Light posting this summer — a lot of time on the road, for both work and play. Last weekend I rode my bike from Worcester to Provincetown in the Pan-Mass Challenge, raising money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and its research. (I also do a 50-mile gravel ride through the Berkshires each fall for the same cause, Continue reading "Don t Roe Plyler. Plus, Goldstein and Hastings Go Wild On AI…
A lot below: Accountability debates in Virginia, dismantling the Department of Education, Ross Wiener s op-ed, the national voucher tax credit, and child protective services. Plus when Starlee Coleman attacks and Natalie Wexler on history standards. ICYMI I enjoyed talking AI with Alex Kotran, who is leading some really interesting work in the sector. You Continue reading "The Shawshank Department…
ICYMI Michelle Croft and I talked AI and assessment on LinkedIn Live. Another installment of Ask A Psychometrician. And I talked Charm City education with departing schools CEO Sonja Santelises. Today at 2p ET/11a PT Indiana state chief Katie Jenner, former SD state chief, CCSSO president, and Metametrics VP Melody Schopp, Virginia parent activist Continue reading "Lexile For All?"
ICYMI A school superintendent, education AI innovator, and heterodox thinker walk into a bar. Mike Goldstein, Kelly Coffin, and Bibi Groot joined me to talk AI and evidence on a LinkedIn Live from Eedi Labs and Bellwether. How do you balance the speed of AI product creation and adoption with a need to recall evidence? What’s Continue reading "Can AI Save Project-Based Learning? Plus, Patriotic…
Coming Attractions Tomorrow (May 21st) I m moderating a discussion on an Eedi Linkedin Live with Eedi s Bibi Groot, Farmington Public Schools Superintendent Kelly Coffin, and school founder and education advisor Mike Goldstein. We ll discuss evidence and education technology and AI. More details and how to register through that link. 12p ET, 9a PT, 5p BST. Continue reading "The Techlash Is…
Coming Attractions Next week Bellwether school finance guru Jenn Schiess and I will talk education spending on an Ed Tech Collective webinar. On May 21st I ll moderate a discussion about evidence for Eedi Labs, with a great set of guests. In a Bellwether 74 webinar this week, Sonja Santelises and I talked about her Continue reading "Negative Polarization Is The Enemy Of Education Reform"
Coming Attractions Next week, on April 29th, I ll talk with Dr. Sonja Santelises, outgoing CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools on her run in Baltimore and what she s learned. You can join and ask questions. That s brought to you by Bellwether and The 74. Podcasts I joined the guys on the If You ve Come This Continue reading "Ben Riley Says We re Subjecting Kids To An Experiment (With AI). He s…
It s April 17th. On this date in 1907, Ellis Island saw its busiest day ever, more than 11,000 new Americans coming through. Coming Attractions You can find me next week at Harvard s Institute of Politics on Wednesday with Margaret Spellings. On Monday, I ll be at UVA talking with Amber Northern about her new report outlining Continue reading "Stop Love-Hating ASU+GSV. Plus, This Sector Is Not…
On a Substack live Thursday, I sat down with teacher Jaime Osborne, and parent Todd Truitt, for a discussion about pedagogy and content and why and how your child might be getting shortchanged. Jaime gets into the engagement illusion, where the appearance of engagement masks a lack of learning. Todd shares his journey post-2020 into Continue reading "Todd Truitt And Jaime Osborne On Pedagogy And…
Tomorrow is National Pimento Cheese Day. Happy Pimento Cheese Day if you celebrate. Also tomorrow, at 7pm on Substack, Virginia parents Todd Truitt, Jaime Osborne, and I will talk about the issues raised in this recent article, not just in VA but nationally. The basic idea that it s hard to think critically if you don t have content to think Continue reading "Coming Storms. Coming Attractions…