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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 8h

Why have fed involvement in K-12 edu, you might wonder?

IES' "Research and development system generates valuable evidence on what works, supports states and districts in addressing their unique needs, collects and analyzes vital national data" #eddata #edtech

www.the74million.org/article/how-...

How to Remake IES to Strengthen Research and Fuel Student Success

Dinkes: These concrete steps can protect and strengthen education research and development, making it even more effective in the long run.

www.the74million.org

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 1d

I got a newsletter email that advised applying to jobs that you seem overqualified for and now was not the time for career pivots. “You best bet is a lateral move” Bleak. Don’t remember reading that in “What Color is your parachute?” 🪂 #careeradvice

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 2d

Share your prompts? 🙃

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 2d

Some guy was ranting about how ChatGPT taught him Spanish in two weeks or something insane

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 3d

at least you can downvote people there :D

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 3d

They also miss that Joe Rogan would have had Kamala on if she had wanted. And he probably would have been nicer to her than 60 Minutes. Heck I don't think she ever did Smartless or Pivot or New Heights that might also have reached younger men

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 3d

Housing first policies work, BTW: www.bushcenter.org/catalyst/the...

Homes for the unhoused | George W. Bush Presidential Center

www.bushcenter.org

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 3d

I walk by the Civic Hotel a fair amount, never knew it was a homeless "shelter" - a big contrast to the "tiny home" situation that was just north of there. A sign that, despite the costs and inefficiencies, the model might have some merit.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.

By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.

www.propublica.org

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 3d

They do, but a financial audit would not likely get to the bottom of this type of programmatic situation. A performance audit from the WA State Auditor could be helpful, if Seattle's legislative delegation asked for one

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoyed reading this report. While #LCFF was a positive change for #California, there is still a lot about the school funding system - tied to housing and tax policies - that reinforces inequity. The authors show evidence that 50 of the "basic aid" districts can outcompete for #teacher talent

PACE @edpolicyinca.org · 3d

A new report coauthored by @bellwetherorg.bsky.social's Carrie Hahnel and Sophie Zamarripa alongside PACE’s H. Alix Gallagher releases findings from the first major study of basic aid districts since LCFF was enacted in California. edpolicyinca.org/publications... (1/6)

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 6d

Didn’t realize he had a stint at Aspire Charter Schools www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...

Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested by ICE on Friday. What happened after?

The arrest of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts by ICE has left many throughout Iowa and beyond puzzled. Here's a timeline.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 6d

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 6d

"Full-day kindergarten expansions were responsible for as much as 24 percent of the growth in employment of mothers with kindergartenaged children in this time frame."

AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 6d

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "A Matter of Time? Measuring Effects of Public Schooling Expansions on Families" by Chloe R. Gibbs, Jocelyn Wikle, and Riley Wilson. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 7d

a man in a robe is laying on a couch with his feet up and the words bees written on the bottom

ALT: a man in a robe is laying on a couch with his feet up and the words bees written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 10d

Yes

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 10d

After DOGE came through and took a wrecking ball to the Institute of Education Sciences, there are a few green shoots returning. But the future of the agency is very much in limbo.

Education Department takes a preliminary step toward revamping its research and statistics arm

The public has until Oct. 15 to weigh in

hechingerreport.org

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 10d

Having been a public high school math teacher, I know that the existence of high quality MCAS and AP exams substantially strengthened and clarified the curriculum students were exposed to.

That was also my experience in school, the classes with external exams were almost always the most impactful.

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 10d

Tests and assessments are often unfairly demonized as distracting from learning

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 10d

Shocking no one, Massachusetts high schoolers are taking less seriously the state's only standardized assessment because voters told them that was OK.

I'm hoping state policymakers will step up and fix this, as our state's trajectory is not looking great.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/29/m...

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 14d

My understanding is this law has never really worked out well. The innnovation network model seems to be a better incentive for district-charter collaboration

Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 14d

The few IPS buildings that the district has sold to charters for $1 have required significant repairs.

This former IPS school is available for sale or lease for $1

The few IPS buildings that the district has sold to charters for $1 have required significant repairs.

bit.ly

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 14d

X is like using a newspaper website from a decade ago - the articles (feed) are sometimes good but never read the comments (replies)

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 14d

Definitely seems like the sample was biased

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 15d

At least we should be able to downvote

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 15d

News coverage of #Education skews towards politics/elections/federal. Finding makes sense-most pple don't know federal $ dwarfed by state/local. #Edtech coverage low, unlike the conference circuit, not about #AI @bellwetherorg.bsky.social @andyjacob.bsky.social bellwether.org/publications...

A Year in Review: How National Media Covers K-12 education | Bellwether

bellwether.org

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 17d

Also this: “While Seattle voters have consistently approved school construction levies, paving the way for school rebuilds … it’s the Seattle Public Schools operating budget that is feeling the financial crunch”

Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 17d

Although we often say #housing policy is #education policy, you don’t often see such clear advocacy from school boards for #upzoning. #Seattle has grown faster than its suburbs since 2010 yet school enrollment continues to decline

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 17d

NEW // School Board Directors Are Begging Seattle to Allow More Housing

By Ryan Packer

via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/09/22/s...

School Board Directors Are Begging Seattle to Allow More Housing » The Urbanist

# A majority of the Seattle School Board joined the push for additional neighborhood growth centers last week, pointing to a link between additional housing density and stable student enrollment.

www.theurbanist.org

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Sean Gill @seangill.bsky.social · 17d

I only recently learned what Labubus are

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