Christopher Huffaker

Data reporter @GlobeEducation. Erdős # of 3. Aider, abetter, and/or co-conspirator. Views mine, RTs not.

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

Demi Moore is almost french for half dead.

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

I love Prairie Fire the restaurant about as much as Devra but it must be said that they do not serve the Alberta classic celebration shot the Prairie Fire
https://t.co/gVmLfH3Uvf

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

@PseudoJonathan not me — my uncle had a reptile farm and even though i got bit by one of his snakes once i remained interested. so you can strike one of the list.

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

I've got some more data tidbits from our school absenteeism reporting in this week's (un-paywalled) newsletter. Give it a read. https://t.co/KEsqnrP1YO

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@Liamjsm as de gaulle once said

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@Liamjsm that's so cool

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

@vicvaiana i don't follow the logic. she could herself be responsible for the Republican turnout being strong. it's not exogenous.
the changing political demographics of florida are exogenous and she certainly gets credit for nearly overcoming them, to be clear.

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

Our third story on absenteeism: How ICE raids have reduced school attendance https://t.co/sDCh0nAX8d

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The second article in our series on the rise in school absenteeism https://t.co/WtD12sXrnn

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

Varsity sports have long encouraged school attendance with a simple rule: No class, no play.

But the rise of travel sports has flipped that incentive, particularly in wealthier communities. Its popularity has added fuel to a surge in chronic absenteeism. https://t.co/jGssE7FzrH

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

@isadesisto And chronic absenteeism is defined as missing 10% or more of school.

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@isadesisto Hi Isabelle — I'm happy to send you the story if you share your email. The two charts were not intended to tell the comprehensive story, just to bring readers to the story.

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@Lindakwert @BostonGlobe Thanks Linda! And thank you for your brainstorming/researching help.

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@MattZeitlin it's been that way for years https://t.co/pV2AmNNV3v

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@xenocryptsite Follow trends and you get Utah and Kansas and at that point it’s like, well, politics are impossible to predict long term

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

‘We can’t educate an empty chair’: Our new reporting on the absenteeism crisis. https://t.co/e4GkzSz0aO

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i will never tolerate nate silver disrespect

[Lakshya Jain @lxeagle17]

This is a wonks-only postmortem, so please forgive me for one more: I think @NateSilver538 used to say that he'd prefer you just use Classic in a competition.

But if you allow it (and we should!), then the best Brier Score model of the cycle is clearly Silver Bulletin's Deluxe.

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

it's like, well, politics are impossible to predict long term

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

@xenocryptsite Follow trends and you get Utah and Kansas and at that point it’s like, well, politics are impossible to predict long term

[Christopher Huffaker @huffakingit]

@PseudoJonathan least convincing one of these you've ever done

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@cthaxton7 they call it a kingdom for a reason

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unexamined non-sequitur between "laxity of education" and low graduation rates and school spending.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Striking detail in the big NYT piece on Taiwanese families adjusting to working at the huge new TSMC chip plant in Arizona: their surprise at the lack of rigor in US schools.