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@jennbinis.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:14 PM

#PairedTexts to @taniel.bsky.social's reporting on school boards.

Announced at Summit: M4L Has Put School Boards on Notice! This weekend at our National Summit, CEO & Co-founder Tina Descovich announced the deployment of a new artificial intelligence program monitoring school board agendas across more than 13,000 school districts nationwide. M4L AWARE, which stands for “Agenda Watch, Alert, Respond, Engage,” will now equip our members across the country with detailed information about local school board topics and votes before the votes occur.
@teacherontopic.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:30 AM

Not after my recent #pairedtexts

A picture of the cover of "Magnifica Humanitas" by Pope Leo XIVA picture of the cover of "Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI" by Karen Hao.
@jennbinis.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 9:53 PM

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1. Why Schools Need a Phonics-Style Reckoning for Math by Matt Yglesias, not a math teacher. (www.the74million.org/article/why-...)

2. Emily Hanford's Story Was Basically Wrong by Michael Pershan, a math teacher. (pershmail.substack.com/p/emily-hanf...)

At this point, everyone who cares about education policy at all has probably listened to Emily Hanford’s “Sold a Story” podcast series, or pretends to have, and is aware that there is a correct way to teach children to read and also a different way that dominated education schools for a generation. There are now many state- and city-level pushes to institute correct instructional practices grounded in “the science of reading,” and the main question is about how declarative policies relate to actual practice rather than what the practice should look like.The Story is Systems, Not Ideas Hanford’s series assigns a tremendous amount of power to a specific idea. If only! If there was just one core belief shaping bad teaching, there would be such an easy, obvious path forward. You’d have to change people’s minds. You could mandate trainings. You could ban antiquated beliefs from education schools. You could pass laws requiring teachers to go through good-belief training. But, alas, none of that will work.
@jennbinis.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:18 PM

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@jennbinis.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 1:54 PM

What's more!

Kahlenberg is actively replicating the biases the report he linked to is trying to challenge.

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1. Look what he wrote.
2. Look what the report says.

Nine in 10 Democrats want kids to see the Declaration of Independence and Constitution in a positive light, and eight in 10 Republicans want students to learn about slavery and segregation.Republicans Underestimate Democrats’ Commitment to Celebrating American Achievements and Overall Story of Progress
@jennbinis.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 7:29 PM

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1. From NSTA's newsletter
2. From the article linked at "read more"

article image NSTA Using AI to Deepen Students’ Use of Notice and Wonder with Phenomena Generative AI can help students take their scientific thinking further. This NSTA blog explores how AI can deepen students’ use of Notice and Wonder by encouraging more precise observations, revealing hidden variables, refining questions, and strengthening investigations. Discover practical strategies for using AI as a thinking partner—not an answer machine—while keeping students at the center of scientific sensemaking. Learn how thoughtful AI integration can nurture curiosity, inquiry, and deeper science learning. Read MoreDisclaimer: The views expressed in this blog post are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA
@jonbecker.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 2:03 PM

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@travtufts.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 4:53 PM

It's a #PairedTexts Boston Globe homepage today.

Boston Globe article: Metco is an experiment that’s an undeniable success. So why hasn’t a single suburb been added in decades? Launched in 1966, Metco hasn’t expanded in decades, despite longstanding inequities between schools in Boston and its wealthier suburbs An image of a Black teen girl boarding a school bus. Boston Globe article: ‘I’m not your neighbor’: In Southie, a few blocks away is a world apart Income segregation in Greater Boston is among the highest in the country, MassINC report shows
@drew-lewis.comSep 22, 2026, 2:40 PM

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@jennbinis.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 2:04 PM

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1. "Can we still govern?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-system...

2. Rick Hess "In Search of Common Sense" (Note: the article linked to "Democrats" goes to an article from the NEA.)

Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff. Take the debate over dismantling the Department of Education. It often devolves into aggressively dumb arguments that are more symbolic than substantive. Democrats bizarrely insist that shuttering a building with 4,000 bureaucrats will devastate student achievement and well-being, while Republicans bizarrely promise that doing so (while barely touching the Congressionally funded programs) will radically shrink the federal role and turbocharge learning.
@karlfisch.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 5:24 PM

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@jennbinis.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 1:58 PM

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Lancaster Republicans 12 hours ago · Braver Angels debate tonight was outstanding. Many speakers with different opinions and perspectives on taxpayer money for Flock Cameras. A refreshing way of communicating different opinions on hot button issues and very interactive. Up next? Data Centers-AI- and more…The Town of Lancaster Democratic Committee 2 hours ago · Thank you to the Lancaster Republicans and Braver Angels for hosting us and this debate. We are all better when we can come together and discuss our viewpoints without name calling, which happens so often online. See less Braver Angels Western New York 3 hours ago · Many thanks to members of the Lancaster Republicans , The Town of Lancaster Democratic Committee and the WNY community for attending and giving speeches at the debate last night. We debated the following resolution: Networked surveillance systems like Flock are a good use of tax-payer dollars. We heard from 10 speakers who affirmed, or spoke in support of, the resolution and 10 speakers who negated, or spoke against, the resolution…
@jennbinis.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 9:28 PM

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@natebowling.comSep 10, 2026, 4:39 PM

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The Onion: Poll finds most Americans would swap democracy for $100 best buy gift cardAP: Trump, hoping to salvage midfield, makes dubious pledge to give every adult $5000 if GOP wins
@jennbinis.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 1:40 PM

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Can President Trump actually give every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms? The president's pledge was reminiscent of billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to buy votes in last year’s Wisconsin state Supreme Court race, where he handed out million-dollar checks to voters to try to boost a candidate who ultimately lost.
@karlfisch.bsky.socialSep 9, 2026, 2:45 PM

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@karlfisch.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 3:03 PM

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@jennbinis.bsky.socialSep 8, 2026, 1:37 PM

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1. From Chalkbeat: U.S. moves up test score rankings by falling less than other countries - American 15-year-olds now score well above average in science and reading, but the global decline is alarming.

2. From The New York Times: U.S. Reading Scores Plummet on Global Exam

By Matt Barnum and Erica Meltzer In the early 2000s, politicians and pundits were swept up in anxiety about U.S. performance on a key international test known as PISA. Delegations traveled to learn from high-achieving countries like Finland. Journalists and researchers wrote books on the topic. Leaders like President Obama bemoaned the country’s dire results. The good news from the latest PISA results, released Tuesday, is that the U.S. has gained relative standing in recent decades. Today, U.S. students score well above average in science and reading. Math scores, long America’s weakest subject, are now on par with other developed countries. The bad news is how this happened. The U.S. has steadily moved up largely because other countries’ scores have deteriorated faster than ours over the last decade. A bevy of data points show American students are learning less than they used to. Even U.S. PISA scores in math and reading are at or near their lowest level.Sarah Mervosh By Sarah Mervosh Sept. 8, 2026, 3:30 a.m. ET The reading scores of American 15-year-olds have fallen sharply since 2022 and are near their lowest point in 25 years, according to the results of a key global exam released on Tuesday. U.S. math scores are also among the lowest since the test began in 2000, even as students have held their ground in science. By every measure, American students are being outperformed by students in Singapore and parts of China who had top scores on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, taken by 15-year-olds around the world. It is the latest warning sign for an American education system that has seen test scores fall over the last decade, starting before the pandemic.