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“Running beneath the surface of Kamenetz’s essay is a critique of conservative parents. I am not wont to defend a group of people who are more frightened of books than guns, but those in glass houses.” Anya Kamenetz cafeteriaduty.substack.com/p/public-schoo…

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Is the decline in college enrollments as bad as it seems? Is it as bad for female students as The 74 suggests? Hat tip to Richard V. Reeves for helpful insights. open.substack.com/pub/cafeteriad…

Anyone know of any research that examines the impact of schools on the achievement gap across 2-3 generations? (As opposed to how school affects the achievement gap within one student's life, that is.)

I admire Angela Duckworth but was shocked to find her & Lyle Ungar in their recent piece in the Los Angeles Times perpetuate one of the stupidest zombie myths in education: “Why memorize Einstein’s bday when you can Google it?” This fallacy has been debunked. See Daniel Willingham E.D. Hirsch Jr.

cafeteriaduty.substack.com/p/robots-do-it… "Teaching is exhausting to a degree few jobs are, & it is that fact alone which explains why on the 1 hand teacher happy hours resemble the first night of Rumspringa & on the other why even great teachers allow their standards to occasionally slip."

Here, here! So tired of hearing about the policies of elite institutions which serve fewer than 5% of students. Who cares. Good work The Hechinger Report.

At this point, only news editors have the power to end school shootings. Publish photos of the victims, however horrific. To do nothing is to abide 25 more years of murder. bit.ly/3W2FDnC

The Backpack, by Cafeteria Duty open.substack.com/pub/cafeteriad…