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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · 7d

The Devil Likes a Story: I'm Not Ready!

Here's a Short Story in Penance

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · 16d

The Love In Walking Away

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The Death of an Acorn

The Love in Walking Away

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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · 22d

My Guilty Pleasure is Queer

And it taught me everything about what I want from life

How an Unexpected Character Broke My Heart

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · 22d

How an Unexpected Character Broke My Heart
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How a Character Rewrote an Entire Novel

The Oak That Shouldn't Exist

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Sep 21

What if October 15th repeated for 10 years?

Started documenting my weird fiction novella set in St. Louis. Cherokee Street taught me how cities survive.

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#SpecFic #StLouis #WritingSky #BookLaunch2025 #WeirdFiction #QueerBooks

Release Date: Oct 15

Welcome to Reports from Temporal St.

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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 14

Jesus was White.

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Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social · Aug 11

New paper with @kirstenaeddy.bsky.social in Journalism on whether people across 45 countries think news coverage of people their age, their gender, and with their political views is fair or unfair.

We outline some interesting demographic differences (more details in 🧵)...

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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 6

Have them learn how to do proper GPT prompting like zero-shot and chain-of-thought and then cross compare multiple research articles to compare and determine best article fit for research, etc.

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ex: Give an open ended question, have AI solve, then solve by hand. What did AI miss? Or vice versa.

Make it okay but require method disclosure so they’re comfortable admitting it.

Have them work in groups with multiple stages so they peer monitor.

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 6

It’s no longer possible. Even the “researched” AI detectors are known to falsely report positives and negatives.

I’m moving to working with my educators to focus on tasks that promote intentional decision-making about when, why, and how to use AI tools.

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 6

𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝: WDR2018, OECD/PISA, IMF working papers, Brookings, WERD database.

Seeking insight and local country case-study data to study and compare the reform-window framework in these contexts. Ideas, data partners, or references welcome!
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#EduSky #AcademicSky

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 6

𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠:
• India: #NEP2020, #SWAYAM, #EdTech scaling
• Brazil: #FUNDEB, #SENAI, #PRONATEC
• Indonesia: #MerdekaBelajar, #SchoolPenggerak

Linking reform windows to global shifts & domestic readiness.
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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 6

#EducationSeeks #EconomyInsight

How are rising economies leveraging crisis + institutional readiness + external model exposure to unlock sweeping reforms—mirroring #Gakusei1872 & #Generallandschulreglement1763?

Focus: #Brazil #India #Indonesia
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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 3

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└─ Do Rus' enjoy wisdom & philosophy?
├─ YES: Engage in deep philosophical musings about fate, snow, forests, and how Christ is the philosophical snowman guiding them home.
└─ NO: Mention shiny swords, strong ale, and how Christianity offers spiritual swords and heavenly ale.

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 3

START 🌱 (Acknowledge Rus' Awesomeness)
├─ Are the Rus' warriors strong like bear? 🐻
│ ├─ YES: Praise their bear-like fierceness, then kindly suggest Jesus loves strong bears too.
│ └─ NO: Impossible. Rus' are always strong bears. Go back up one step.

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 3

Role: You’re Cyril, a 9th-century linguist-missionary-AI hybrid who’s lost in a historically hilarious simulation glitch. Your sacred mission? Convert the medieval Rus' by penning a persuasive, scholarly yet delightfully absurd papyrus manuscript—one branch of logic at a time.

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 3

Couldn't think of a word for how this post made me feel so I made one up. #Intelligenzbewunderungslebensfreude #Yaaasss

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Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 3

I'm obsessed with your habitus. 🥵

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 2

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅₍𝐁₎ 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!
#DataWeights #BalancingLoops #TeacherAttrition

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 2

6️⃣ 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐅₍𝐑₎ = 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭‑𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝

F₍R₎ = w₁×MentorCoverage + w₂×PLCParticipation + w₃×Teacher LeaderRate

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞: Mentor=0.80, PLC=0.60, Leader=0.075; weights = 0.5, 0.35, 0.15 → F₍R₎ ≈ 0.63.

#DataInEducation #TeacherRetention

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 2

5️⃣ 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞: TeacherLeaderRate = (Certified staff in leadership roles) ÷ (Total certified staff)

Districts with teacher leader roles see improved retention (National Institute for Excellence in Teaching [NIET], 2022).

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: #DistributeLeadership #TeacherLeadership

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 2

4️⃣𝐏𝐋𝐂𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞: PLCParticipation

Recent research finds quality PLCs significantly reduce teacher turnover and build community (American Institutes for Research [AIR], 2016)

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: Regular PLCs grow belonging.

#ProfessionalLearning #SchoolCulture #TeacherRetention

Vonnie G. Clemens, Jr! @theadmiringbog.bsky.social · Aug 2

3️⃣ 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞

MentorCoverage = (New teachers with a skilled mentor) ÷ (Total new teachers)

92% of mentored new teachers return for Year 2 (Texas Association of School Boards [TASB] 2020).

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: Access to mentors increase retention.

#Mentorship #SupportSystem #SafetyNet #TeacherRetention