"A child's learning is the function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher." James Coleman, 1972

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Offer from David Simon

If you are a voter in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District and also a fan of The Wire, I will, on evidence you voted today, pen a personal apology for having killed any character you cared for. And yes, this assumes Wire fans do not vote for some cheese-eating supplicant to any tinpot dictator.

— David Simon (@audacityofdespair.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM

Monday, December 01, 2025

Final Push for Aftyn!

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “All In for Aftyn: Special Election Phonebank for TN-07” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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— James Horn, PhD (@schools-matter24.bsky.social) December 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM

Sunday, November 30, 2025

U.S. Anti-Intellectualism Finally Reaches Its Zenith

PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.” The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) November 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM

Monday, November 24, 2025

Scripted “Parrot” Learning Is Not in the Best Interests of Children and Society

Reshaping Reading Instruction In U.S. Public Schools to Support the 60% of Children in America who are Coping with Adverse Childhood Experiences and Potentially Life-Long Traumas by Denny Taylor

Read on Substack

Saturday, November 22, 2025