Ben Hoff
@hoff.zone
💪 Empower the Youth 💪
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🔬 Science Teacher
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🔬 Science Teacher
📈 Data Specialist
🖥️ Web Developer
This is not science. Autism is not a disease. There is no epidemic.
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is not science. Autism is not a disease. There is no epidemic.
“Evolution has primed our minds to understand death by a tiger. Our mind finds it much more difficult to understand death by a document”
- Yuval Noah Harari
- Yuval Noah Harari
April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“Evolution has primed our minds to understand death by a tiger. Our mind finds it much more difficult to understand death by a document”
- Yuval Noah Harari
- Yuval Noah Harari
“The tendency to create powerful things with unintended consequences started not with the invention of the steam engine or AI but with the invention of religion.”
-Yuval Noah Harari
-Yuval Noah Harari
April 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“The tendency to create powerful things with unintended consequences started not with the invention of the steam engine or AI but with the invention of religion.”
-Yuval Noah Harari
-Yuval Noah Harari
There’s no need for self-awareness when your political strategy is “ignore context; lie about everything”
I can't be the only one who thinks these people are doing the Nazi salute in this AfD poster.
February 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There’s no need for self-awareness when your political strategy is “ignore context; lie about everything”
“Please pray for those affected by our actions”
January 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Please pray for those affected by our actions”
He did it more than once.
More reminders that, to America, the only thing scarier than fascism is socialism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMtd...
More reminders that, to America, the only thing scarier than fascism is socialism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMtd...
WATCH: Elon Musk salutes during President Trump inauguration rally
YouTube video by WTHR
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
He did it more than once.
More reminders that, to America, the only thing scarier than fascism is socialism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMtd...
More reminders that, to America, the only thing scarier than fascism is socialism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMtd...
Pretending to lower the price of eggs while raising the price of prescription drugs will definitely make this country great again. Just wait. That money will trickle back down... Trust.
Trump has rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14087, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” which included things like lowering state Medicaid costs for the most expensive therapeutics, reducing Medicare payments for proven drugs, and creating a flat, $2 Medicare copay for generic drugs
Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination
Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination.
www.statnews.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Pretending to lower the price of eggs while raising the price of prescription drugs will definitely make this country great again. Just wait. That money will trickle back down... Trust.
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It’s really hard to freak out about students using AI as a shortcut to learning in an education system with so many educators bragging about using AI as a shortcut to teaching.
December 20, 2024 at 1:32 PM
It’s really hard to freak out about students using AI as a shortcut to learning in an education system with so many educators bragging about using AI as a shortcut to teaching.
I really want to be excited for AI to open up new education opportunities.
But... "students need tutors" feels, at best, like a misunderstanding of the actual issues schools face. At worst, it's a straw man built to sell a product and convince investors they're making an impact.
But... "students need tutors" feels, at best, like a misunderstanding of the actual issues schools face. At worst, it's a straw man built to sell a product and convince investors they're making an impact.
I really think people (especially well-intended ones) underestimate the transactional nature of education right now and how this is pouring gasoline on that fire.
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-kha...
www.cbsnews.com/news/how-kha...
Sal Khan wants an AI tutor for every student: here's how it's working at an Indiana high school
Anderson Cooper headed back to school with Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, and creator of the AI tutor Khanmigo. The tool is helping students and teachers alike, and evaluating Cooper's middle ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:22 PM
I really want to be excited for AI to open up new education opportunities.
But... "students need tutors" feels, at best, like a misunderstanding of the actual issues schools face. At worst, it's a straw man built to sell a product and convince investors they're making an impact.
But... "students need tutors" feels, at best, like a misunderstanding of the actual issues schools face. At worst, it's a straw man built to sell a product and convince investors they're making an impact.
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I'm starting to think that maybe this Milton Friedman character was not a good guy!
More Milton Friedman on forced desegregation:
"'How in principle' was there any difference between 'forcing this particular change [integration] in the context of tastes and values and those which, for example, Hitler wanted to enforce?'"
"'How in principle' was there any difference between 'forcing this particular change [integration] in the context of tastes and values and those which, for example, Hitler wanted to enforce?'"
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I'm starting to think that maybe this Milton Friedman character was not a good guy!
Reposted by Ben Hoff
What Banksy says…
December 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM
What Banksy says…
“Opportunity to learn, practice, and grow” might not be far off
Question for #EduSky
How would you define education?
How would you define education?
November 29, 2024 at 2:58 PM
“Opportunity to learn, practice, and grow” might not be far off
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An Ohio HS principal was placed on administrative leave over a newsletter sent to school staff which began w/ a reflection about the election outcome.
"In the letter, she said 'struggled this week to find the right words' about what to say regarding the outcome."
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
"In the letter, she said 'struggled this week to find the right words' about what to say regarding the outcome."
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
Olentangy Orange HS principal placed on leave over message to staff after Trump victory
The Olentangy Orange principal was placed on administrative leave after a letter she sent to school staff regarding President-elect Donald Trump.
www.dispatch.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:51 PM
An Ohio HS principal was placed on administrative leave over a newsletter sent to school staff which began w/ a reflection about the election outcome.
"In the letter, she said 'struggled this week to find the right words' about what to say regarding the outcome."
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
"In the letter, she said 'struggled this week to find the right words' about what to say regarding the outcome."
www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
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"Promoting curiosity in children, especially those from environments of economic disadvantage, may be an important, under-recognized way to address the achievement gap. Promoting curiosity is a foundation…that we should be emphasizing more when we look at academic achievement." - Dr Prachi Shah
October 15, 2024 at 6:14 PM
"Promoting curiosity in children, especially those from environments of economic disadvantage, may be an important, under-recognized way to address the achievement gap. Promoting curiosity is a foundation…that we should be emphasizing more when we look at academic achievement." - Dr Prachi Shah
Decentralized finance is “DeFi”
Does that make this “DeSo”? ⛽️
Does that make this “DeSo”? ⛽️
November 14, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Decentralized finance is “DeFi”
Does that make this “DeSo”? ⛽️
Does that make this “DeSo”? ⛽️
Is there a secondary ed starter pack, but that’s like deeply into tech, pbl, and disrupting the system?
November 14, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Is there a secondary ed starter pack, but that’s like deeply into tech, pbl, and disrupting the system?