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Robert Henderson

@roberthendersondc.bsky.social
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Student and sometimes practitioner of housing and education policy. Represent Ward 5 on the DC State Board of Education (personal account)

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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What if...? the Pirates had a full season of Cruz and Griffin... alas.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Equity does not mean "the same."
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
AI could never.
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Aru @aru.io · 26/02/2026
DC folks! There's an important school safety NOI out for Langdon Elementary. If you could take a minute to to express your strong support for converting the timed one-way to a permanent one-way (with a contraflow bike lane to narrow the road to boot), please do! tinyurl.com/langdon-oneway

All school traffic safety advocates on deck!
Help Make Langdon ES Safer!!

Deadline: March 16, 2026 CLICK TO LEAVE COMMENT

➡DDOT is proposing to convert the time-limited one-way on the 1800-1900 block of Evarts St NE into a permanent one-way

- To ensure this actually calms traffic, we must push DDOT to include a contraflow bike lane - a proven tool that meaningfully narrows the drive lane and reduces unsafe driver behavior.

• Langley ES received this same newly permanent one-way + contraflow treatment in 2022, pictured above.

• This school-street model helps manage pick-up/drop-off traffic more safely and should be a standard, low-friction solution across DC.

- Now is the moment for school communities across the city to stand with Langdon ES! The more unified our voice, the easier this becomes everywhere.

Comment at tinyurl.com/langdon-oneway by March 16th!!
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If anything I could say that this cab was _________ ?
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 04/01/2026
"increased funding for counselors led to large increases in high school graduation and measures of school climate. The policy also led to more modest gains in California high school exit exam performance and some public college enrollment rates." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
Expanding school counseling: The impacts of California funding changes
Counselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and consequential education choices, but most students have limited access…
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 26/12/2025
🚨🚨🚨New working paper! 🚨🚨🚨 "Learning by Doing (Together): Collaboration and Teacher Skill Formation" Do workers genuinely learn from collaboration, or just benefit while working together? I study teacher partnerships to find out. Paper: john-fallon-econ.com Presenting at #ASSA2026 #EconSky 1/10
Event study graph showing student test score differences before and after teachers first co-teach. The line shows parallel pre-trends near zero, then jumps to approximately 0.04 standard deviations above zero in years following co-teaching, with confidence intervals shown blue bars.
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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinn.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Rich people threaten to leave of you raise taxes, but most won't. There's a great book on this from Cristobal Young that breaks this down.
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The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight | Stanford University Press
In this age of globalization, many countries and U.S. states are worried about the tax flight of the rich. As income inequality grows and U.S. states consider raising taxes on their wealthiest residen...
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Yet more evidence on the importance of HVAC and indoor air quality on student outcomes. Proud of SBOE Student Rep. Anna Mayer for her leadership in bringing attention to this issue in DC.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
CM Pinto and Rep. Chang about what we've heard from teachers: thedcline.org/2025/02/19/b...
thedcline.org
Brooke Pinto and Allister Chang: Keep cellphones out of the classroom
Government has a fundamental responsibility to provide an excellent education to the next generation. To meet the moment, we must get cellphones out of the classroom and empower our students to learn ...
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
thedcline.org/2019/05/23/r...
thedcline.org
Robert Henderson: Our children know they’re attending segregated schools. We need policies that will bring equitable integration.
A couple of weeks ago, my 7-year-old son asked me a heart-wrenching question: “Dad, are schools still segregated?”My son attends a racially and socioeconomically diverse public charter school in Ward ...
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
washingtonpost.com
Perspective | The keys to ensuring a new anti-redlining initiative succeeds
History offers some pointers for government regulators.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
No one told me that parenting would involve this much super glue.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Snow day reading: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
hechingerreport.org
Tutoring may not significantly improve attendance
Lessons learned from a study of D.C. students
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
DC Education morning reads: The US Commission on Civil Rights on Special Ed in DC www.usccr.gov/files/2024-1... And Betsy Wolf on school ratings:
usccr.gov
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
If you want to know if a study provides valid evidence of whether a policy or practice has a causal impact on outcomes, look for: 1) a control or comparison group 2) control for pretest 3) independent outcome measures #EduSky #EdResearch
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If you like Friendsgiving, wait till you experience Thanksfriending (coined by my 10yo).
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Beyoncé C&C Music Factory Dave Brubeck And…that’s all I got. Maybe a high rarity score though?
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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
cool new @nepc.bsky.social brief on voucher impacts: nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...
nepc.colorado.edu
The Fiscal Impacts of Expanded Voucher Programs and Charter-School Growth on Public Schools: Recommendations for Sustaining Adequate and Equitable School Finance Systems
The U.S. Department of Education has projected enrollment declines over the next decade, leading to budget cuts for school districts, which will be particularly impactful in urban and rural areas serv...
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“The humanities are about thinking.” Well said, Victoria Chen. #HoyaSaxa
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Andrew S. Kelly @askellyphd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Inspired by Dr. Oz’s nomination to CMS, here’s my “as seen on TV” federal health policy leadership team: Secretary of HHS: Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper. Qualifications: Experience overseeing a large bureaucracy and highly skeptical of fluoridation
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Care about student attendance and outcomes? Care about HVAC.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I always read and recommend Dr. Wolf, even when it is deeply depressing.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Ok, I admit that I forgot about this platform for over a year, but now that the party is really starting, I hope I can reconnect with the good people I met in the bad place. DC (especially Ward 5), housing and education policy, historians (especially modern US), Hoya and Pirates fans, find me!
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Rachel Louise Moran @rachellouisemoran.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I have a new piece in Time today! About the important role of celebrities in postpartum depression awareness, but how it also often accompanies conservative ideas about selfless motherhood. time.com/7134456/cele...
time.com
How Celebrities Changed the Postpartum Depression Narrative
The backlash to Cardi B's post-baby behavior was decades in the making.
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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S. "bond authorization significantly raises test scores" "spending on infrastructure renovation and upgrades, such as HVAC or roofs, raises test scores" www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 29/02/2024
to all who celebrate
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 11/02/2024
I neither drink nor carouse, and yet I find myself identifying with Jimmy McNulty more and more.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
First voluntary pants day since spring. I am not sad about it.
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
At school, my 4th grader got to choose a word to describe himself. He picked “nerdy,” which he defined as “very good at something.” #ProudNerdDad
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Robert Henderson @roberthendersondc.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
By Ward 5 education expert and advocate, Qubilah Huddleston: edtrust.org/the-equity-l...
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