Jen Jennings
@jenjennings.bsky.social
All things K-12 education policy. Professor @PrincetonSPIA & Sociology; Director, Education Research Section.
A better college pitch for boys than learning and earning
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A better college pitch for boys than learning and earning
"Why, after all, would anyone want to deny an abused or neglected home-schooled child the comfort of knowing that at last, at some point, someone will come to check on them?"
Home schooled kids are not all right. By a former home schooled kid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Why, after all, would anyone want to deny an abused or neglected home-schooled child the comfort of knowing that at last, at some point, someone will come to check on them?"
Education Studies minor!
Newest minors include Computing, Society and Policy, forthcoming Education Studies
The faculty meeting on Dec. 1 saw a unanimous vote to establish a new minor in Education Studies, following the approval of the minor in Computing, Society, and Policy at the end of last spring semest...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Education Studies minor!
Nice to see @mememedianmode.bsky.social's oral exams profiled here!
I had big dreams of doing @andrewdeanho.bsky.social's Conversational Celebration of Learning, but with 52 kids, I ultimately decided I was in over my head. Maybe in the future with a smaller class.
I had big dreams of doing @andrewdeanho.bsky.social's Conversational Celebration of Learning, but with 52 kids, I ultimately decided I was in over my head. Maybe in the future with a smaller class.
Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT.
To AI-proof exams, professors turn to the oldest technique of all
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Nice to see @mememedianmode.bsky.social's oral exams profiled here!
I had big dreams of doing @andrewdeanho.bsky.social's Conversational Celebration of Learning, but with 52 kids, I ultimately decided I was in over my head. Maybe in the future with a smaller class.
I had big dreams of doing @andrewdeanho.bsky.social's Conversational Celebration of Learning, but with 52 kids, I ultimately decided I was in over my head. Maybe in the future with a smaller class.
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"The humanities prepare students not just to get a job, but to keep it and excel while doing so."
In an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Princeton's Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett makes the case for why a humanities degree is a smart investment: https://bit.ly/48ge5CZ
In an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Princeton's Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett makes the case for why a humanities degree is a smart investment: https://bit.ly/48ge5CZ
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"The humanities prepare students not just to get a job, but to keep it and excel while doing so."
In an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Princeton's Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett makes the case for why a humanities degree is a smart investment: https://bit.ly/48ge5CZ
In an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Princeton's Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett makes the case for why a humanities degree is a smart investment: https://bit.ly/48ge5CZ
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December 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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butterfly effect, if this comes to pass: Mahmoud plaintiffs taking "Violet blushed hot" out of context leads to measles outbreaks in NY.
The Supreme Court vacated a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upholding New York’s vaccine mandate, which does not allow for religious exemptions, and told the lower court to reconsider it in light of the Mahmoud decision: www.chalkbeat.org/2025/12/11/s...
Could a Supreme Court decision on inclusive storybooks change school vaccine laws?
New York got rid of religious exemptions in the face of disease outbreaks — then Amish parents sued. Now the Supreme Court wants the 2nd Circuit to take another look at the vaccine mandate case in lig...
www.chalkbeat.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
butterfly effect, if this comes to pass: Mahmoud plaintiffs taking "Violet blushed hot" out of context leads to measles outbreaks in NY.
Do peer countries allow these learning conditions? I feel like this wouldn't fly in Japan or Finland.
Recent data: "we do have an issue w/mold. The only thing I have been able to remedy this situation is to keep the air condition on 60 degrees. That makes it extremely cold in the classroom...on 70 the mold smell begins....kids are always complaining about it, but it's either that or the mold"
Profs & K12 teachers make wild adaptations to deal w inadequate resources. We should capture them. I'll start
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Do peer countries allow these learning conditions? I feel like this wouldn't fly in Japan or Finland.
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There are only a couple of people on earth who can tell us what Hell is really like, and they are whoever was on a transcontinental flight within earshot of 64-year-old Bill de Blasio’s 5-hour-plus conversation about his fathering a baby
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
There are only a couple of people on earth who can tell us what Hell is really like, and they are whoever was on a transcontinental flight within earshot of 64-year-old Bill de Blasio’s 5-hour-plus conversation about his fathering a baby
In 1998, during pre-service training, they put 2 gigantic desktop computers in the classroom and it was supposed to revolutionize everything. We are living through the same nonsense.
Related: 2,739 Ed Tech Tools Later, Where Are the Outcomes? www.the74million.org/article/2739...
2,739 Ed Tech Tools Later, Where Are the Outcomes?
Mir: The call is simple: Buy what works, build for impact and hold everyone accountable to outcomes.
www.the74million.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In 1998, during pre-service training, they put 2 gigantic desktop computers in the classroom and it was supposed to revolutionize everything. We are living through the same nonsense.
Profs & K12 teachers make wild adaptations to deal w inadequate resources. We should capture them. I'll start
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
I admit I left out the set-up step where you take the blackboard erasers and use them to prop the windows that do open to bring in some cool air and reduce the temp from 90 to hopefully something more comfortable and to do so at least 30 mins before class starts 🤪
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Profs & K12 teachers make wild adaptations to deal w inadequate resources. We should capture them. I'll start
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
I admit I left out the set-up step where you take the blackboard erasers and use them to prop the windows that do open to bring in some cool air and reduce the temp from 90 to hopefully something more comfortable and to do so at least 30 mins before class starts 🤪
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Profs & K12 teachers make wild adaptations to deal w inadequate resources. We should capture them. I'll start
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
➡️Pilfered pens via career fairs & doctors offices (Ms. Jennings, what's McKinsey? Who is Viagra?)
➡️Brought own 🧻
➡️Brought 2 stools from apt to NYU classrm (short 2 chairs in 50 stu lecture)
@joshua-goodman.com your move
Previous snowplow naming contest winners include
Control-Salt-Delete
Edward Blizzardhands
Taylor Drift
Mac N Freeze
Snow B Wan Kenobi
Sherlock Snowmes
Sled Zeppelin
Control-Salt-Delete
Edward Blizzardhands
Taylor Drift
Mac N Freeze
Snow B Wan Kenobi
Sherlock Snowmes
Sled Zeppelin
Do you have a kid in school in Mass?
It's time to have them name a snow plow! Contest closes Friday!
www.mass.gov/name-a-snowp...
It's time to have them name a snow plow! Contest closes Friday!
www.mass.gov/name-a-snowp...
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
@joshua-goodman.com your move
Previous snowplow naming contest winners include
Control-Salt-Delete
Edward Blizzardhands
Taylor Drift
Mac N Freeze
Snow B Wan Kenobi
Sherlock Snowmes
Sled Zeppelin
Control-Salt-Delete
Edward Blizzardhands
Taylor Drift
Mac N Freeze
Snow B Wan Kenobi
Sherlock Snowmes
Sled Zeppelin
Do you have a kid in school in Mass?
It's time to have them name a snow plow! Contest closes Friday!
www.mass.gov/name-a-snowp...
It's time to have them name a snow plow! Contest closes Friday!
www.mass.gov/name-a-snowp...
www.mass.gov
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Previous snowplow naming contest winners include
Control-Salt-Delete
Edward Blizzardhands
Taylor Drift
Mac N Freeze
Snow B Wan Kenobi
Sherlock Snowmes
Sled Zeppelin
Control-Salt-Delete
Edward Blizzardhands
Taylor Drift
Mac N Freeze
Snow B Wan Kenobi
Sherlock Snowmes
Sled Zeppelin
Reposted by Jen Jennings
At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.
December 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.
A well-done explainer on IQ tests, their predictive power ("they do a good job of predicting future performance-but not potential"), as well as their limits as predictors ("If circumstances change, outcomes may change too.")
New article with Eric Turkheimer: "What Do IQ Scores Mean?" www.aft.org/ae/winter202...
Ask the Cognitive Scientist: What Do IQ Scores Mean?
www.aft.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A well-done explainer on IQ tests, their predictive power ("they do a good job of predicting future performance-but not potential"), as well as their limits as predictors ("If circumstances change, outcomes may change too.")
Reposted by Jen Jennings
The 3rd annual lecture in my sister Mona’s name @medstarhealth.bsky.social was delivered last month by the great vaccine scientist @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social on “Global Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Climate Change, Megacities, and Anti-Science". Video now posted at: vimeo.com/1144358830
Dr. Peter J. Hotez, "Global Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Climate Change, Megacities, and Anti-Science"
The third annual Dr. Mona Aryaneh Mahboubi Global Health and Pediatric Infectious Disease Endowed Lecture, held at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, November…
vimeo.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The 3rd annual lecture in my sister Mona’s name @medstarhealth.bsky.social was delivered last month by the great vaccine scientist @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social on “Global Vaccines and Immunizations in a Time of Climate Change, Megacities, and Anti-Science". Video now posted at: vimeo.com/1144358830
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Important reality check from @mattbarnum.bsky.social on the oft-heard refrain that loosening admissions at selective schools will harm the lower-scoring students who get in by setting them up for failure.
Research shows precisely the opposite: those students see real benefits.
Research shows precisely the opposite: those students see real benefits.
New —
What the internet backlash over rising remedial math at UC San Diego misses: Yes, it's a problem that math scores are going down, but selective, well-resourced universities are arguably best equipped to help students catch up.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/what-the-i...
What the internet backlash over rising remedial math at UC San Diego misses: Yes, it's a problem that math scores are going down, but selective, well-resourced universities are arguably best equipped to help students catch up.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/what-the-i...
More UC San Diego students need remedial math — but is that a problem?
A UCSD report said the school should reject students who struggle with math, but researchers have found that those students are likely to benefit from an elite education.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Important reality check from @mattbarnum.bsky.social on the oft-heard refrain that loosening admissions at selective schools will harm the lower-scoring students who get in by setting them up for failure.
Research shows precisely the opposite: those students see real benefits.
Research shows precisely the opposite: those students see real benefits.
The US would be a better place to grow up if you couldn’t post on social media until 16.
Australia’s world-first social media ban begins as millions of children and teens lose access to accounts
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The US would be a better place to grow up if you couldn’t post on social media until 16.
"Immigrants comprise nearly 20% of the child care workforce in the U.S. This paper studies the impact of a major immigration enforcement policy, Secure Communities (SC)....we find that the program reduced children’s participation in center-based child care programs."
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Immigrants comprise nearly 20% of the child care workforce in the U.S. This paper studies the impact of a major immigration enforcement policy, Secure Communities (SC)....we find that the program reduced children’s participation in center-based child care programs."
Jessica Brown also found that NYC UPK "reduced the capacity for children younger than 2 years old at private child care centers by 2,700 seats, and this decline was not offset by an increase in provision in the home day care market. The entire decrease in capacity occurs in areas with high poverty"
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Jessica Brown also found that NYC UPK "reduced the capacity for children younger than 2 years old at private child care centers by 2,700 seats, and this decline was not offset by an increase in provision in the home day care market. The entire decrease in capacity occurs in areas with high poverty"
EdChoice voucher bros, perennially on fire abt public school spending accountability, say This is Fine:
"On any given day, Florida’s education department did not know where 30,000 students were going to school and could not account for the $270 million in taxpayer funds it took to support them."
"On any given day, Florida’s education department did not know where 30,000 students were going to school and could not account for the $270 million in taxpayer funds it took to support them."
How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How Florida lost track of 30,000 students, a ‘cautionary tale’ for vouchers
The state’s auditor general found “a myriad of accountability problems” in the nation’s largest voucher program.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
EdChoice voucher bros, perennially on fire abt public school spending accountability, say This is Fine:
"On any given day, Florida’s education department did not know where 30,000 students were going to school and could not account for the $270 million in taxpayer funds it took to support them."
"On any given day, Florida’s education department did not know where 30,000 students were going to school and could not account for the $270 million in taxpayer funds it took to support them."
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Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Every time Butker misses a field goal, a woman gets a PHD.