Assistant Professor of Political Science and Education @teacherscollege @columbia โข ๐ Supremacist โข โ๐พ @pdkintl
New York, NY
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I'm excited to share that my paper "Does Meeting Style Matter" has been published in the @apsrjournal. The study leverages a school district that embedded direct response to public comment into its meeting structure.
Here's the paper and a long thread:
doi.org/10.1017/S00030554210โฆ
You do realize that standardized tests dont measure โeveryday reading skills,โ right? Weโre talking about more advanced analytic skills: comprehension, making, inferences, comparing across passages. These people arent walking around completely illiterate. Do your homework.
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@ChalkbeatNY @lapham_katie @NYCoRE3000 @MOREcaucusUFT have y'all heard about teachers having problems with getting paid on time from the DOE? tryna see if it's just me.
This is laughable. A defense of test scores (that doesnโt even address my point) from someone running a Gifted & Talented grift?? Itโs a shame you dropped out. You clearly have A LOT to learn.
The Trump admin is launching an investigation into Wells Fargo over commitments the bank made over nearly a decade to increase homeownership among Black Americans wsj.com/finance/banking/wellโฆ
This is literally all Iโm trying to say. Do we need to serve kids better? Yes. Better instruction. MORE instruction.
Do we need to raise scores? OBVIOUSLY.
But we canโt talk as if the people failing tests in the meantime are complete wastes. Everyone deserves DIGNITY.
Iโd be offended if I didnโt expect personal attacks on my institution instead of an actual intellectual exchange, but one cannot exchange what one does not have. Iโm sure his test scores were great though ๐
Nothing screams โIโm out of touchโ more than the so-called โreformersโ who act like the kids who donโt show proficiency on a state test become adults incapable of any basic functioning whatsoever. โ1-3 kids arenโt proficient in reading. I hope they donโt forget to breatheโ ๐
Pretty words, but awkward: fewer than three in ten NYC public school kids are proficient in reading; two in ten in math. And they don't have rich parents to support them into adulthood like the Mayor had. Any talk about "future greatness" and children having "support and public goods" is bullshit until you fix that.
We live in a country where the nationโs most dangerous white supremacy group in history is now, in 2026, basically saying: โโฆ.yea guys, the Vibes are Upโ
The Ku Klux Klan says support for its message is growing as it seeks to rebrand around family and faith.
Al Jazeeraโs @phillavelle reports on how much influence the group really has ahead of the US midterm elections.
Calipari, his assistant coaches, and staff all have the potential to earn that salary for decades. The players have a 4 year window; shorter if they get a significant injury. This is nonsense.
"I'm gonna say this, I probably shouldn't: nine of my players make more than my assistants. And the other three make more than all my staff, and we are not one of the highest payers..."
John Calipari continuing his support for Protect College Sports Act while dishing out some interesting facts on his roster. #WPS
Full 35-minute presser: nwahomepage.com/sports/watchโฆ
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โIt does not encourage Black students to attend public schools that middle-class white parents covet. Instead, it supports the schools full of Black students that white middle-class parents actively work to keep their children from attending.โ
Like many, this Nikole Hannah-Jones story sticks with me. I canโt move past. I thought โI should write somethingโโฆbut I forgot that: I already have. 3 years ago, I described a policy solution for the very issue NHJ tried to address via her daughter. kappanonline.org/federal-desโฆ
Like many, this Nikole Hannah-Jones story sticks with me. I canโt move past. I thought โI should write somethingโโฆbut I forgot that: I already have. 3 years ago, I described a policy solution for the very issue NHJ tried to address via her daughter. kappanonline.org/federal-desโฆ
So how is Deshaun Watson free?
Federal investigators say they have identified 35 additional women who may have been targeted by Daejon Love, bringing the number of potential victims to 61.
Love allegedly posed as a San Francisco 49ers player on dating apps and built romantic relationships with women before convincing them to send money for fraudulent investments. Prosecutors say alleged co-conspirator Taylor Chan posed as Loveโs financial adviser and helped create fake financial documents to support the scheme. The pair faces wire fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with an alleged $1.3 million scheme that operated from 2022 until their August arrest.
(๐ธ: US Department of Justice, via @theatlantic)
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โCalifornia lawmakers have passed AB 1661, which would steer $5 million collected from penalized oil wells in Inglewood into direct cash aid for 1,000 nearby households with qualifying respiratory or reproductive health impactsโ capitalbnews.org/california-โฆ
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I get itโs NYC, but itโs criminal (pun intended) that Black mayors in places like Memphis and Baltimore donโt get anywhere close to the praise Mamdani gets for the progress theyโve made in cities that have far less resources.
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As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack. cbsn.ws/4ycfaWy
