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Today @eduwonk we've got 2 WonkyFolks, 4 teachers, 2 risks for Science of Reading, 2 fish pics, and more: eduwonk.com/2026/10/four-kin… @bellwetherorg

Four Kinds of Teachers in the AI Moment, Plus Science of Reading Has a Gym Membership Problem. And...

New WonkyFolk is out (Well not really, here’s a link to a sneak preview of the episode coming later this week). Jed and I talked with College Board president Jeremy Singer about the futu…

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Does @nhannahjones appreciate that she's undercutting the argument for real school improvement? That plus some how it started, how it's going fish today @eduwonk: eduwonk.com/2026/09/an-educa…

An Education Conservative Is a Liberal Who’s Had To Do Cafeteria Duty? What Nikole Hannah-Jones...

For the second time in a week, The New York Times set everyone chattering with an education article. First, it was the dubious idea that California should turn its elite colleges into diploma mills…

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Today @eduwonk: More on AI. Is Outcome-based contracting on the teacher evaluation path? Plus, education politics presaged where we are now? Plus Friday Fish Porn. eduwonk.com/2026/08/educatio…

Education Got There First? Plus OBC Vibes, AI, & Fish Porn!

My colleague Marisa Mission and I sat down with Ben Kornell to talk AI and ed tech for his Ed Tech Insiders podcast. We ranged across a few things including my belief that human aspects this work, …

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There are some lessons to learn from Roe, let's not make the same mistakes on Plyler. That plus Fish Porn and more today @eduwonk. Link in reply.
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Don’t Roe Plyler. Plus, Goldstein and Hastings Go Wild On AI Tutoring, NOLA Lessons, And Friday...

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-…

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Today @eduwonk: Accountability debates in VA, dismantling the Department of Education, Ross Weiner’s op-ed, the national voucher tax credit, and child protective services. Plus – when Starlee Coleman attacks & Natalie Wexler on history standards: eduwonk.com/2026/07/30793.ht…

The Shawshank Department Of Education Will Be Harder To Undo Than It Seems. Plus, The Pandemic...

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 – whe…

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Today @eduwonk: Do Lexiles and Quantiles offer a voluntary way for parents to assess student learning as we unbundle schools? eduwonk.com/2026/06/lexile-f…

Lexile For All?

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 CE…

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Can AI Save Project-Based Learning? Plus, "Patriotic Education" Improvements: eduwonk.com/2026/05/can-ai-s…

Can AI Save Project-Based Learning? Plus, “Patriotic Education” Improvements

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 Li…

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Today @eduwonk, the techlash has some counternarrative features, plus an upcoming webinar: eduwonk.com/2026/05/the-tech…

The Techlash Is Counternarrative?

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 fou…

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Today @eduwonk: Why negative polarization kills education reform. Plus, has Science of Reading Policy really won the day? eduwonk.com/2026/05/negative…

Negative Polarization Is The Enemy Of Education Reform

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 evid…

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Today @eduwonk: This sector is not ready for AI. It's barely ready for learning. Plus, don't hate on ASU+GSV. More:
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Full post here: eduwonk.com/2026/04/stop-lov…

Stop Love-Hating ASU+GSV. Plus, This Sector Is Not Ready To Adopt AI.

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 In…

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Today @eduwonk - @ChadAldeman on the shifting demographic burden. A look at different testing data. Can Rahm Emanuel create space for ed reform among Dems? And why doesn't Donald Trump talk about his education tax credit more? That and more: eduwonk.com/2026/04/coming-s…

Coming Storms. Coming Attractions – Substack Live Tomorrow. Happy Pimento Cheese Day. Plus, Why...

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 ab…

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Today @eduwonk: Reading is a good education issue that doesn't split dems. Doesn't make it a unicorn but does make it one the party should double down on. That plus @Parker_Baxter on Denver ⬇️ eduwonk.com/2026/01/america-…

America Reads? A Simple Proposal For Democrats. Plus Parker Baxter On Why Denver Matters.

ICYMI – Laura LoGerfo, Kymyona Burke, Carol Jago and I talked NAEP on a LinkedIn Live earlier this week. I took a look at how the new federal education tax credits are playing in Virginia. Ne…

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Today at Eduwonk, upcoming webinars, including one on NAEP tomorrow, plus peculiar politics of choice in VA? More: eduwonk.com/2026/01/educatio…

Education Tax Credits In Virginia – A Win Win On the Politics?

Coming attractions: Tomorrow, Wednesday, join Bellwether at 12p ET for a LinkedIn Live conversation with insiders from NAGB and outside experts to discuss what’s happening on NAEP, why 12th-g…

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A rendezvous with chaos. eduwonk.com/2026/01/mlk-day-…
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Today @eduwonk: Issues to keep an eye on in 2026. Enrollment, Trump tax-credits, Dem politics on education, ed tech, more: Link in reply.
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What To Watch In 2026?

Predictions are hard, but here’s some of what I’m watching this year. First, ICYMI – 2026 Eduwonk In and Out list here. Holiday books list here if you still want reading ideas. Bo…

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Today @eduwonk the 2026 In and Out list. eduwonk.com/2026/01/2026-edu…
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New today @eduwonk: 2025 Holiday Books. Plus Virginia and new WonkyFolk podcast: eduwonk.com/2025/12/2025-hol…

2025 Holiday Book List, Plus New WonkyFolk, and Virginia

In Eduwonk today, new WonkyFolk, some VA news, 2025 holiday books. This is probably the last post of the year. There was some noise about a possible big announcement from the administration before …

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