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Richard P Phelps
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Education Policy, Program Evaluation, Testing & Measurement, and Muck Raking; author The Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness (Rowman & Littlefield/Bloomsbury, 2023)
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Aug 17
Top Researchers May Suppress More Information Than They Provide: Surveying NBER Dismissive Literature Reviews
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 4d
No, it was genuinely a mistake. Makes its own kind of sense, though.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 4d
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Education Policy Research Cartels: Any Research Not Done by Us Is Trash
In an online discussion about educational testing, an exasperated education professional interjected that the whole discussion was mute. Had there ever been even a single study showing any benefit acc
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 5d
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FIRE SURVEY: Colleagues and faculty unions fail to defend scholars targeted for speech
FIRE reached out to the over 600 academics listed in the Scholars Under Fire database who were targeted between 2020 and 2024, of whom 209 completed our survey.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 6d
Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
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Want to End the Gerrymandering Wars? Embrace Proportional Representation
Trump has triggered a particularly fierce round, but the logic of war is inherent in a winner-take-all system
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 10d
Irin Carmon investigated five women's stories for her new book "Unbearable" and discovered patterns that explain why America has the worst maternal mortality rates among wealthy nations.

🔗 Hear what she uncovered: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 7d
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Election Reform Turns Down the Temperature of Our Politics
Politics isn’t working for most Americans. Our government can’t keep the lights on. The cost of living continues to rise. Our nation is reeling from recent acts of political violence. 79% of voters sa...
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 12d
View from Heartbreak Ridge toward Asheville, today.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 16d
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Growing share of Americans say the U.S. higher education system is headed in the wrong direction
In both parties, the share that say the higher education system is going in the wrong direction has gone up by at least 10 percentage points since 2020.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · 19d
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Our Amazing, Shrinking Congress
James Madison tried to warn us. He foresaw a grave danger to our fragile republic. No, it wasn’t an overreaching, dictatorial President. It was the people’s representatives themselves who might shred ...
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · 23d
Who owns your DNA after you mail it in? Can testing companies sell your genetic information? Keep your sample indefinitely? 🧬 The answers might change your mind about that ancestry test. 🔗 Listen now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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Science Podcast · Updated Weekly · On each episode of Critically Speaking, your host, Dr. Therese Markow, interviews foremost experts in a range of fields. We discuss, in everyday language that we al...
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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · Sep 30
AI as a therapist, friend, or lover? The lines are blurring, and it's both fascinating and ominous. Don't miss this week's episode of Critically Speaking to find out why.
🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-dorothy-leidner-ai-romance-boyfriends-girlfriends/id1463016517?i=1000729240226

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Critically Speaking with Therese Markow @criticallyspeaking.bsky.social · Sep 27
How do drugs, both legal and illicit, intersect with mental health? Join us as P. E Moskowitz shares insights from their new book, Breaking Awake, and their personal journey on our latest episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-speaking/id1463016517

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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 25
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Administration appoints the research head of Fordham Institute -- country's lead think tank for promoting Common Core -- to redesign ED's Institute of Education Sciences. Total betrayal of some of the Trump's most dedicated supporters?

She says she wants suggestions.
Request for Information; Feedback on Redesigning the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 established the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) as the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education. IES is responsible ...
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 25
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 22
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Opinion | The Dark World of ‘Citation Cartels’
Predatory journals and bad-faith scholars are gaming the system — at scale.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 21
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The Simple Magic of True Representation
Imagine this: Your congressman or senator votes exactly as the majority of the people they represent want them to vote. Not sometimes. Not when it’s convenient. Not when it aligns with the representat...
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 11
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Voters v. The Legislature: Who Will Decide the Fate of Ranked Choice Voting in Michigan?
Rank MI Vote is gathering petition signatures for an amendment to the Michigan constitution that – if approved by voters – will allow voters who cast a ballot for president, Congress, governor, and more to use ranked choice voting instead of marking just a single candidate.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 9
Citing Decisions in Psychology: A Roadblock to Cumulative and Inclusive Science
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Education Doesn't Work 3.0
a comprehensive argument that education cannot close academic gaps
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Academia’s Quiet Aristocracy — Inquisitive
Open inquiry requires a revolution in research assessment.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 6
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When Politicians Pick Voters: Why Gerrymandering Is Undermining Democracy
As states weaponize redistricting, safe seats multiply and voter power vanishes.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 4
Reuters/Ipsos poll on money in politics, US
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New Polling Data for The For Our Freedom Amendment
Explore our comprehensive database filled with national and state poll data, research documents, and legal briefings on The For Our Freedom Amendment. Stay informed and support American Promise!
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 1
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Cite the Good Cite: Building a Better Psychology Through Citations
Two psychological scientists outline the importance of citing work, strategies to improve citing decisions, and much more.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Sep 1
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The Hidden Cause (and Higher Stakes) of the Gerrymandering Crisis
We’re here because partisan electoral institutions failed us. They must be fixed before it’s too late.
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Richard P Phelps @richardpphelps.bsky.social · Aug 28
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The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly | PNAS
Science is characterized by collaboration and cooperation, but also by uncertainty, competition, and inequality. While there has always been some c...
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