Hart of Learning @HartofLearning

One of the most important books in education history may also be one of the most overlooked. Stanislas Dehaene's 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 shifts the focus from how educators can promote learning to something far more fundamental: the biological requirements for learning itself. Dehaene would know. He's the most cited neuroscientist of learning in the world, the first-ever lifetime professor of Experimental Cognitive Psychology at France's most prestigious research institution, and the Director of NeuroSpin, France's advanced brain-imaging research centre. (He's also the President of the Scientific Council of the French Ministry of Education.) So how could a major work by such a major figure be overlooked? Well, it 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 been overlooked outside of education. Last year Dehaene won the Lewis Thomas Prize for scientific writing with 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 featured prominently in the citation. And 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 is currently available in 31 editions and translations worldwide. So why aren't more people talking about it inside the evidence-based education community? I don't know. But I'm going to be shouting about it from the rooftops.

@helenrey I wanted more individualized learning (I still do). Now, I'm planning on not relying on edtech for it (though @Alphaschool is on the right path to do so). Instead, I will use You Teach You books from @sharemath

If schools required boys to do things like this regularly, many problems of modern education would all but vanish. Boys crave adventure, risk, and things that unsettle many overbearing modern adults, who are depriving them of these things.

Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker

3 days ago

New Jersey school has required every freshman to hike 55 miles on the Appalachian Trail for 53 years straight. At St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, this isn’t optional — it’s a mandatory 5-day rite of passage before becoming a sophomore. Many students have never hiked or camped

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Thankfully, there is a WA law for this. Many teachers don't know it and/or won't demand it be followed.

Jen @jenteach13

2 days ago

Fix #4: Let teachers remove kids who make it impossible for everyone else to learn. One student's right to stay in the room does not outweigh thirty students' right to learn in it. #YouWantToFixEducation

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I posted before about how high taxes on distilled spirits are in WA state x.com/bkheywood/stat… But it can be helpful to understand how greedy that tax really is: The company that aged your whiskey for years takes home less than a third of what Olympia pockets at checkout. 🏛️ WA State: $8.98 on a $30 bottle 🏭 Distillery profit: $2.86 on that same bottle On a 1.75L handle? State takes $15.82. Maker clears $4.29. Not only are they greedy but they have a spending problem and still want even more.

Brian Heywood - That Damn Mormon @bkheywood

6 days ago

As a damn Mormon this doesn’t really impact me but I feel everyone’s pain…..

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Voyager 1 is 24 billion kilometers from Earth. It communicates with us using a 23-watt transmitter. Less than a refrigerator light bulb. The signal takes 22 hours to reach us, traveling at the speed of light. By the time it arrives, it's 20 billion times weaker than the power of a digital watch battery. NASA's Deep Space Network picks it up using 70-meter dish antennas cooled to near absolute zero to reduce electronic noise. The engineering required to hear a 23-watt signal from 24 billion km away is arguably more impressive than the spacecraft itself. Launched 1977. Still transmitting. Still being heard. We built something that works perfectly, 47 years later, in conditions no one has ever tested in. That's what engineering for the long term looks like.

It's a spending problem. I love my salary. I make more than most elementary teachers in the nation.

Travis Couture @TravisSCouture

2 days ago

Bob Ferguson’s OFM says inflation is partially to blame for causing our budget deficit. Yet, state spending, revenue, and costs have skyrocketed past inflation while household income barely keeps up. Long before tariffs, long before any war. It’s a spending problem. Nearly all of

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🚨 SOCIALIST SEATTLE MAYOR CRIES as Largest Bagel Franchise OFFICIALLY Shuts Down For Good! 🔥 👉 After 25 years and serving over 7 million bagels, Blazing Bagels — Seattle’s iconic local chain with 5 locations — has collapsed. Employees were stunned when they received a sudden email Thursday night: effective immediately, all locations closed, no warning, no severance. The family business survived recessions and a pandemic, but couldn’t survive Seattle’s crushing $21.30 minimum wage, skyrocketing taxes, and anti-business policies. With downtown office vacancy at a record 35.6%, more restaurants are shuttering while Mayor Katie Wilson responds to fleeing businesses with one word: “Bye.” Hardworking employees are now jobless, and communities are losing beloved institutions. Is this the final warning for Seattle’s economy? #SeattleCollapse #BlazingBagels #SocialistFailure

China currently has 1,200 coal power plants in operation and emits more CO2 than the US, India, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Germany & Canada COMBINED. The WA State Climate Commitment Act is a scam- meant to funnel our tax dollars to NGO’s who donate back to Democrat war chests.

I'm going to vote for HOLYK for Senate. It's time for a change.

Isaac Holyk for U.S. Senate @voteholyk

2 days ago

They are scared. I smell fear. I am coming for that seat @PattyMurray 💪🇺🇸 Tick Tock.

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Best trip ever. Bucket list done. Everything else is icing on the cake, likely not as icy. Alaska cruise photo album: photos.app.goo.gl/V4u8a9ovxertFs…

Gov. Ferguson’s Office of Financial Management (OFM) is warning every state agency to brace for the “most challenging budget” they’ve faced. I wrote a few months ago that if the 2027–29 budget grows at its historical average pace, the state would spend every dollar of the new income tax and still face a deficit of at least $7 billion. Now OFM is confirming the shortfall is real, but they are blaming inflation, population growth, and economic uncertainty for the shortfalls ahead. Unfortunately for OFM, the actual data completely disagrees. Over the past decade, inflation rose 39% and the state’s population grew 14.2%. Spending grew far faster than both combined, as the chart below shows. Outpacing inflation and population growth by this margin for years shows this is a spending problem. Don’t let them rewrite the truth. #waleg

Governor Bob Ferguson @GovBobFerguson

3 days ago

My team and I are working closely with our agencies regarding our budget outlook. This letter from the Office of Financial Management Director lays out the challenge well. There’s a lot of information still to come before I propose my budget in December, including two caseload

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If public schools were able to require a parent to come to the school every time their child misbehaved, the issue would be solved in a week. I’d love a policy where if the child is disrupting, the parent comes and must spend minimum 30 minutes with their child (somewhere private) and regulates their child or takes them home for the day. No punishment, just parental restoration instead of making the school do it.

Washington needs to wake up. We are about to lose our AAA bond rating and that will be devastating. @GovBobFerguson is projecting another huge budget shortfall after 1 million people moved into the state. They are all freaking out because of it. Guess what the one thing is they AREN'T talking about? Cutting spending in any way. They are only looking at ways to generate more money. 🤨 What's happening here is NOT political. This is just basic governance and finances. It has nothing to do with Democrats or MAGA. When you don't have enough money to cover your expenses you start cutting things you don't need. If people do not vote out the ones doing this WA State will be destroyed. This isn't about Trump or anything else. This is about saving our home. WAKE UP!! #wakeupwashington

Yikes.

Isaac Holyk for U.S. Senate @voteholyk

3 days ago

Hey WA, @GovBobFerguson is about to lose WA States AAA bond rating. 😔

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Yikes.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey

4 days ago

BREAKING: A Washington State school secretly coached a 10-year-old girl to identify as a boy, hiding it from her parents for 5 months. When they found out, a youth center gave their daughter a burner phone to run away.

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OMG. No! I used to be a Democrat. Now, I will never vote blue. I've had enough. Pray. God will lead the way. Turn away from the wicked.

Isaac Holyk for U.S. Senate @voteholyk

5 days ago

Woke activists in Oregon are now trying to ban hunting, fishing, pest controls, rodeos, slaughtering livestock, and commercially raised chickens. Coming soon to Washington State. Had enough of these people yet?

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The Wall Street Journal @WSJ

4 days ago

More than 1,100 University of California math and science professors are urging UC regents to reinstate college-entrance exams, saying that unprepared students are lowering academic standards and draining teaching resources on.wsj.com/49Dl1Ky

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THIS is why I will stand on my soap box about only K-8 being compulsory!!! 9-12 should be based on what a student wants to do in life. If the want college, they can do all the pre-reqs. If they want to join a trade, they should start learning that trade. There is NO reason for a kid who wants to learn construction to take Algebra 2 or 3rd year arts

𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕄. 𝕃𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕔𝕪 🇺🇸 @Legacy411

6 days ago

I would of liked to have been in trade school. But I had to be at work, I had my own bills that needed to be paid. 🤷‍♂️

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🚨 This is a prime example of fraud and waste inside California's homeless industrial complex California bought this hotel for $8 million in 2020 and now wants $20 million to fix it. That is $625,000 per homeless person. 6 years later and NOTHING to show. EXPOSE IT ALL.