Kevin Mahnken
@KevinMahnken
Education journalist @The74 Sir leads the troops/Jealous of youth/Same old suit since 1962
🛑 Developing new assessments 🛑 Researching student loan information and repayment 🛑 Understanding outcomes for our youngest learners Just a few of the critical Federal education R&D activities that have been impacted by sweeping cuts. Read more: the74million.org/article/back-t…
We need a Pigouvian tax on dog ownership until we can figure out what the hell is going on here
There are too many dogs in American cities. Not just in parks, but in grocery stores, restaurants, and strollers. The urban dog has gone from companion to cultural force—and it’s reshaping how cities work. 🧵
Telling people about Angela Davis's actual life — facilitating the murder of a judge, making friends with Erich Honecker, giving political cover to Jim Jones — is like filling them in on Bill Cosby's record pre-2014. Not sure how she's managed to stay respectable
Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think my alma mater should be rewarding someone with an honorary doctorate when what she is "eminent" for is her enthusiasm for brutal violence against innocents and her collaboration with evil totalitarian regimes. 1/
Read the Q+A all the cool kids are talking about! the74million.org/article/the-la…
Fantastic piece Kevin. I think this interview will be read for years to come
On the case for going bold, learn more about the big moves transforming HISD—and the big results to match. Read the full story: the74million.org/article/the-la…
Don't they have these on Con Air
For your Friday afternoon entertainment. Spotted in the airport this week. Lol. Who is like “you know what I need on a plane? A Snuggie Straitjacket, that’s what!”
Very hard to ignore once you spot it
I've never observed as much explicit anti-Semitism as I do now. While it's still mostly at the fringes — polling shows the great majority of Americans still express warmth toward Jews — the fact that it's thriving on the fringes of BOTH the left and the right should worry us.
I know, I know, I'm a luddite, but it was great when the churlish regulars chased Google Glass users out of San Francisco bars, and I very much hope that a similar thing happens with this thing
Thanks to @JohnArnoldFndtn for reading/citing my interview with @HISDSupe Mike Miles: the74million.org/article/the-la…
Nearly everyone has given up on urban K-12 reform. Politicians no longer talk about it. There's but one city, Houston, attempting wholesale reform and early results are incredibly promising. Cities from across the US are starting to pay attention. In 2023, after years of falling…
Some lit journals pay nothing. Today, appreciatively, I received a modest check from @utulsa for this poem, which appeared in @NimrodJournal last month. Editor-in-chief @BorisDralyuk and his excellent young staff put out a first-class journal that respects the folks it publishes.
“These results are unheard of.” #HISD is proving what’s possible for Black and brown students. Schools going from failure to excellence. Kids excited to learn. And still, a loud handful cry crocodile tears from the sidelines. Why is academic success always so triggering?
I've seen enough
UPDATE: Sources tell WRAL that Roy Cooper has made a decision on his political future: He *will* run for US Senate. An official announcement is expected in the coming days. wral.com/story/cooper-t…
Never heard of most of these, and a substantial number of the ones I've heard of stink
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Great article @the74 regarding @HISDSupe and his admin and school teams "swiftly rising student achievement." ..."Black and brown kids challenged by poverty and language barriers can rise to high expectations."---quickly. 🧵#edcolo #howarethechildren #supechat