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Nicholas Tampio

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Professional news. On January 1, 2025, I will serve as the political theory field editor of the Journal of Politics. I am excited and honored by this opportunity.

The Journal of Politics: New editors

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A student just referred to Confucius and Machiavelli as "influencers."

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Enough is enough.

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Email from student: “Yesterday I received my second booster COVID-19 shot because of the new mandate. I’m currently not feeling well as my body is reacting to the booster therefore I won’t be able to attend class.”

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I cannot figure out why universities are implementing controversial mandates with minimal public health benefits (if any). People realize that the industry can collapse, right?

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Student email: “I got the bivalent booster yesterday, and unfortunately, am dealing with the side effects today.” This is a shameful chapter in Fordham’s history.

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A colleague from a southern university: "I’ve been at a school that’s been rather laissez faire about COVID, and my experience with that suggests we did it right."

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My email to the Johns Hopkins University alumni association. @JohnsHopkins @JHU_Alumni @MartyMakary

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I started writing this book in December 2019. I am immensely proud to hold it in my hands today. The book offers nuts and bolts advice about how to teach political theory. But it is really my account of how to think deeply about politics today.

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Today is a big day for Fordham. Parents, alumni, staff, family, and students say enough is enough to the bivalent booster mandate.

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A student just emailed me a question about the midterm and added: “I got the new covid booster on Thursday, due to Fordham unfortunately making it mandatory, and had a fever the next morning.” Why is Fordham doing this?

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5 years

Pleased to report that @FordhamNYC has promoted me to Full Professor!

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“As of May 15, Fordham will not require members of the University community or visitors to be vaccinated against COVID.”

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What is the plan to take down these signs?

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A parent wrote to me: "After all this nonsense with Fordham and [Ivy League school] where my son is, I can assure you, my youngest will NOT be applying in the northeast. So sad but I’m done with the insanity."

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Fordham is one of only 11 schools in the country with a bivalent booster mandate and the only one with a November 1 deadline. If you are Fordham faculty and concerned about this development, please read the petition and, if you agree with it, sign it.

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University professor here. It was awful teaching in a mask and yelling in an auditorium.

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The experience a university professor has masking for an hour in a graduate seminar and ordering coffee is very different from the experience a short-order cook has masking in a hot kitchen for 12 hours or a child has masking all day long at elementary school.

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I am delighted to report that @ElgarPublishing has brought out a paperback edition of Teaching Political Theory! This book gave me a chance to explain what political theory is and how to get a room full of young people arguing about ideas.

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Exciting news. I have signed a contract with @ColumbiaUP to bring out a new edition of John Dewey's Democracy and Education.

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“Many young people by now have been infected by COVID-19, the vaccines lack sustained transmission reduction, and the age of peak risk for myocarditis is young adults aged 16-17 years.” ⁦ @KevinBardosh ⁩ ⁦⁦ @KrugAlli ⁩ ⁦ @TracyBethHoeg ⁩

Johns Hopkins needs to drop its COVID-19 vaccine mandate | GUEST COMMENTARY

Given that nearly all colleges by now have dropped their mandate, Hopkins is an outlier in mandating a shot that does not prevent infections and has side effects. It is past time for Hopkins to dro…

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@anthonyocampo These all sound like they were said by the same person. Not one person said anything positive? Not one expression of gratitude?

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@conor64 @jtlevy : "Saying something obviously untrue, and making your subordinates repeat it with a straight face in their own voice, is a particularly startling display of power over them."

Authoritarianism and Post-Truth Politics - Niskanen Center

In response to the bizarre politics of 2016, the Oxford Dictionaries have selected as the word of the year "post-truth," a term that highlights how far we've come in the eleven years since Stephen...

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This is Fordham. @fordhamfamilies @NCM4Ever @FordhamNYC

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@BarackObama @ObamaFoundation @StanfordCyber I just listened to your speech. Trying to figure out what you mean by bugs in the Constitution. Would you like to revise the First Amendment or Constitutional norms about free speech?

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Feels great to hold the book in my hands. @FordhamNYC @FordhamPosc @ColumbiaUP

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Exciting professional news. I am the co-editor-in-chief of the new journal Comparative Political Theory (Brill). The journal aims to foster dialogue among intellectual traditions from across the globe to address vexing social and political problems.

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Myth: An AP course is like an authentic college course. Fact: The AP program is a cash cow for the College Board.

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NEW @EdProgress report details strategies states and districts can leverage to increase equity and success in AP coursework. Stronger/earlier prep, removing barriers to entry, and peer learning communities for students and teachers are a start.

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@EisenPress Just to confirm: the scandal is that the private sector mandate is in effect for everyone else?

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Should students be inside this summer addressing the manufactured crisis of learning loss? No. They should be visiting family, swimming, camping, learning a musical instrument, seeing friends: playing. @TrendingInEd

Kids Need to Play This Summer with Dr. Nicholas Tampio - Trending in Education

Dr. Nicholas Tampio, Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, joins Mike to discuss the importance of play in K12 education.

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@TheJusticeDept "there has been a disturbing spike." Evidence? "the rise in criminal conduct." Evidence?

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The first issue of Comparative Political Theory has been published! I am pleased that Michael Freeden wrote the lead article for the journal. @Brill_Social @BrillPublishing

Comparative Political Thought: What Are We Looking At?

Abstract Comparative political thought should focus on exploring and interpreting a flexible, pliant and mutating redistribution and re-assembly of political discourses of ideational and cultural...

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@medpagetoday My students did worse on the midterm than in any semester I can remember. Many got the booster close to the deadline. I assume that the anger, sadness, and feeling of powerlessness made it hard for them to concentrate on their studies.

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News coverage of today's protest. @fordhamfamilies @teacher_choice @NCM4Ever

Protesters at Fordham University rally against new 2-booster rule

The mandate was announced in the middle of the school year on Sept. 27, which many say is unfair.

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So many insights in @biblioracle ’s Why They Can’t Write ( @JHUPress ). A brilliant articulation of the writer’s practice. Like cooking, you learn by doing. And a refreshing debunking of education fads. Adaptive software is not personalized learning.

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@VETroeger @The_JOP @SPSAnews @HeikeKluever @indridih @MikiKittilson @CameronThies Congratulations to everybody! May I ask who will process the political theory manuscripts? It seems necessary to have a theorist on the team, someone who can continue the outstanding work of @jtlevy and @PolTheory .

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Political theory investigates the ocean flows of politics. What are these flows? How do you discover them? These are the questions I address in my new book on teaching political theory. Thanks to NASA for permission to use this awesome image on the cover.

Teaching Political Theory

‘This book is exceptionally impressive in its breadth – contemporary and historical, Western and non-Western, analytical and critical/continental. This is the future of political theory.’ – Adrian...

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Note from a Columbia University professor: “With everything that is now known about the vaccine, the university’s position is untenable. I hope your efforts will bring about a change in policy.”

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When writing my book on the Common Core, I took practice SATs to see what the standards mean in practice. People: these are not the skills that students use in college.

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Just took a practice SAT for the Reading and Writing and Language sections and woof, that was a bit of a struggle. The reading passages were deadly boring, with one exception where I learned that plowing fields at night suppresses weed growth.

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@valgeir @ProfJeffJarviss Thinkers, philosophers, authors, writers, people. Influencers is not wrong, just not a term that many academic use.

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There is a book to be written on how McKinsey consultants have wreaked havoc on education across the globe.

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1. If we truly care about the humanities, we have to not let the WVU story die. 2. And you wonder why many academics are so disgusted and angry by consulting/Bain/McKinsey? And the people who have worked for them and apply their reductive modes to humanistic thought ??

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Words that education reformers have (almost) destroyed: equity and excellence.

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It will take a big effort to undo the damage that Gates, Obama, Duncan, King, Bush, and others have done to American education. Removing David Coleman from his perch at the College Board is a start.

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Pleased to report that Fordham is hiring in comparative political theory. @APTOfficialNews @APSAtweets @theWPSA @PoliticalTheory @EJPTheory @ComparativePT

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A powerful case for theory in the political science curriculum. ⁦Thanks ⁦ @LayWilliams ⁩

Wither Political Theory at TCU?

Do I have an absolute obligation to obey a law that has wrongfully convicted me? Should we listen to what rich and powerful people have to…

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The Regents would like to thank the @gatesfoundation for the huge wooden horse.

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Thanks to @GatesFoundation for the generous $100,000 grant to support the information gathering phase of this initiative. #NYSGradMeasures

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Who is signing the Fordham petition? Biologists. Philosophers. Lawyers. Theologians. Business school faculty. People who work in facilities, the mailroom, and enrollment services. The bivalent booster mandate is a deeply unpopular policy.

Faculty petition to rescind Fordham University bivalent booster mandate

Dear President Tetlow: We are Fordham faculty members who oppose the recently announced requirement that all faculty, students and staff receive the bivalent COVID-19 booster. University leadership...

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My @FordhamNYC student sent me face masks for my family. If you’d like to donate so she may send masks to St. Barnabus in the Bronx, her Venmo is @lizduble

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@j_g_allen Vaccinated and boosted spread the virus. If that’s the case, why do you care if people around you are vaccinated and boosted?

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The new issue of Comparative Political Theory! If you are interested in race, take a look at the article on the Brazilian debate between Oliveira Vianna and Gilberto Freyre. @ComparativePT @Brill_Social

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I think the big standardized test is about as smart as bloodletting or leeches.

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Since the NAEP is postponed, we need to cancel all AP tests, NYS Regents exams and 3-8 assessments as well. #DoTheRightThing It's Official: National Test Is Postponed Due to COVID-19 Concerns

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A student wrote me a thank you and update for writing a law school recommendation. Another presented an outstanding paper on Janes Addams and the Refettorio movement. A third just asked me to supervise her research on migration and college students. I have the best job.

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Pleased, amazed, that my @aeonmag essay “Look up from your screen,” is in the @wwnorton Reader. Alongside essays by Maya Angelou, Frederick Douglass, and Ben Franklin.

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What are the best arguments for and against the Common Core? How does it affect instruction in literacy, numeracy, science, and social studies? Why are parents protesting it? For answers to these questions, check out my new book.

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So excited to read this new book on and by John Dewey. The introduction is brimming with insights, connections, and clear explanations of why Dewey remains a model for democratic public intellectuals. Well done @erictweber ! @ColumbiaUP

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I would like my scholarship to debunk the notion that the Common Core is "higher standards." The standards are performance expectations that can be tested on computers. They narrow and distort education. And they are still in place.

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Excellent critique of the College Board. "What should concern us is that a private company has its tentacles so tightly wrapped around a public education system most Americans consider a public good." @Slate @JonBoeckenstedt @DianeRavitch

The Shock Over What the College Board Did in Florida Is Missing a Crucial Fact

This new controversy is just the tip of the iceberg.

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A philosophy of language professor tweeted that something was "very obviously" the case. I asked them what is the difference between obviously and very obviously? They blocked me.

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I am proud of my Fordham colleagues who are signing this letter.

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You know what is agonizing for me? When I read a great article by a scholar who could not find a place in academia.

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@Tricia617 @DianeRavitch The Common Core standards themselves are part of the problem. The first ELA anchor standard demands that students "cite specific textual evidence," that is, provide text-dependent and text-specific evidence from text. In other words, CC leads to mind-numbing regurgitation.

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I’ve been reading John Dewey for a decade and it’s an honor to bring out a new edition of Democracy and Education. @ColumbiaUP

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I love writing for @aeonmag . I'm proud of all my essays, really, but this one went mega-viral.

Teaching grit is bad for children, and bad for democracy | Aeon Ideas

Grit is a dangerous virtue, elevating obedience and dogged conformity above thinking and inventing for oneself

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What a nice note.

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Proud to co-edit this journal.

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Now available, the first issue of the brand new journal “Comparative Political Theory”. The Editorial by @TK_Sakurai and @NTampio is in #FreeAccess Free access to all content for individuals! #politicaltheory

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Does a long walk count as exercise?

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@ToddZywicki @sgremminger A female student once told me that she was becoming a doctor because she wanted to be a mother who worked reasonable hours. Not the worst reason, is it?

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I have a good life.

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@Binxthewonderc1 @AvaKofman (1) I received an email at the same time and had the same thought. (2) How does OZY have a million FB followers? I have not seen a friend share an OZY article. (3) Why do many recent OZY posts have <10 likes? Something doesn't add up.

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Reading Sextus Empiricus can change your life. You see holes in dogmatic arguments. You fold modesty into your speech. You cherish the right of minorities to disagree with majorities. I am grateful to have published this essay in @aeonmag #10yearsofaeon

Scepticism is a way of life that allows democracy to flourish | Aeon Essays

The desire for certainty is often foolish and sometimes dangerous. Scepticism undermines it, both in oneself and in others

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This was @educationweek 's most read opinion essay in 2018. For good reason! @MikeHynes5 's makes the reasonable point that kids need recess and free play to flourish. But it is a revolutionary demand to rethink the purposes and style of schooling.

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Again: absolutely insane that colleges are mandating this booster.

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One month later. Per CDC data, only 21% of U.S. purchased bivalent doses have been distributed, and 79% of those are not yet administered. Just 2.3% of U.S. citizens have received the injection.

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A sophomore wants to do an internship this summer. Is it responsible to suggest he do something more fun like be a camp counselor? You'll have plenty of years to work in an office.

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In New York, Ian Rosenblum worked for a pro-testing outfit. Now, he's the point person for the Biden administration on testing. cc @LIOptOut @DianeRavitch via @Chalkbeat

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Forcing kids to read before they are ready is a terrible idea and practice. #commoncore

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The developmentally inappropriate practice of pushing kindergartners to read is still a thing during the pandemic. It doesn't have to work this way.

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“Fruit for thought.” Do I correct the student?

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One of my favorite things to do is sit in a circle and discuss political theory and I get to do it for a living.

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Fascinating account of Hannah Arendt's writing routines. I would have loved to take her seminar on Thinking. by @Samantharhill

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Is there a big audience for this kind of article? Anyhow, I am glad to read it.

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My Journal of Politics article on democracy and national education standards (ungated) #CommonCore #edchat

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@AFTunion @rweingarten If teachers are tired and exhausted, I hope that they take the summer off. Same goes for kids.

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Why political theory rather than political philosophy? For clues, look at Hannah Arendt's syllabi and lecture notes. @Samantharhill

Political theory

Hannah Arendt's courses on "The History of Political Theory" and "What is Political Philosophy?"

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Having the best birthday.

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Check out the new issue of CPT. Articles on Bissau-Guinean political thought, Confucian perfectionism, and African-American political thought and a democratic canon. @ComparativePT @Brill_Social @emmasmackinnon @ClaudiaFavarato @FordhamPosc @MRogers097

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Big gathering? No problem. Butter chicken, dal makhani, saag paneer.

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In How Schools Work, @arneduncan explains how he researches opposition to the Common Core: "a simple Google search" (p. 144). Too bad he didn't find anything by @DianeRavitch . Here's her @nytimes op-ed: cc @PCunningham57 @palan57 @carolburris

Opinion | The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students (Published 2016)

I thought a national curriculum would promote equity. But it does the opposite.

www.nytimes.com

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@nellkduke Maybe we can, but why? I teach college students who have been educated under the Common Core and do not read for pleasure or outside of school. Let's stop, in @ReadingShanahan 's words, teaching the hell out of children.

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How Gates Foundation's push for 'high-quality' curriculum will stifle teaching via @ConversationUS @DianeRavitch @leoniehaimson @YongZhaoEd @pasi_sahlberg @palan57 @Network4pubEd @NYSAPE @lapham_katie @MikeHynes5 @Lmh822

How Gates Foundation’s push for ‘high-quality’ curriculum will stifle teaching

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is on a mission to get schools to adopt a “high-quality” curriculum. But the effort will constrain teachers and stifle creativity, an education scholar argues.

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Tim nails it. Gates "proceeds from a precarious position, not just because of his thin credentials, untested solutions, and stunning financial conflicts of interest, but because his undemocratic assertion of power."

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As #Billionaires position themselves as leaders & saviors on #ClimateChange , #BillGates , naturally, leads the pack. In his new book he seems to declare himself our new #ClimateCzar . @johncusack are you seeing this?

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My hero @DianeRavitch ! At Class Size Matters dinner celebrating 2015 test refusal movement. Thanks @leoniehaimson ! http://t.co/03P7CUCBvU

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@kalmanlafer @Tom_Newkirk @leoniehaimson The first ELA reading anchor standard demands that students “cite specific textual evidence.” People have been citing evidence for millenia. What is distinct is that students must provide text-dependent and text-specific answers, i.e regurgitate. It’s a mind numbing pedagogy.

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Fordham University faces opposition over its COVID-19 double-booster mandate.

Fordham University faces opposition over its COVID-19 double-booster mandate – Bronx Times

Heading into the 2022-23 school year, all of New York's public and private university and college systems rolled back much of their COVID-19 mandates and

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What to do w/ kindergarteners who haven't learn to read? @ReadingShanahan : "teach the hell out of them." 1st: this ignores that children develop at different rates. 2nd: it makes kids hate reading & school. @DEY_Project @ECEPolicyWorks @DianeRavitch

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Thrilled to receive an advance copy of my new book. Order a copy today! #education #CommonCore @FordhamNYC @UMinnPress

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@ggreenwald Same feeling. I was talking with the philosopher Jason Brennan about this. Two decades ago, the left tended to protest employers restricting speech. Now, many leftists want employers to fire employees for speech outside of the workplace.

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I appreciate @Musa_alGharbi 's critique of ideology tests in higher education. "When institutions declare a particular ideology to be central to their work, and require aspiring employees to proclaim agreement, they select for rhetorical compliance."

DEI Statements: Compassion Filter or Ideological Test?

Limitations of Mandating DEI Statements: Screening for Opinions Risks Undermining University Work in Teaching, Research, and Mentoring.

heterodoxacademy.org

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Nicholas Tampio

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Professors, please don't make students watch hour+ long videos of you talking.

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Always exciting to get an @APSAtweets acceptance. I'll be presenting a paper on "Teaching Comparative Political Theory: A Case Study of Machiavelli and Han Feizi."

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Nicholas Tampio

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I was reading a book this morning in which every sentence had too many words and lines. I think that many academics would benefit from doing journalism on the side.

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“Any halfway-decent professor knows how to read the room mid-lecture and adjust. That is literally impossible to do with recorded lectures, and next to impossible to do synchronously on Zoom.” I feel this, ⁦ @dandrezner ⁩.

Perspective | Some politically incorrect thoughts about remote teaching

No, it's not as good as in-person instruction.

www.washingtonpost.com

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