Prof Dynarski
@dynarski.bsky.social
Economist & Prof at Harvard | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts are in a Boston accent | Former union organizer | Native Somervillen
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· Nov 25
Everything I do as a researcher is driven by this picture. I was in the 5% of low-inc kids born in 60s who got a BA.
A grim review of the year in education research and statistics
An important read
An important read
A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A grim review of the year in education research and statistics
An important read
An important read
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How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
This audio is sponsored by SXSW EDU Inauguration Day was a time of hope for the MAGA faithful who watched President Donald Trump take his second oath of office in the Capitol rotunda. But less than a mile away, at the Department…
This audio is sponsored by SXSW EDU Inauguration Day was a time of hope for the MAGA faithful who watched President Donald Trump take his second oath of office in the Capitol rotunda. But less than a mile away, at the Department…
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
This audio is sponsored by SXSW EDU Inauguration Day was a time of hope for the MAGA faithful who watched President Donald Trump take his second oath of office in the Capitol rotunda. But less than a mile away, at the Department of Education, fear and uncertainty reigned. Researchers, contractors and federal staff — the corner of the Education Department that I cover — braced for potentially devastating upheaval. Would the department itself be eliminated, as Trump had promised during the campaign? Would congressionally mandated research and statistical programs move to other agencies?
hechingerreport.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
This audio is sponsored by SXSW EDU Inauguration Day was a time of hope for the MAGA faithful who watched President Donald Trump take his second oath of office in the Capitol rotunda. But less than a mile away, at the Department…
This audio is sponsored by SXSW EDU Inauguration Day was a time of hope for the MAGA faithful who watched President Donald Trump take his second oath of office in the Capitol rotunda. But less than a mile away, at the Department…
It's December tomorrow
And I have homemade sourdough on hand
And I have homemade sourdough on hand
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It's December tomorrow
And I have homemade sourdough on hand
And I have homemade sourdough on hand
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It's December tomorrow
And I have homemade sourdough on hand
And I have homemade sourdough on hand
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
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Getting an Onion subscription is the best thing I did for myself this year
The second best was handing them off to my friend’s teenager after I’d read them
The second best was handing them off to my friend’s teenager after I’d read them
Here's a note I sent to our members about what we did with their money, and why we expect the Onion to outgrow the Washington Post.
We keep doing weird, hard shit — taunting ICE, yelling at Congress for not taunting ICE, buying bad websites — when nobody else does.
Our members keep getting papers.
We keep doing weird, hard shit — taunting ICE, yelling at Congress for not taunting ICE, buying bad websites — when nobody else does.
Our members keep getting papers.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Getting an Onion subscription is the best thing I did for myself this year
The second best was handing them off to my friend’s teenager after I’d read them
The second best was handing them off to my friend’s teenager after I’d read them
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Our friends at Uni of Sheffield economics department are organising a workshop showcasing research using admin data designed to inform education policy
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
Education Workshop programme final.pdf
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November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our friends at Uni of Sheffield economics department are organising a workshop showcasing research using admin data designed to inform education policy
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
🕕10am-4pm on Thurs 11th Dec, in person in Sheffield
Programme here: tinyurl.com/bdfawbxf
Sign up to attend for free here: tinyurl.com/yakxb9y6
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"If you look at job growth between January and September ... for the past 15 years, it's only been worse once, and that was during the pandemic ... It is the worst first nine months for the labor market in 15 years."
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How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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i’m not sure how but this is real antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10...
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i’m not sure how but this is real antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10...
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Postdoc call‼️
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Postdoc call‼️
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In the richest city in the richest country on the planet, the thing we can’t afford is to forget those who are left hungry.
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If you are a White House pool reporter and you don’t stick up for your fellow colleagues after Trump calls them “Piggy” or “Stupid” you are tacitly condoning his behavior and just as culpable at Trump.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you are a White House pool reporter and you don’t stick up for your fellow colleagues after Trump calls them “Piggy” or “Stupid” you are tacitly condoning his behavior and just as culpable at Trump.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
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This might be the most incredible road safety video you'll ever see.
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This might be the most incredible road safety video you'll ever see.
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Just updated Threadskeeter to work again 🎉
Its a minimal bluesky client that tries to make consuming really long threads easier
- Shows the full depth
- Collapse threads
- Optionally mark seen posts
- Threads by the same author go down instead of in (make a big diff)
Here is an example thread
Its a minimal bluesky client that tries to make consuming really long threads easier
- Shows the full depth
- Collapse threads
- Optionally mark seen posts
- Threads by the same author go down instead of in (make a big diff)
Here is an example thread
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just updated Threadskeeter to work again 🎉
Its a minimal bluesky client that tries to make consuming really long threads easier
- Shows the full depth
- Collapse threads
- Optionally mark seen posts
- Threads by the same author go down instead of in (make a big diff)
Here is an example thread
Its a minimal bluesky client that tries to make consuming really long threads easier
- Shows the full depth
- Collapse threads
- Optionally mark seen posts
- Threads by the same author go down instead of in (make a big diff)
Here is an example thread
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Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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💻 Laptops are great, but not during class. 💻
Laptops are the standard in classrooms. This needs to change.
New meta-analysis of 24 experiments shows that handwriting will lead to higher grades for students.
So this 2017 NYTimes op-ed by @dynarski.bsky.social is even truer today.
Laptops are the standard in classrooms. This needs to change.
New meta-analysis of 24 experiments shows that handwriting will lead to higher grades for students.
So this 2017 NYTimes op-ed by @dynarski.bsky.social is even truer today.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💻 Laptops are great, but not during class. 💻
Laptops are the standard in classrooms. This needs to change.
New meta-analysis of 24 experiments shows that handwriting will lead to higher grades for students.
So this 2017 NYTimes op-ed by @dynarski.bsky.social is even truer today.
Laptops are the standard in classrooms. This needs to change.
New meta-analysis of 24 experiments shows that handwriting will lead to higher grades for students.
So this 2017 NYTimes op-ed by @dynarski.bsky.social is even truer today.
Gift link
Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Gift link
Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
Added quite a few of these to my To Read list
Unusual number of vampire books for the vaunted NYT
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
A balmy 60 degrees here in Boston
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A balmy 60 degrees here in Boston
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
This is sabotaging my plan to use the porch as an auxiliary fridge for the holiday pr4ep
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea