by @jonbecker.bsky.social
A feed for all things PK-16 education. Includes professors of education, K-12 educators, and people who study education.
Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats Hey Pete Hague-seth: Here's my refugee/immigrant dad (RIP) working with admitted woman Margaret Hamilton (RIP) at Draper Lab. Getting Apollo to the moon n stuff. Tell me again how immigrants and women make America weaker?
Diana Laufenberg I call this weather ominously comfortable... Three straight days in the 80s, in the middle of Oct in WI. Taking advantage!
Benjamin Riley Casual reminder that Stuart Ritchie, a scientist who currently works in Anthropic’s comms department, once wrote this bizarre defense of Francis Galton, the racist godfather of eugenics.
Daniel A Collier, PhD How have the financial circumstances of households using income-driven repayment (IDR) changed between 2022 and 2025? Tonight, I examined changes in household debt, income, wealth, homeownership, and financial security. Some interesting—and concerning—trends. See the graphic below.
Daniel A Collier, PhD Yea, you probably don't want to see this...
Prof Dynarski Have determined that, if Max gets locked in the pantry, Ruby will not stand loyally by meowing to attract attention to his plight. Rather, she investigates, mutters “Idiot,” and then snuggles in with Ziggy
Chelsea I'm making progress on this tapered scarf, finally. I had several set backs and rows of frogging but I think it's pretty and has a great squish. 🧶
Michael Bees busy along the bay today.