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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

We need to talk about how social media algorithms push moms down a slippery slope of distrust.

From "Are my kids getting enough support in school?" To "Maybe I should homeschool." To "Maybe modern medicine is bad."

I've seen this first-hand in research I'm doing on parenting apps. 1/🧵

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 5h

My local conservative radio station was talking about this yesterday and made it sound like he directly threatened someone's child - felt a bit like I was losing my mind when I read the actual texts.

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI: @edweek.org is keeping track of how the federal government shutdown is affecting schools #EduSky

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

How the Federal Government Shutdown Is Affecting Schools: A Tracker

Education Week is monitoring how the federal government's shutdown is affecting schools and other education functions.

www.edweek.org

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 15h

What she says in the ellipses is very good. (Saw a sign lawn sign tonight that said "dump the bitch" with her picture. She is very hated by Republicans and I'm sure she knows it and I glad she was so blunt here.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 21h

kermit the frog is wearing a black hoodie and kermit the frog is wearing a black hood .

ALT: kermit the frog is wearing a black hoodie and kermit the frog is wearing a black hood .

media.tenor.com

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 21h

So it sounds like universities said no to the compacts, the media agencies said no to reporting conditions, and airports are saying no to the videos.

Three makes it a trend, right?

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 21h

The three major airports near New York City have joined Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Buffalo.

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video - New Jersey Globe

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport –

newjerseyglobe.com

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 23h

Good on them.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shoot...

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re a parent of a child with a disability, you’re worried about how your family will be impacted by SpecEd Department of Education layoffs and you want to talk to a journalist about it, please DM, email (sluterman at 19thnews dot org) or Signal (slooterman.18).

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

Another good example of how the Republican-appointed justices wield the Constitution to take sides in the culture wars.

There's a vigorous democratic debate about whether public schools should out trans kids to their parents. Three justice want to use the Constitution to mandate outing nationwide.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Every time an essayist writes about the "Southern surge" in education and then complains about Northern states not doing the same things, a member of the Committee of Ten rolls over in the grave.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

No - Common Core *Learning* Standards, not State. There were a number of key differences based on the standards revision work we had been in the middle of when the consortium idea was first proposed.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

I was just looking for that - I had written one up about NYS a while ago but I don't think I ported it over to my website. I did bring over a timeline I wrote up of NYS Standards adoption process that gets a bit into CCLS discussions: schoolmarmadvisors.com/blog/nys-cen...

John King's Place in NYS History - Schoolmarm Advisors

I don't know the man. Never met him, never worked for, near, around, or with him. I'm a non-parental taxpaying New Yorker who works in education.

schoolmarmadvisors.com

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Gotcha! The challenge is that there are going to be 50 different alternate accounts as each state made the decision to join/not join the various workgroups consortiums. Most of the accounts I've read have taken a 1000 foot perspective, which is fairly meaningless in terms of pedagogy.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Gotcha. The challenge is always going to be in linking anything large-scale pedagogical/curriculum related to Common Core when it's much more likely that NCLB/ESSA test construction is more likely contributing factor.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

The challenge isn't the origin story - I'm sure some of what's there is accurate and some is skewed to tell a particular story.

This bullet point "It’s paired with new standardized tests to measure progress in meeting the new standards and to allow comparisons among states" isn't accurate.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Likely not. That article, though, doesn't identify Common Core as the cause - and NYC schools did not adopt Balanced Literacy or Calkins work because of Common Core.

Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Apologies, not sure what you're referring to in terms of "what happened"?

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

More that 2017 was a long time ago in terms of New York State Standards revisions. The current standards call for full-length books.

Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I'm sure I I did back in the day but I can tell just from the lede that it's not going to accurately reflect what happened.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. That was the perception back in 2017.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

So if your goal is to show Common Core impacted curriculum decisions in states that didn't adopt it, I think you're going to have to make the link really explicit.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

Its an interesting provocation but I'm really not sure how you'll be able to link them. As a counter-example, Common Core was never adopted in NYS and I'm assuming your research is showing NYS teachers are teaching fewer novels.

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

If you want an outside set of eyes on it, happy to offer mine!

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 1d

I appreciate this argument but would be curious what leads you to link Common Core to that shift.

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Ryan Quinn @ryanequinn.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing today about how the ongoing shutdown may be affecting, or about to affect, university research. If you have a story to share, please DM me or email [email protected] today. Thank you.

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