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Sherman Dorn
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Personal account, historian of education policy
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 9m
Well, that’s his wish maybe but I wouldn’t accede to it 😉
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 16m
… and I hope they don’t
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1h
There are plenty of beautiful spots wealthy people could buy up!
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1h
In their gaze we don’t exist, Wil. We are the Ninja Generation
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1h
“We don’t need no stinkin’ executive function”
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1h
It’s all antifa—haven’t you heard of #Resistance bands??
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1h
Alas, the @theonion.com piece applying this to one of Oprah’s creations isn’t yet on the web, only in the last issue I received.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1h
That’s how I read it, no worries
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2h
I didn’t fail to get the job because of my gaffe. And Jon’s a great education historian
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2h
Oh. Cape Cod. Or Bedford, Nova Scotia?
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 5h
"Froggy Went to Portland" gave me a big smile. Let it do the same for you.
Froggy Went to Portland
YouTube video by Daniel Kelly Folk Music
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 5h
Fabulous!
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 5h
Very good!
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 6h
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 5h
He was the department chair when I interviewed at NYU in early '96. (Jon Zimmerman got the job.) Among other things, I discovered (through my gaffe) that he loved Neil Diamond. Or at least, "What's wrong with Neil Diamond? strongly suggested it.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 5h
Yes
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 19h
Contempt is the universal poison of relationships
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 23h
So many things evil about the Vought-directed RIFs, and especially in OSERS, on multiple levels.
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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1d
I'll be in Rhode Island for a conference. Aaargh!

Have a lovely time when in Arizona!
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
Yesterday's @nepc.bsky.social newsletter had a wonderful remembrance of David Berliner, along with photos that showcase his full personality. Thank you!
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
Eric.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
Or use the memo in a pressure-cooker conversation where she chooses.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
And the year it went to Sadat and Begin (1978), Carter was not part of that.
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
That was she!
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
One when I was at USF (Chris Ogren)
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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d
Ralph Branca would understand
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