Alex Hyres
@hyres376.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the History of US Education at the U of Utah | AERA Division F Secretary: https://shorturl.at/NvyTG | Preorder my forthcoming book, Protest and Pedagogy: https://shorturl.at/8bDqN | Opinions my own.
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My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
This framing makes it seem as though AI is inevitable. The lack of critical engagement about the limitations of AI in teaching and learning, not to mention the questions about ecological impact are really disappointing in this moment particularly from a labor leader #edtech #education #edsky
AI is already in our schools, but teachers must help shape how it’s used. When screens pull kids’ attention in every direction, we can’t afford tools that make things worse. Glad to attend the @eduinternational.bsky.social Global Conference on AI to fight for educators’ voices to guide this work.
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This framing makes it seem as though AI is inevitable. The lack of critical engagement about the limitations of AI in teaching and learning, not to mention the questions about ecological impact are really disappointing in this moment particularly from a labor leader #edtech #education #edsky
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A group of teens have revived their lawsuit challenging Utah’s fossil fuel and energy policies, alleging they are harming the climate and their health: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A group of teens have revived their lawsuit challenging Utah’s fossil fuel and energy policies, alleging they are harming the climate and their health: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
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My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
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The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The administration is extorting universities for billions of dollars and attempting to destroy free speech, academic freedom, and independent thought but the Atlantic talked to a few professors at elite universities who think the problem is that some students need a little extra time on exams
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Some of the greatest hits by the Utah GOP, all in one article:
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Some of the greatest hits by the Utah GOP, all in one article:
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
This is why we need Nate Blouin in Congress for Utah. I know he will work on real problems and offer real solutions. #utpol #utah
In Congress, one of my top priorities will be securing substantial funding and regulatory changes that strengthen current efforts to save Great Salt Lake to actually meet the severity of the crisis. This is a multibillion dollar problem that we're not going to fix by ourselves.
The dust blowing from the dry bed of the Great Salt Lake is creating a serious public health threat, two environmental nonprofits warn, that policymakers and the scientific community aren’t taking seriously enough.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book, Protest and Pedagogy: Charlottesville's Black Freedom Struggle and the Making of the American High School, will be published soon. To learn more about it, see the attached flyer. To pre-order the book, go here: www.ugapress.org/978082037530... #histed #edhist #history @ugapress.bsky.social
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attn: @histedsocuk.bsky.social @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social @activehist.bsky.social
The latest History of Education Quarterly is now online. In this thread, I'll post non-paywalled versions of the whole issue.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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attn: @histedsocuk.bsky.social @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social @activehist.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @aefpweb.bsky.social
The latest History of Education Quarterly has an incredible forum addressing the dismantling of the US Department of Education.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's not enough to hold a supermajority in the state legislature, the governorship, or in the U.S. Congress. They want total power without any dissent. #utleg
Ain't no other way to say it: Republican utleg are a bunch of whiny, power hungry taint warts throwing tantrums.
Utahns deserve honest and fair representation. Republicans want to stay in power with their stranglehold on citizens at any cost and any means.
Utahns deserve honest and fair representation. Republicans want to stay in power with their stranglehold on citizens at any cost and any means.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's not enough to hold a supermajority in the state legislature, the governorship, or in the U.S. Congress. They want total power without any dissent. #utleg
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You know what to do!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You know what to do!
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"Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function. (...) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios."
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Ultimately, the collective strategy of AI companies threatens to deskill precisely those people who are essential for society to function. (...) automation of knowledge and culture by private companies is a worrying prospect – conjuring dystopian and outright fascistic scenarios."
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It's a big deal. Florida has swallowed whole the Bill-Bennett-warmed-over school principles of the Heritage Foundation.
But here's the thing: The "Phoenix Declaration" wants to ban climate-change science, but its wording leaves plenty of room to ban denialism.
www.fldoe.org/newsroom/lat...
But here's the thing: The "Phoenix Declaration" wants to ban climate-change science, but its wording leaves plenty of room to ban denialism.
www.fldoe.org/newsroom/lat...
November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's a big deal. Florida has swallowed whole the Bill-Bennett-warmed-over school principles of the Heritage Foundation.
But here's the thing: The "Phoenix Declaration" wants to ban climate-change science, but its wording leaves plenty of room to ban denialism.
www.fldoe.org/newsroom/lat...
But here's the thing: The "Phoenix Declaration" wants to ban climate-change science, but its wording leaves plenty of room to ban denialism.
www.fldoe.org/newsroom/lat...
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If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
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Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want. bsky.app/profile/phil...
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the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the thing that strikes me about this — again, besides it being false — is the venom and disrespect for the people who come here to work and build better lives. they aren’t “servants.”
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As @jamellebouie.net often points out about the right wingers ruining UVA they want a worse school in exchange for it being whiter.
3️⃣ We find white children exposed to academies fared worse as adults.
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
📉 Human capital index ↓ 0.04 SD
📉 Economic self-sufficiency ↓ 0.06 SD
This evidence suggests White families may have sacrificed educational quality to maintain racial segregation.
11/12
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As @jamellebouie.net often points out about the right wingers ruining UVA they want a worse school in exchange for it being whiter.
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Nnnnnnnnnope.
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
[gift link:]
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
[gift link:]
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nnnnnnnnnope.
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
[gift link:]
No conservative intellectual can say they just didn't think to distance themselves from their violent and racist right wing.
Since Buckley, that has been their whole thing.
[gift link:]
It's such a great project! I'm excited to see this work out in the world and for scholars in education, history, and econ to learn from it #histed #edhist @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
Absolutely! My work would not have been possible without them and benefitted from reading their work. Bruckman, Stern, Orfield, and Lassiter, just to name a few… Amberly Sheffield is a history doctoral student at Ole Miss who also does great work in this area and @hyres376.bsky.social gave advice!
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It's such a great project! I'm excited to see this work out in the world and for scholars in education, history, and econ to learn from it #histed #edhist @aeradivf-history.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.