I looked at the research around banning smartphones in school last October. There are reasons to be skeptical about enforcement, but the general effects seem to increase engagement and achievement the74million.org/article/bannin…

Hoping the notoriety now being enjoyed by squatters can revive interest in the criminally unwatched tenant-from-hell drama Pacific Heights youtube.com/watch?v=JidGAt…

Reminder that activists pushing for more resources for disadvantaged and low-performing schools routinely cite...test scores and the achievement gaps they reveal the74million.org/article/the-ac…

More movement on school choice: The South Carolina House just voted to make private school vouchers — up to $6,000 — universal. If the state Senate goes along, SC will be the 13th state to go universal postandcourier.com/politics/vouch…

So over-exposed to gambling propaganda while watching games with my dad that I almost long for the return of the erectile dysfunction commercials at this point

Pandemic learning loss could cost the U.S. $31 trillion, according to a new analysis from Stanford University by Kevin Mahnken The 74 the74million.org/article/lost-l…

School Choice Activist Jeff Yass May Have Prompted Trump’s About-Face on ⁦@TikTok_us⁩

“He is facing more than half a billion dollars of legal judgments, as well as felonies,” Bart Epstein wrote. “He needs major donors to fund his re-election campaign.” the74million.org/article/school…

This is well-observed, particularly the point about the rise of travel leagues and one-sport athletes. The rising costs also keep some kids from participating, as Robert Putnam warned in Our Kids: youtube.com/watch?v=ZpsfmR…

Commendable, innovative, meticulous, intricate, notable and versatile…

Maybe after a couple of centuries of using GPT to sound sophisticated English will revert back to French.

An unexpected upside of generative AI.

Just got fired by my fourth shrink for insisting that Hoover's translation of De re metallica puts him in the top 10 easily

Why did Trump flip on TikTok sale? Kevin Mahnken zeroes in on GOP megadonor Jeff Yass, top funder of the private-school voucher cause, who owns ~7% of ByteDance, 'shares recently valued at $21 billion, accounting for most of his net worth of $28 billion.'
the74million.org/article/school…

School Choice Activist Jeff Yass May Have Prompted Trump’s About-Face on TikTok - new from Kevin Mahnken via The 74: the74million.org/article/school…

Lost Learning = Lost Earning, an Equation that Could Cost the U.S. $31 Trillion - new from Kevin Mahnken via The 74 the74million.org/article/lost-l…

New from me: Intriguing clash of Republicans and parents' rights activists in Florida as Ron DeSantis weighs whether to allow America's strictest social media ban to become law the74million.org/article/social… The 74

The most eye-popping nugget in Hoover Institution paper on the long tail of the pandemic: compared to other nations, Mass. — the state with the best U.S. math scores — would rank 16th. 'That doesn't seem good to me,'' Eric Hanushek tells Kevin Mahnken The 74 . the74million.org/article/lost-l…

New from me today: A Hoover Institution analysis from economist Eric Hanushek shows big states like California, Texas, and Florida at risk of losing $500-plus billion in future growth thanks to COVID learning loss the74million.org/article/lost-l… The 74

New from me: Florida Republicans passed a ban on social media accounts for kids under 16. Ron DeSantis, who has raised concerns about the bill, has to decide whether to sign or veto it the74million.org/article/social… @the74

New from yours truly The 74. Are you a teacher who loves your subject and holds your students to high standards? Congratulations! You’re a movie villain.

the74million.org/article/lesson…

Second woman murdered at Ivy City Hotel in less than a year

Still no movement on a ceasefire. I wrote about why teachers' unions and other groups are pushing for a settlement in Gaza the74million.org/article/teache…