New CALDER Center working paper looking at how the RELATIVE effectiveness of teachers changed when moving from in-person to remote instruction (in the pandemic). There are some surprising (counter to my intuition) findings, but you'll have to read it! caldercenter.org/publications/t…

Survey invitation says "The feedback you provide is extremely valuable" but then doesn't offer any payment for my time? Hmmm

Oh.

Bears have learned to open doors in Sierra Madre, 'just like Jurassic Park' latimes.com/california/sto…

Multi-year open-rank cluster hire in quant methods (mentioning psychometrics) USC Rossier. Nice to see a rough salary range, too, rather than forcing applicants to use databases or whisper networks. $125,000-$135,000 Assistant $160,000-$175,000 Associate $200,000-$240,000 Full

"Obama's Common Core"; exciting to see Corespiracies still persisting in the wild from time to time.

We are hiring USC Rossier! We are looking for an open-rank professor of quantitative methods in education in any of our concentration areas (K-12 policy, higher education, educational psychology, teacher education). Share and apply: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angele…

One case where the world's most annoying media critics Actually Have A Good Point for Once is that the handling of Trump hacked documents is extremely inconsistent with the handling of the Clinton hacked documents in 2016.

On this Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist scandal, it's not the heat, it's the hypocrisy: eduwonk.com/2024/09/the-bl… Eduwonk

Many of you in ed policy research know Adam Kho and his husband Bradford, two of the best people I know. They're going through a really tough situation as they build their family. If you have a few dollars to spare, it could go a long way: gofundme.com/f/support-brad…

The prior equilibrium of “hard enough to gamble that all of sports fandom doesn’t turn into degeneracy, easy enough to gamble that it doesn’t turn into some terrifying black market” seemed pretty fine

When I sent the evidence on sports gambling to the Kentucky state senator who proudly boasted that he led the charge to legalize it there (and berated me for supporting restrictions on people's freedoms), he oddly didn't respond to my email. Sad!

Whether it’s the drag queen attacks or the Haitian immigrant attacks, they’re always telling on themselves.

Great post with helpful tips on who to donate to in the waning days of the election. // The candidates who need your money the most, by Matthew Yglesias open.substack.com/pub/matthewygl…

This Nebraska GOP state senator could become the person who heroically saves us from MAGA. But Democrats, note—a case study of the need for a big tent: lifelong Dem, ex-firefighter, pres Omaha AFL-CIO, this spring votes for 12-week abortion law, Dems censure him, switches to GOP.

The tone of the adjuster when he asked "I can release that deductible payment for you now if you'd like?" was breathtaking. Are there lots of folks who want the insurance company to hold onto their money for them in perpetuity?