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a school-based practitioner playing name that tune by calling out the latest trends in education as little more than repurposed grift and grab of forty years of neoliberal public school reform, who grew bored of correcting the record, so, like, meh…
Well, JWT is now a professor at the illustrious UAT, a university founded by conceived by Niall Ferguson, Bari Weiss, et al. (Click on the link.)
And, David Coleman is a failson.
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And, David Coleman is a failson.
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Our story so far.
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February 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Well, JWT is now a professor at the illustrious UAT, a university founded by conceived by Niall Ferguson, Bari Weiss, et al. (Click on the link.)
And, David Coleman is a failson.
uatx.webflow.io/history
And, David Coleman is a failson.
uatx.webflow.io/history
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In the fall of 2021, the Fordham Institute partnered NewSchools Venture Fund, CASEL and the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation to explore better ways to market and promote social-emotional learning.
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In the fall of 2021, the Fordham Institute partnered NewSchools Venture Fund, CASEL and the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation to explore better ways to market and promote social-emotional learning.
fordhaminstitute.org/sites/defaul...
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The point of career and college readiness (CCR) standards is not to prepare individual students for the workplace but to hold schools accountable for scores on state-level standardized tests.
We should place CCR in the context of its evolution by quoting those responsible for its use.
We should place CCR in the context of its evolution by quoting those responsible for its use.
!["A narrow definition [college and career readiness] is easier to measure and may be useful at a state level as a gross indicator of readiness but is far less useful at the individual student level."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h7xctitu4tzw3el3xj3abddw/bafkreib6wiij3pcel7vj4clhr7m2qx2qn5qflx5bcz3erhkncr2evuvfmm@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The point of career and college readiness (CCR) standards is not to prepare individual students for the workplace but to hold schools accountable for scores on state-level standardized tests.
We should place CCR in the context of its evolution by quoting those responsible for its use.
We should place CCR in the context of its evolution by quoting those responsible for its use.
Every 10 years, old ideas are rebranded to sell new books.
December 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every 10 years, old ideas are rebranded to sell new books.
A more constructive instructional paradigm than DI would be deliberate practice (Ericsson et al.,1993).
The early grit studies examined performance of experts in fields like chess and spelling bee competitions, which require a high degree of self-directed practice.
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The early grit studies examined performance of experts in fields like chess and spelling bee competitions, which require a high degree of self-directed practice.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A more constructive instructional paradigm than DI would be deliberate practice (Ericsson et al.,1993).
The early grit studies examined performance of experts in fields like chess and spelling bee competitions, which require a high degree of self-directed practice.
psycnet.apa.org/record/1993-...
The early grit studies examined performance of experts in fields like chess and spelling bee competitions, which require a high degree of self-directed practice.
psycnet.apa.org/record/1993-...
HQIM is the rebranding of evidence-based teaching which replaced the “scientifically-based research” of NCLB through ESSA.
The article below is better titled as “The Unrealized Promise of an Instructional Placebo.”
www.nasbe.org/the-unrealiz...
The article below is better titled as “The Unrealized Promise of an Instructional Placebo.”
www.nasbe.org/the-unrealiz...
The Unrealized Promise of High-Quality Instructional Materials
Overcoming barriers to faithful implementation requires changing teacher and leader mind-sets.
www.nasbe.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
HQIM is the rebranding of evidence-based teaching which replaced the “scientifically-based research” of NCLB through ESSA.
The article below is better titled as “The Unrealized Promise of an Instructional Placebo.”
www.nasbe.org/the-unrealiz...
The article below is better titled as “The Unrealized Promise of an Instructional Placebo.”
www.nasbe.org/the-unrealiz...
Conley is credited for popularizing the concept of college readiness, which of course traces its origin to A Nation At Risk (1983). It became next big thing in the early 2000s with financial support from Bill Gates and his efforts to get us ready for rigor.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) The Emergence and Operationalization of College and Career Readiness
PDF | On Nov 7, 2015, David T. Conley published The Emergence and Operationalization of College and Career Readiness | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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December 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Conley is credited for popularizing the concept of college readiness, which of course traces its origin to A Nation At Risk (1983). It became next big thing in the early 2000s with financial support from Bill Gates and his efforts to get us ready for rigor.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Let’s start the essay with the CCSSO in 2017 promoting HQIM and link it to the Common Core, also promoted by the CCSSO.
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Date the coup to 2017 when the CCSSO launched the IMPD and the push for High Quality Instructional Materials and Curriculum-Based Professional Development, linking the test-based accountability of NCLB with the standards-driven instruction of the CCSS.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Let’s start the essay with the CCSSO in 2017 promoting HQIM and link it to the Common Core, also promoted by the CCSSO.
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He was, more importantly, a key contributor to the National Reading Panel (NRP), which introduced the five pillars of reading instruction and serves as the foundation for the “Science of Reading.”
The NRP was also used to support NCLB and Reading First.
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The NRP was also used to support NCLB and Reading First.
www.thereadingleague.org/wp-content/u...
www.thereadingleague.org
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He was, more importantly, a key contributor to the National Reading Panel (NRP), which introduced the five pillars of reading instruction and serves as the foundation for the “Science of Reading.”
The NRP was also used to support NCLB and Reading First.
www.thereadingleague.org/wp-content/u...
The NRP was also used to support NCLB and Reading First.
www.thereadingleague.org/wp-content/u...
It’s less about AP Scores, and more about the students who are not enrolled in the AP agenda, if we read between the lines.
Take out the lowest performing groups and everything is just fine.
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Take out the lowest performing groups and everything is just fine.
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Worth noting more 12th grade students than ever are classified as English learners, having a disability or economically disadvantaged.
Likely demographic changes contributed to the decline amongst the lowest performing students as this was the first time the NAEP was fully digital for 12th grade.
Likely demographic changes contributed to the decline amongst the lowest performing students as this was the first time the NAEP was fully digital for 12th grade.
December 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s less about AP Scores, and more about the students who are not enrolled in the AP agenda, if we read between the lines.
Take out the lowest performing groups and everything is just fine.
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Take out the lowest performing groups and everything is just fine.
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During an SEL lesson, middle school students were asked to stand if they were proud of their grades at this point in the quarter.
One seventh grade student sat and said:
“Grades are a social construct determined by your socioeconomic status and the wealth and education of your parents.”
One seventh grade student sat and said:
“Grades are a social construct determined by your socioeconomic status and the wealth and education of your parents.”
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
During an SEL lesson, middle school students were asked to stand if they were proud of their grades at this point in the quarter.
One seventh grade student sat and said:
“Grades are a social construct determined by your socioeconomic status and the wealth and education of your parents.”
One seventh grade student sat and said:
“Grades are a social construct determined by your socioeconomic status and the wealth and education of your parents.”
Yes, imagine how much more learning could take place in classrooms with more chalk, crayons and construction paper and fewer screens, machines and schemes to trap children on hand held devices.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids
A growing contingent of public school parents say school-mandated iPads, particularly in elementary and middle schools, are leading to behavior problems.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yes, imagine how much more learning could take place in classrooms with more chalk, crayons and construction paper and fewer screens, machines and schemes to trap children on hand held devices.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
HQIM have been leaching into the curricular ecosystem since ESSA.
There is a collective amnesia that whitewashes how bad things were getting before COVID.
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There is a collective amnesia that whitewashes how bad things were getting before COVID.
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Date the coup to 2017 when the CCSSO launched the IMPD and the push for High Quality Instructional Materials and Curriculum-Based Professional Development, linking the test-based accountability of NCLB with the standards-driven instruction of the CCSS.
learning.ccsso.org/high-quality...
learning.ccsso.org/high-quality...
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
HQIM have been leaching into the curricular ecosystem since ESSA.
There is a collective amnesia that whitewashes how bad things were getting before COVID.
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There is a collective amnesia that whitewashes how bad things were getting before COVID.
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PISA results since 2000 have barely budged in reading and math for students in the US and UK despite the shift towards research-based instructional strategies (RBIS).
RBIS only work when aligned to measurable outcomes.
In other words, RBIS is just teaching to the test.
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RBIS only work when aligned to measurable outcomes.
In other words, RBIS is just teaching to the test.
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Psy-sciences gaze at every phenomenon through a cracked looking glass, finding only the flaws that are sought to be found.
For example, PISA scores have remained fairly flat in both the UK and US despite the perennial pronouncements of an achievement crisis in both countries.
For example, PISA scores have remained fairly flat in both the UK and US despite the perennial pronouncements of an achievement crisis in both countries.
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
PISA results since 2000 have barely budged in reading and math for students in the US and UK despite the shift towards research-based instructional strategies (RBIS).
RBIS only work when aligned to measurable outcomes.
In other words, RBIS is just teaching to the test.
bsky.app/profile/disr...
RBIS only work when aligned to measurable outcomes.
In other words, RBIS is just teaching to the test.
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Or, you could just read up on the bios of the committee members to the Phoenix Declaration to see what "truth and goodness" means to the Heritage Foundation.
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No need for credentials to see the grift and grab going on here - or to serve on the drafting committee of the Phoenix Declaration.
Erika Donalds is listed as a contributor to the drafting committee.
Her qualifications:
Married to a congress person
Running a CLT-aligned edtech company
Erika Donalds is listed as a contributor to the drafting committee.
Her qualifications:
Married to a congress person
Running a CLT-aligned edtech company
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Or, you could just read up on the bios of the committee members to the Phoenix Declaration to see what "truth and goodness" means to the Heritage Foundation.
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No need for credentials to see the grift and grab going on here - or to serve on the drafting committee of the Phoenix Declaration.
Erika Donalds is listed as a contributor to the drafting committee.
Her qualifications:
Married to a congress person
Running a CLT-aligned edtech company
Erika Donalds is listed as a contributor to the drafting committee.
Her qualifications:
Married to a congress person
Running a CLT-aligned edtech company
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
No need for credentials to see the grift and grab going on here - or to serve on the drafting committee of the Phoenix Declaration.
Erika Donalds is listed as a contributor to the drafting committee.
Her qualifications:
Married to a congress person
Running a CLT-aligned edtech company
Erika Donalds is listed as a contributor to the drafting committee.
Her qualifications:
Married to a congress person
Running a CLT-aligned edtech company
The Phoenix is a symbol of rebirth and regeneration.
Hence, it has a past.
Let's look back at the former lives of the drafters of this document to see how they have encouraged excellence in youth.
For example, Robert Pondiscio coauthored the "Girl's Guide" in 1996.
He is now at AEI.
Hence, it has a past.
Let's look back at the former lives of the drafters of this document to see how they have encouraged excellence in youth.
For example, Robert Pondiscio coauthored the "Girl's Guide" in 1996.
He is now at AEI.
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Phoenix is a symbol of rebirth and regeneration.
Hence, it has a past.
Let's look back at the former lives of the drafters of this document to see how they have encouraged excellence in youth.
For example, Robert Pondiscio coauthored the "Girl's Guide" in 1996.
He is now at AEI.
Hence, it has a past.
Let's look back at the former lives of the drafters of this document to see how they have encouraged excellence in youth.
For example, Robert Pondiscio coauthored the "Girl's Guide" in 1996.
He is now at AEI.
It is also not a good book for a lot of reasons, as stated on page four of the text - offering a deterministic vision of education that will "help young persons fulfill the unique, particular functions in life which it is in them to fulfill, and fit them..."
A liberal arts education for whom?
A liberal arts education for whom?
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It is also not a good book for a lot of reasons, as stated on page four of the text - offering a deterministic vision of education that will "help young persons fulfill the unique, particular functions in life which it is in them to fulfill, and fit them..."
A liberal arts education for whom?
A liberal arts education for whom?
Literacy crises are less about what HOW children read and more about WHO writes the books and WHAT those books are about.
It's good to go back to WHEN the literacy crisis narrative was last rekindled to understand WHY we are headed back to a place WHERE books are banned and thoughts are censored.
It's good to go back to WHEN the literacy crisis narrative was last rekindled to understand WHY we are headed back to a place WHERE books are banned and thoughts are censored.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Literacy crises are less about what HOW children read and more about WHO writes the books and WHAT those books are about.
It's good to go back to WHEN the literacy crisis narrative was last rekindled to understand WHY we are headed back to a place WHERE books are banned and thoughts are censored.
It's good to go back to WHEN the literacy crisis narrative was last rekindled to understand WHY we are headed back to a place WHERE books are banned and thoughts are censored.
This article should be titled "How flawed reporting taught millions of adults to panic over neoliberal education reforms that have failed another generation of children."
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The NCTE article does not address how Hanford failed to place proficiency levels on state-level assessments in the context of states adopting the Common Core standards and aligning state assessments to these more "rigorous" benchmarks.
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The cut scores for the state assessments were changed to be “more rigorous” which made it “noticeably harder for students to achieve advanced and proficient scores in 2015.”
www.psea.org/globalassets...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This article should be titled "How flawed reporting taught millions of adults to panic over neoliberal education reforms that have failed another generation of children."
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The NCTE article does not address how Hanford failed to place proficiency levels on state-level assessments in the context of states adopting the Common Core standards and aligning state assessments to these more "rigorous" benchmarks.
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The cut scores for the state assessments were changed to be “more rigorous” which made it “noticeably harder for students to achieve advanced and proficient scores in 2015.”
www.psea.org/globalassets...
www.psea.org/globalassets...
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The NCTE article does not address how Hanford failed to place proficiency levels on state-level assessments in the context of states adopting the Common Core standards and aligning state assessments to these more "rigorous" benchmarks.
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Or, can you point to where phonics instruction was dropped in the CCSS?
For all its flaws, the CCSS explicitly states students should:
"know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words"
The CCSS is aligned to the five pillars of reading instruction of the NRP.
For all its flaws, the CCSS explicitly states students should:
"know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words"
The CCSS is aligned to the five pillars of reading instruction of the NRP.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Or, can you point to where phonics instruction was dropped in the CCSS?
For all its flaws, the CCSS explicitly states students should:
"know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words"
The CCSS is aligned to the five pillars of reading instruction of the NRP.
For all its flaws, the CCSS explicitly states students should:
"know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in decoding words"
The CCSS is aligned to the five pillars of reading instruction of the NRP.
Panic is endemic to the origins of public education.
It is driven by an industry of crisis created by a business community that resists contributing to the long-term well-being of the working class.
Taxes are always too high.
Workers are always unskilled.
Teachers are always to blame.
It is driven by an industry of crisis created by a business community that resists contributing to the long-term well-being of the working class.
Taxes are always too high.
Workers are always unskilled.
Teachers are always to blame.
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Panic is endemic to the origins of public education.
It is driven by an industry of crisis created by a business community that resists contributing to the long-term well-being of the working class.
Taxes are always too high.
Workers are always unskilled.
Teachers are always to blame.
It is driven by an industry of crisis created by a business community that resists contributing to the long-term well-being of the working class.
Taxes are always too high.
Workers are always unskilled.
Teachers are always to blame.