Michael J. Murphy
@emmjaymurphee.bsky.social
•Prof., Gender & Sexuality Stds., U. Illinois Springfield uis.edu/wgs
•Founding member, UIS United Faculty uisufinfo.wordpress.com/
•LGBTQIA+ studies, critical men's/masculinity studies, U.S. art/visual culture history.
•Founding member, UIS United Faculty uisufinfo.wordpress.com/
•LGBTQIA+ studies, critical men's/masculinity studies, U.S. art/visual culture history.
Reposted by Michael J. Murphy
‘A 2024 meta-analysis of 119 studies of early-literacy tech interventions, led by Rebecca Silverman of Stanford University, found the studies described programmes that delivered at best only marginal gains on standardised tests.’
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
‘A 2024 meta-analysis of 119 studies of early-literacy tech interventions, led by Rebecca Silverman of Stanford University, found the studies described programmes that delivered at best only marginal gains on standardised tests.’
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
Reposted by Michael J. Murphy
‘In major assessments for maths, science and reading from 2011 to 2019, greater in-school computer use for learning correlates with lower scores. In contrast, students in classes with rare or no computer use at all typically score highest’
January 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
‘In major assessments for maths, science and reading from 2011 to 2019, greater in-school computer use for learning correlates with lower scores. In contrast, students in classes with rare or no computer use at all typically score highest’
Looking at you University of Illinois…🧐
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Looking at you University of Illinois…🧐
That is weirdly out of touch...
January 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
That is weirdly out of touch...
I only teach online where the ability to read and understand written directions is crucial but more and more of my students struggle with the simplest directions (make 3 posts this week).
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I only teach online where the ability to read and understand written directions is crucial but more and more of my students struggle with the simplest directions (make 3 posts this week).
Anyone who is not extremely demoralized and experiencing malaise is not reading the news!
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Anyone who is not extremely demoralized and experiencing malaise is not reading the news!