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Sherman Dorn

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Personal account, historian of education policy

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2h

* not a mandate

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2h

Oh thank you!

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2h

Local news is so important.

Can I persuade you to avoid using “news desert” when “news void” is both more descriptive and more accurate?
-your friendly neighborhood guy who lives in a desert, which has lots of life

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2h

49.7% of voters. Too many. Not a majority, DEFINITELY it a mandate!

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 3h

I’m shocked (not surprised).

I’m assuming (hoping) the legal defense of gAI as “transformative work” in copyright cases immediately wipes out the protections of CDA section 230. May she sue OpenAI and recover millions of

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 3h

Whoever helped @itsafronomics.bsky.social: you did some good today. Generosity makes the world a better place.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 4h

Update: I’m on the flight lol — in 6 hours I’ll either be in London or in the London airport. Pray for me lol

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 13h

The absolute worst case scenario for my trip to the UK just happened and I need help.

TLDR: Delta has a policy where passports have to be valid for at least 6 months prior to international travel. Unfortunately, my passport is below that threshold and they are refusing to let me board the plane.

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 6h

Well, that’s his wish maybe but I wouldn’t accede to it 😉

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 6h

… and I hope they don’t

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 7h

There are plenty of beautiful spots wealthy people could buy up!

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 7h

In their gaze we don’t exist, Wil. We are the Ninja Generation

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 7h

“We don’t need no stinkin’ executive function”

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 7h

It’s all antifa—haven’t you heard of #Resistance bands??

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 7h

Alas, the @theonion.com piece applying this to one of Oprah’s creations isn’t yet on the web, only in the last issue I received.

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 7h

That’s how I read it, no worries

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 8h

I didn’t fail to get the job because of my gaffe. And Jon’s a great education historian

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 8h

Oh. Cape Cod. Or Bedford, Nova Scotia?

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 11h

"Froggy Went to Portland" gave me a big smile. Let it do the same for you.

Froggy Went to Portland

YouTube video by Daniel Kelly Folk Music

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 11h

Fabulous!

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 11h

Very good!

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 12h

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 11h

He was the department chair when I interviewed at NYU in early '96. (Jon Zimmerman got the job.) Among other things, I discovered (through my gaffe) that he loved Neil Diamond. Or at least, "What's wrong with Neil Diamond? strongly suggested it.

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 11h

Yes

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1d

Contempt is the universal poison of relationships

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 1d

So many things evil about the Vought-directed RIFs, and especially in OSERS, on multiple levels.

Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d

I'll be in Rhode Island for a conference. Aaargh!

Have a lovely time when in Arizona!

Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 2d

Yesterday's @nepc.bsky.social newsletter had a wonderful remembrance of David Berliner, along with photos that showcase his full personality. Thank you!