Great thread on yesterday’s oral argument. Delighted that at least one justice (Gorsuch) read our brief. But, as Cam points out in detail and with receipts that was a…weird and disappointing argument full of blind alleys and imprecise questions and answers.

“If the court ignores a clear historical record merely because it is inconvenient for a political cause favored by its conservative members, it will move one fateful step closer to losing its public legitimacy.” @ehutt.bsky.social and Aaron Tang

Late update, but excited to share I successfully defended my dissertation on April 1–and no one’s said April Fools yet. Big thanks to my advisor Dr. Lauren Sartain and committee @drconstance.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social @danielklasik.bsky.social & Steve Hemelt for their support the past 5 yrs!

Proud to sign this amicus brief for the OK religious case. W/ @ehutt.bsky.social @scribnerumcp.bsky.social & Steven K. Green. The history's clear: The Founders believed "funding religious instruction would foment civic strife and damage school administration." www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

"Given the persistence of chronic absenteeism, this book should be on the shelf of every principal, school administrator, and policymaker in the country.” —@ehutt.bsky.social on RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM by @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social‬ https://bit.ly/3ZKYXbk

This Monday (3/31) at 12 PM ET, be sure to join HEP authors @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social for a free, Monroe C. Gutman Library-hosted book talk on RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM! This event will be moderated by @ehutt.bsky.social. Register here: https://bit.ly/4k1uuyI

Wonderful thread on the history of federal education data collection

Nice to see all the education research orgs put out a joint statement calling for Congress to safeguard the (Congressionally established) IES and NCES I would have liked to see them underscore the historical dimensions a bit more (surprise!) 1/ www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...

On Monday, 3/31 at 12 PM ET, join @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social for a virtual talk on their book, RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. This event is hosted by the Monroe C. Gutman Library, moderated by @ehutt.bsky.social, and is free to attend! https://bit.ly/4k1uuyI

cc: @ehutt.bsky.social @johannneem.bsky.social @nrooks.bsky.social @adamlaats.bsky.social @ansleyerickson.bsky.social @hyres376.bsky.social @redheadmenace.bsky.social @scribnerumcp.bsky.social @rgoransdotter.bsky.social

To my historian followers: do you have any favorite resources you share with students doing archival work for the first time?

Agreed that this is a great post. Cancelling data collection is terribly stupid and goes against the aim of federal involvement in education going back to 1867 (and to 1950s for longitudinal data)…

Is there a database where someone can see IES funding by location of the research site. As people try to communicate how widespread the reach of this research is it would be useful to point to concrete examples.

I disagree with Checker Finn far more often than i agree with him, but this one he has spot on: fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...

If you need a good laugh: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/was...

And if you enjoy this essay, you should know @scribnerumcp.bsky.social has a substack open.substack.com/pub/campbell...

A superb meditation on moral education. “Romantic educators are not wrong to celebrate children’s creativity and potential. Rather, their mistake is to pull those qualities away from the existential commitment & moral seriousness that give them meaning & in which the soul takes root.”

This is an imp point (in a great thread). Our paper we argues that the history is clear: states could *but didn’t have to* (as a constitutional matter) fund religious school. The history doesn’t have to be dispositive for you, but we should be clear about what it is. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

1/ Another Free Exercise/Establishment Clause case, this one years in the making! The Court just agreed to hear St. Isidore v. Drummond, which asks whether Oklahoma can establish a Catholic charter school (as the state charter board did) or not (as the OK Supreme Court ruled).

Can we get the supercut of the Mahomes roughing the passer penalties with the hits Allen and Jackson took today? 🙏🙏

1/ The Supreme Court just agreed to hear Mahmoud v. Taylor, about LGBT curriculum & opt-outs. It should be a helpful ruling, but not for any of the reasons that the two sides have outlined. A quick 🧵:

“Grief comes and goes to the flow of an unknown and unknowable tide. In the face of this, with a new year before us, we may ask: Aren’t there things we’re supposed to do? Like stages or some such? No. There are not.” www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/01/faci...

Shot in the dark but: ~6mo ago I heard a short radio segment on NPR (may have been world news hour) on children deciding to leave their families to become Jain monks. I cannot find the clip anywhere. Did anyone else hear this segment? Know where I can find it? (And, yes, I’m working on my syllabus)

If you want to squeeze a last session into your #NCTE, come chat about what’s wrong with the way we grade and test our students and what we might do about it…

If you’re going to be at #NCTE tomorrow, come here me talk about my book “Off the Mark How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don’t Have To)” Sunday 9am! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Calling all historians of education: History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education." I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access. 1/n

Does your library have @jackschneider.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social’s recent book? Good stuff in it! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

"A is for Arson" offers an alternative history of American education, interpreting property destruction as a form of political resistance, aesthetic self-formation, and pure chaos. It’s a fun read! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

You already have an AI-detection software: it’s called a grammar check. Until ChatGPT introduces comma splices into its answers, cheating will continue to be easy to spot…. <sigh>.

@jackschneider.bsky.social and I had a great chat about our book with the Nat Malkus of AEI. If you prefer to consume our book by podcast rather than print, you're in luck, we covered some new ground in this one: www.aei.org/podcast/etha...

Reposting my WaPo piece with @ehutt.bsky.social about grade inflation (this time with a gift link that should give everyone access). Our argument: you can’t simply insist that educators “get tough.” Grade inflation isn’t about teachers being “soft.”

If you're enjoying our book (Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning), you may like this chapter that @ehutt.bsky.social and I wrote a few years ago: "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate: Educational Assessment in the United States." Free version here ⬇️

Don’t take it from me, take it from Nature that my book with @jackschneider.bsky.social is worth a read: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Enjoyed the engagement with our book…we don’t agree with Rick on everything but the more people thinking and talking about how to improve grading and testing the better.

If you're interested in assessment and the (mostly negative) ways it shapes the process of education, you'll enjoy this conversation. @ehutt.bsky.social and I sat down with Rick Hess to talk about our new book, Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine learning (But Don't Have To).

Just had my wisdom teeth taken out so I am here for your favorite soup recipes. Please and thank you. 😩

If you’re curious about our new book but not sure you want to commit to buying it, give a listen to the pod and decide!

🚨Job Alert 🚨 - please share with your networks UNC School of Ed is hiring for not one but two positions in qualitative methodology. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/264874 Come with me and my amazing colleagues!!

ICYMI: The entire first chapter of my new book with @ehutt.bsky.social is posted *for free* on the Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

The Washington Post is running a FULL CHAPTER excerpt from my new book with @ehutt.bsky.social, and it appears to be non-paywalled (at least today). www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Don’t have a big reach here yet but: If you're a PK-16 educator interested in re-thinking assessment so that it advances student learning...my colleague Jack & I have a book for you: offthemarkbook.com Here's the deal: Get a book club together & we'll join you virtually for one of your meetings!

To address the COVID crisis in the new school year, we have to focus on improving regular school-day teaching and learning with things we know work--tutoring, summer school, and other supplemental interventions just won't cut it. themessenger.com/opinion/why-...