evening @JasonCrowCO We are on the evening of July 4th. I'm a mom of a child in the US services. I am so very thankful for all of your support for children serving in the armed services. You have seen so much. Can you tell us why you care for USA on our nation's bday?.

Good evening @SenatorHick Happy Fourth of July! What a celebration. Can you tell us your story of how you succeeded in Denver after the challenges of downturns in Denver? As we approach 250 yrs of an experiment, what is special about the United States and why? Thanks! #Colorado.

Hi @MichaelBennet Happy Fourth of July! Congrats on your decision to run for governor of Colorado. I'm interested! Can you tell us what makes you proud of the United States of America and why? @TheFP @denverpost @washingtonpost @nytimes.

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July 4th is a couple days away and our country's 250th birthday is a short 12 months away. @TheFP has a series of articles that were published over the past year or so that help us understand what a very special place we live in. we are blessed. One of my favorites: 🧵

RT @MLB: The @Pirates increase their scoreless inning streak to 31 and win their 6th game in a row!

You can't access other material unless you are able to read. Proficiency in reading is key accessing the world around you. Oh to have a D or R leader that really pushed for this. #howarethechildren.

". every subgroup and on every test, students in higher-score categories have a far better long-term education outcomes than students in lower-score categories." Proficiency matters. #howarethechildren

Who hasn't heard "children are not a score." Well, the recent article "The Predictive Power of Standardized Test" at @EducationNext provides longitudinal study that depicts how critical it is for children to be proficient in reading, math & science by 8th grade.🧵

Physical automation dramatically changed manufacturing & logistics. Cognitive automation will dramatically change health care and education in the years ahead. Full marks to @CRPE_edu for helping #k12 districts to get out ahead of this issue, and its many ramifications. #edchat.

RT @LauraPowellEsq: BREAKING:. UPenn will formally apologize for allowing Lia Thomas to compete as a woman. The tide is turning! https://t….

When you feel rhythm, when you listen to music and syncopation, when you see patterns in nature, geometric structures - in all of these is mathematics - it is beautiful and our children should appreciate they might just be a "math person" #howarethechildren.

Substack Post:. Kogan Paper:

My new substack offers some causal hypotheses to explain @vkoganpolisci's conclusions in his excellent new paper on school boards: "High Turnover with Low Accountability" (links in comments). #edpolicy #suptchat #k12 #edchat.

Career Pathways are a saving grace to many children that do not seek college. We need to give students these options. Great for them, great for our economy and great for the country's future. #edchat #careerpathways.