Bruce D. Baker
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Bruce D. Baker
@schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Professor, Education Finance & Policy
Personal Website: https://schoolfinance101.com
School Finance Indicators Database: https://www.schoolfinancedata.org/
Books: https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/author/bruce-d-baker/
Time to start a "journal of unedited drafts/rants?"
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Safe bet if you can convince enough others to put down the Kool-aid. But I guess that's task #1. [I've certainly found a handful - small handful - of productive uses of LLMs across my work, each of which relies on what they are NOT]
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The thing is - understanding what LLMs are not and can't do is really helpful for identifying the limited applications where they can add value or save time.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
These guys are truly delusional about some greater time in 'merica when only white folk could fly - and only the men could buy the plane ticket on their own credit card - where racially restricted country clubs, and neighborhoods around them "flourished." (not that some of these have changed much)
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Public discourse on so many issues would be improved if using appropriately: price vs cost vs spending, including understanding inflation, or efficiency (and why, for example DOGE had nothing to do with efficiency - merely slashing spending not "cost", thus reducing services provided)
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And for pointing out that not everything tracks with or should be adjusted by the price of consumer goods. Head/desk!!!!!
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM