Noah Mackert

Homemaking. Formerly Director of Intervention at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools. he/him

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

I wrote about how teachers were represented by artists on the Left in the 1970s, as represented in books by eccentric publisher Harlin Quist. All now out of print. https://t.co/A2tmiW7gFk

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@mpershan @Paul__Bruno Agree. And to be a critical consumer of research requires a foundation in statistics and methods. That shouldn’t be required of classroom teachers. But I think district level decision-makers should be research-fluent.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@californiapost Another story about a place I’ve just been. I suppose it’s always useful to understand how the rivers form and that they are cold. But the “urgent warning” is from 2023, and the drowning happened far from Yosemite.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@californiapost Runyon Canyon has not become a violent hellhole.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@hayesdavenport This is great. This is the kind of thing I want to be reading.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@karinchenoweth @educationgadfly That's a good point. They are also beautiful.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@Ed_Realist I must have followed you as a fellow educator, interested in revealing to the public what only those engaged in the great and difficult work of teaching can know, but I see it was a mistake.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@karinchenoweth @educationgadfly Happy to report that my kiddos learned to read an analog clock here in Los Angeles! But they aren't great at it because they never really have to do it. I think there may be a great deal of content that is technically covered, but with less depth.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@happyshell77 https://t.co/5Oso6TpPux

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@happyshell77 Beautiful. We saw it in West Hollywood as well!

[Lauren Wilford @lauren_wilford]

people often post this stuff to imply that moral panics about the technologies of the past were quaint. But the past is full of reminders that we are on a long, slow march away from embodied experience, and that we’ve lost more of it than we can even remember

[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)

[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

Another obscure corner of the Education Department is scheduled to lose funding this week. https://t.co/sALlJOb09n

[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

.@GovBoard just voted (reluctantly) to kill several NAEP exams over the next 10 yrs. Cuts: 1) No Long-Term Trend NAEP at all until 2033. 2) No 4th grade science in 2028 and no 12th grade science in 2032. 3) Writing scrapped altogether. 4) No 12th grade history in 2030 (1/4)

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@hubermanlab @pmarca Used to skip home after an eve at the club. In Williamsburg, many years ago. Attracted positive energy every time. Like I was walking a golden retriever.

[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

The stats agency inside the Education Dept dates back to 1867. It is supposed to collect, analyze, and report data on the condition of U.S. education—from early childhood to adult education. It has apparently been demolished today. Nearly everyone at NCES lost his/her job.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@MrLandesman Kliger's approach can work in elementary. I tried similar in 7th grade. It worked with a high amount of structure, which he describes well. But cognitive lift can be higher, needs to be higher, for adolescents. (And even for younger kids, more can be squeezed).

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@MrLandesman I used to provide coaching on this! First place to focus was actually on the question. Very often students are asked questions that don't have more than one answer. So there's nothing to discuss, really. Needs to be "debatable."

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@seanonolennon The educators are not in charge here, brother.

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@Ed_Realist @ehanford Aw now. Having taught 8th grade classes with a large % of students building foundational skills while trying to meet grade-level standards at the same time, I am thrilled about solid 3rd (and 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th grade) reading scores!

[Noah Mackert @mrmackert]

@ehanford + @karinchenoweth is a dream collab.

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

If you're looking for something to listen to after Sold a Story Ep 11: The Outlier, I recommend @karinchenoweth's podcast ExtraOrdinary Districts.
More stories of more places getting great results. https://t.co/tNcOA7BQEE
(And Ep 12 is coming Thursday, Feb 27!)