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They really don’t. I had the valedictorian last year and he got a full ride to Dartmouth they only accepted 2 of his 12+ ap exams and he didn’t even show up to all of his senior exams

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The egos are wild to me. So many AP teachers I meet rely on their experience in AP classes in hs….as someone who was homeschooled i don’t get it and it’s ok to want something different

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AP is 100% the only way to experience freedom in design as a lit teacher in Texas. I am all for the critiques though. I wish I had the time and space to cover this in my dissertation, but basically you can’t adapt to a flawed, exclusionary system. It has to be rebuilt

I teach AP and it was the focus of my dissertation in 2023 and SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

I’m trying to find something smart to say about this, but my brain drain is so real I honestly struggle for words constantly.

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This is 100% political. We are underfunded. We don’t have enough staff. We don’t have effective people in leadership.

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My active time each day is always 15 hours or above. I clock in for work by 6:15am every day and don’t leave until after 8pm at the earliest.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

I’m in my 14th year teaching and this year I am teaching AP, running an advanced academics program, coaching three sports (2 head, 1 assistant coach), coordinating UIL grade checks for student athletes, and trying to enjoy my life.

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And that is why they are dismantling the structures for DEI in the US, particularly in education systems. Because kids were learning ideas that made it harder to turn them into genocidal drones who would look on or actively participate.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

I had a conversation with a DEI professional in another country last week, and y'all know I'm a critic of DEI as a framework, but she said something while discussing where the US is on the path to genocide: The goal of DEI work is to prevent genocidal ideas from taking root.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I am wholly captivated by East of Eden. I wanted to slow-read it, but I legitimately cannot stop turning pages… this is the first “kept me up all night” book I’ve read in quite a long time.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’ve finished Hell Bent and Angel Down…starting East of Eden, but Water is more about me taking the lessons in slowly.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m overly irritated that every time I order an iced americano I have to clarify that I don’t want milk or flavor. It is a black drink by standard, so yes that’s how I want it. This is my pet peeve, ok?

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I love this SMU-Florida State game with no technology. It shows who can work under adversity and who has really done the work to prepare for this game. Alignment and assignment mistakes will be glaring tonight.

dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

These 4 books are a *must* to finish before September ends…I have 3 others that I want to get through, but they may get pushed to October

Screenshot of the covers of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, How to Read Water by Tristan Gooley, and Easy of Eden by John Steinbeck with a text overlay reading September Reading List

dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’m opening it for the first time this week, too! “Big books” are my sanity during the school year!

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I just did a whole dissertation on bias in catalogues, and here’s the thing: the more you pretend a practice is completely neutral, not only is it more biased, but those biases are harder to spot. If you think machines don’t make this all worse, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

And I also recognize and am so thankful that I have the ability to do all of this and still have a roof over my head and food in my fridge and all the things.

dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Not what i usually post, but I just need to say that being 36 and single and working over full time and paying for everything and doing every chore, task, and errand while getting a masters and doctorate and having surgery, and having a muscle tear is expensive and exhausting.

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

and yet AI adoption is rarely given as a cause of the drops in reading and literacy in the youth....

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Back for season two with the linebackers! Never in my life did I think I’d be coaching boys football…. (I say it like that cause I also am the head coach of our girls flag team)

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Absolutely! I’m very excited to learn and step my game up this year!