Marc Porter Magee
@marcportermagee.bsky.social
I live in Virginia with @kportermagee, our 3 adorable kids & 3 scruffy dogs. Personal account.
Work: CEO & founder of 50CAN.
Work: CEO & founder of 50CAN.
The WSJ article makes it clear this is a course designed to teach math skills a lot students learned in 8th grade
May 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The WSJ article makes it clear this is a course designed to teach math skills a lot students learned in 8th grade
The lowest level math course isn’t a standard calculus course anymore. It was reorganized to help students remediate algebra conceptions that a test found they hadn’t mastered. They kept the name but changed the content. See the difference below.
May 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The lowest level math course isn’t a standard calculus course anymore. It was reorganized to help students remediate algebra conceptions that a test found they hadn’t mastered. They kept the name but changed the content. See the difference below.
When I was getting my PhD in sociology (1997-2001) we used something called a “position generator” to measure the diversity of people’s social networks. Seems similar to this. Correlated with all sorts of “social capital” measures.
May 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
When I was getting my PhD in sociology (1997-2001) we used something called a “position generator” to measure the diversity of people’s social networks. Seems similar to this. Correlated with all sorts of “social capital” measures.
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In terms of donors, Trump complicates the oligarchy story. While most of his 2020 funding (55%) came from the top 10%, that’s the lowest reliance on wealthy of any candidate we studied. Nearly 45% of 2020 donations came from bottom 90%—a remarkable shift for a Republican. 3/ cup.org/4cfm0Az
May 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In terms of donors, Trump complicates the oligarchy story. While most of his 2020 funding (55%) came from the top 10%, that’s the lowest reliance on wealthy of any candidate we studied. Nearly 45% of 2020 donations came from bottom 90%—a remarkable shift for a Republican. 3/ cup.org/4cfm0Az
In the sense of the stakes of the election. The differences between the two candidates.
April 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
In the sense of the stakes of the election. The differences between the two candidates.
These are the school districts in the database.
The dots on the far left are San Francisco, Detroit and DC
The dots on the far right are districts in Texas.
The dots on the far left are San Francisco, Detroit and DC
The dots on the far right are districts in Texas.
April 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
These are the school districts in the database.
The dots on the far left are San Francisco, Detroit and DC
The dots on the far right are districts in Texas.
The dots on the far left are San Francisco, Detroit and DC
The dots on the far right are districts in Texas.