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Senior Writer, @The74; Co-author, RUNNING WITH ROBOTS: The American High School’s 3rd Century @running_robots; author of THE GAME BELIEVES IN YOU @gamebelieves
Maryland, USA
Joined August 2008
It’s got history. It’s got time travel. It’s got a feisty Ernest Hemingway chatbot. It’s RUNNING WITH ROBOTS: THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL’S THIRD CENTURY, out today from @mitpress. @Running_Robots
https://t.co/7M7npvIcuj
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Is a Master’s in Education Really Worth It? Probably Not, Research Shows - new from @ChadAldeman via @The74
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Aldeman: Educators take on huge debt to earn advanced degrees, and taxpayers foot the bill for higher pay. But an M.A. doesn't make teachers better.
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To Ease Civil Rights Backlog, McMahon Orders Back Staff She Tried to Fire - new from @The74’s @lrj417:
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A union official representing Education Department employees said she’s ‘relieved,’ but accused Secretary Linda McMahon of wasting $40 million.
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I look forward to this every Christmas! From @KevinMahnken: ESAs, and Cell Phone Bans: 12 Charts That Defined Education in 2025 @The74
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These research findings captured the K–12 world at the start of President Trump’s second term.
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From Biker Bars to Schools, Yondr Founder Sees Phone Pouches as ‘Impulse Disrupters’ - my latest is an in-depth interview with Graham Dugoni, who bemoans the dearth of "frontiers" for digitally connected kids @The74
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Helming what has become a lucrative business empire, Graham Dugoni says he wants schools to retain a sense of ‘unexplored territory.’
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With Crossed Wires and Late Funding, Some Call Education Department Move to Labor a ‘Muddle’ - new from @The74’s @lrj417:
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State and district leaders predict further complications when the Labor Department starts managing $28 billion in K-12 funds.
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Fascinating ... who knew pencils beat macbooks?
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
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As #ICE Actions Ramp Up, Study Cites 81K Lost School Days After California Raids - new from @The74's @jonapolitano:
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Research shows student absenteeism rose 22% among some 113,000 children living in California’s rural Central Valley in wake of the early 2025 raids.
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Districts spending million$$ on vape sensors in student bathrooms, once considered off-limits spaces ... vape detectors in one district brought a spike in school discipline and "a near-endless stream of alerts that could overwhelm district administrators."
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Drop everything and read this jaw-dropping new @mkeierleber investigation: Vaping Is ‘Everywhere Now’ in Schools. Can Bathroom Surveillance Tech Solve the Problem or Just Escalate Suspensions? @The74
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74 Investigation: Vape detector logs reveal an avalanche of alerts, suspensions dwarfing treatment services and younger kids being punished more.
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Has @Museumninja seen this?
Shanghai Natural History Museum's interactive exhibit, using projection mapping to animate wall-mounted dinosaur fossils,
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HAMILTON is coming to a school near you … theater geeks rejoice.
You tell our story. Concord Theatricals now holds the exclusive worldwide secondary stage licensing rights to HAMILTON. The title will initially be made available to young performers with a “Teen Edition,” which is in development for an expected 2028 launch. For more information
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Want fries with that #nothingburger, @MichaelPetrilli? White House Splinters Education Department, Sending K-12 Programs to Labor - new from @The74's @lrj417:
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One advocate said 'it will be difficult to put Humpty Dumpty back together again,' but another dismissed the move as a 'nothing burger.'
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For Decades, Students of Color Denied Dyslexia Diagnosis and Intervention - new from @The74's Jessica Harkay:
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Undiagnosed dyslexia can manifest as behavior issues, which can disproportionately harm Black and brown kids in school and their mental health.
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.@BernsteinGaia: ‘There’s a Window of Opportunity to Create Change’ in #AI Chatbots - my latest for @The74
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Seton Hall legal scholar says quick, collective action — lawsuits, public pressure, legislation — can affect how AI bots operate.
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The Shutdown Is Over, But Thousands of Kids Are Still Locked Out of Head Start - new from @amanda_geduld via @The74
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Providers and parents are hopeful all centers will be back up and running in two weeks, though funding and staffing challenges could worsen delays.
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In Los Angeles, 45 Elementary Schools Beat the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read @The74 @LASchools
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Aldeman: 2 public schools, 5 miles apart, both do a great job in literacy despite a high student poverty rate
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.@mack_oxenden says she was fired from @SunSearchlight after raising concerns about an editor's "undisclosed AI usage" during the writing and editing process, including "inserting hallucinated quotes." "If it cost me my job to stand up for that truth then I would do it again."
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New legislation would ban #AI from New York’s elementary and middle school classrooms, except in rare cases @The74
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Carroll: A new bill would keep AI out of most New York elementary and middle schools and put the focus back on books, teachers and proven instruction.
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