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@SenTinaSmith Totally rational decision though you will be missed, and not just by Minnesotans, but also by former Minnesotans. Andrea and I send our best to you, Archie and your growing family.

I’ve decided not to run for re-election to the Senate in 2026. This job has been the honor of a lifetime. For the rest of my term, I’ll work as hard as I can for Minnesotans and our country. Thank you so much, Minnesota.

@theharkyp The dead people in Greenwood cemetery sent in absentee ballots to Chicago.

Don’t tell me that Brooklyn is progressive when theres a giant neighborhood in the middle that doesn’t even bother to show up to vote

If only that education could teach him humility.

In the past decade, enrollment is down in 85 of the 100 largest public school districts in the US. Chart below shows some of the steepest declines. Demographics, school choice programs & other factors are contributing to this & it is an opportunity as well as a huge challenge.

So this seems a helpful chart given the concerns about immigration. For about half a century, we experienced an annual immigration at a rate of ~13-15% of the population and it didn't destroy our country.

I have generally been staying away from X given my concerns about its owner, but I have to give credit where it is due. This "catch" is amazing. I remember when it was the NASA that used do such things. washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

"What drives teachers is being in a community of like-minded individuals who are good at what they do and want to get better. Teachers like the community aspect of teaching." Steve Robinson full of wisdom in this piece.edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Ed Week report. 60% of Americans today say that they would NOT support their children becoming public school teachers. in 1969 that number was 25%. The implications for our future are dire. edweek.org/teaching-learn…

It has been over 3 months since I last posted here & I continue to view the platform w/ great ambivalence b/c of, well, the owner, yet I miss the connections I had here. LinkedIn is good for postings of more substance but X is easier for some things so I'm tiptoeing back in.

"Some kids in our college-prep programs need more difficult demands with greater intensity, and others are damaged by them. Our task, then, is to properly differentiate. Between healthy and unhealthy rigor." bit.ly/4ao4SpX

"Equality is essential for sustainability. The science is clear — people in more-equal societies are more trusting and more likely to protect the environment.." from Nature 3/12 issue. Look at us, look at U.S.!

@fasc1nate A Chinese artist creates stunning 1,650ft ladder in the sky with fireworks in tribute to his grandmother 🙌🏼

How many of us "substitute busyness for real productivity"?newyorker.com/culture/office…

2:52am at @FirstAvenue …I can’t leave the stage

As good and pithy a definition of an independent school as you can find. 2/2 harvardmagazine.com/2024/03/americ…

Derek Bok in the latest Harvard Magazine, "In 1957, Justice Felix Frankfurter.... set forth what he described as the four essential freedoms of a university: to decide who will teach, what they should teach, how they will teach, and who should be admitted to study." 1/2

"...has led us to conclude that our holistic admissions approach to identifying the most promising students, regardless of their background, benefits from a careful consideration of testing information as part of their application package." send.dartmouth.edu/apd2524?ecid=A…

"the fact remains that in literature there abide major hopes for human renovation.” Mark Edmundson from Why Read? as quoted in this inspirational article from David Brooks. nytimes.com/2024/01/25/opi…

When it comes to élite, "Americans tend to root for the adjective and resent the noun." From the superb New Yorker article by Evan Osnos. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…