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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love New York because of course my martini at the Sri Lankan restaurant came with a dosa garnish.

Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

3) Teens were less likely to report negative effects of cell phone restrictions at the end of the year than the beginning. In particular, while almost half of teens said restrictions negatively affected their happiness in the fall, by the spring this was down to about a quarter.

Teens were less likely to report negative effects of cell phone restrictions by the end of the school year.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

2) BUT, the increase in use was less in schools that had a bell-to-bell ban, suggesting that these policies are working to reduce cell phone use, even when not fully enforced. Use went from 25% to 35% of students in schools with bell-to-bell bans. In schools without bans, use went from 32% to 50%.

Cell phone usage increased more in schools without a bell-to-bell ban.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Gosh if only there was some body of individuals tasked with writing new laws to help solve our social problems.

Congress members wrote they are concerned that current MLB rules allow the use of personalized content from players to "drive vulnerable fans into debt and addiction."

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Who could possibly have imagined except any person with a single functioning brain cell.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My annual week (slash month) of maximum homosexuality has come to end. The rest of the year I’ll just be very gay rather than exceptionally gay 🥲.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Eating chicken breast in Premium Select be like

Kramer saying “this is a perfectly sane food to eat”

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

If you had given me just the names of the categories I could have told you this is what I was! But a cool quiz for funsies.

The quiz classified me as a loyal liberal

I am a loyal liberal, not one of the other 8 categories.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

California Teachers Need More Curriculum-Related Support, Especially Coaching (and the state's own prior policies point the way toward a promising model).

Graph showing that California teachers consistently receive less curriculum-focused support than teachers nationally.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

California teachers perceive their existing instructional materials as inadequate, especially in terms of student interest, engagement, and curriculum relevance.

Graph showing that California teachers are more negative about the adequacy of their curriculum materials than teachers nationally.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Three quick findings: California districts and California teachers don’t get much guidance about curriculum adoption or implementation. There is substantial room for both state and district leaders to exercise more authority over curriculum.

Graph showing that many California teachers--often more than national averages--report using "curriculum materials I create myself" at least weekly.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I think I’ve been hate crimed by delta’s upgrade list.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Sharing this picture from the AERA reception for no particular reason.

Me (looking jacked) with colleagues at the AERA reception.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Four lovely days in 🇨🇭, powered by 🍫 and ☕️.

Me with wine in front of a church in Bern.

Me at the Lindt factory in front of a whisk dripping chocolate.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The snowman. Little does he know his head will explode tomorrow.

A picture of the snowman at the Zurich parade

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Excited to give the opening keynote at the LEAD Graduate School retreat. My second time visiting Germany and presenting to this wonderful group of scholars. Looking forward to the collaborations that ensue.

Agenda for the LEAD Graduate School retreat

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Ok this is a good title (and important research)

“Yes Virginia, there really was a Mississippi miracle”

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

All the most important news right at the top

NYT website - Trump calls to wipe out Iran, Melania's Easter outfit

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This graph from today's @mattyglesias.bsky.social post about women and marriage is amazing.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This email was not sent to me but was sent to someone else who was quoted in an article as being meh on cursive.

I will teach my grandchildren to write in cursive. If you don't like it, you can FUCK OFF!

YOU DISGUSTING, EVIL, NAZI SCUM!

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Cool great that was an excellent use of dozens of out of my time last year. Thanks DOGE!

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Third, student engagement, grades, and mental health are strongly related to the amount of absences they have. For instance, kids flagged on a mental health screener report missing 50-100% more days than those not flagged.

Teens flagged on a mental health screener miss much more school than those not flagged.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Second, though there are some less common reasons for missing school, among children who miss at all for those reasons, they often miss many days. Teens who have to care for siblings for instance, or who are suspended, miss lots of days for those reasons.

Among teens missing school for rarer reasons, they often miss school for many days.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Now the findings. First, virtually everyone misses some school for illness, but teens miss school for lots of different reasons, and simple excused/unexcused binaries miss a lot of important detail.

Top reasons that parents and teens report teens missing school

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Here was the view from our rooftop this morning in the hills of Puerto Vallarta. Hoping this will all turn out ok and that there will be minimal loss of life and we will be able to get home soon.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

When it’s Shrove Tuesday and your husband wakes you up saying “do you have the ingredients for pancakes?” you make do.

NYT lemon poppy seed pancakes with Greek yogurt

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I spent four days in the cold and snow in NYC, barely escaping, and that was enough winter for me. Thank you, Los Angeles.

A ten-day forecast showing highs in the 70s and 80s.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

If you’re trying to set a new Sunday NYT crossword record, tomorrow’s is the one to do it (though I missed my best by a bit, I think only my second time sub-9).

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Why I’ve sold AI to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook School Districts!

The Simpsons character Lyle Lanley superimposed on the Time Magazine people of the year cover.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Celebrating 20 years of @dqcdata.bsky.social with new and unprecedented levels of dad.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Obligatory Christmas market selfie

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Great to convene with my project team in Nashville along with the rest of the Gates Foundation AIMS grantees working to improve math education!

Posing in front of the Nashville skyline

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

More evidence that conferences should go to a range of fun places (I strongly encourage you to keep the sound off)

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

You go on a few game shows and you get the most bizarre casting emails. Anyway, if any of my followers are aliens, you should apply.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Joel + wine + golden retrievers = all I really need

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Third, parents still have decided mixed views about AI in schools, with about half thinking it can help learning but about 60% saying it is cheating and can harm skill development.

Bar graph showing parents have mixed views on AI in schools.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Second, there is a growing income gap in reported use of AI, with wealthier parents more likely to report their kids are using AI and a gap that has widened since we asked the same questions last year.

A bar graph showing increased AI use among affluent families

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My post about visiting the Stahl House got deleted and I’m reposting because it’s so beautiful but also because this picture Joel took of me is proving very popular.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I really need to be paying my therapist royalties, because he's now 2/2 in getting me to talk myself into writing books. Look for #2, out early 2027 from Oxford--tentative title: "Miseducated: How We Can Fight Bad Ideas and Improve Schools Through Better Education Policy"

A snippet of the contract for my new book!

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