HS Math teacher w/MSc soil/systems ecology. @HelenChappell's widower. Remarried w/(now) 3 kids. Interests:politics, ed, scale/systems thinking, big ideas. YIMBY
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1 Apr 2023
Imagine teaching your child the alphabet for 6 years before introducing them to stories and books. That's how we teach math. We teach the basic letters and operations grades K-5 THEN we begin to introduce the basic stories it can tell (algebra). #iteachmath #edchat (1/2)
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I was wondering if the energy concerns were a little overblown but this is surprising!
Feb 16
For all the hubbub about data centers and electricity, basic uses of AI are actually quite low in terms of their energy intensity compared to other daily activities.
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Feb 14
If math is like a language, we're teaching it as a foreign language in middle school. We start reading instruction in first grade at the latest. We should probably begin algebra foundations in grade 2/3 and be doing algebra 1 level content by grade 6.
Feb 13
More States Are Calling for Math Reform. Will It Improve Student Outcomes? edweek.org/teaching-learning…
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12 Nov 2024
US hasn't had GDP growth >2.5 since before Obama became deporter in chief in '09. Immigration has been consistently lower since then vs the 80s/90s/early 00s. Avg GDP growth '80-2004 ~3.2%, 2008-now: 2.3%. Dems should be like Reagan/Clinton: open borders & free trade=growth!
Immigrants are twice as likely to start a business as native-born Americans, an entrepreneurial boost that fuels even greater demand for labor.reason.com/2024/11/06/can-an…
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Explore road death data for other countries: ourworldindata.org/grapher/r…
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25 Sep 2024
Shoutout to people in NC: if you opposed gerrymandering and support reproductive freedom in NC this is a very important campaign: @AllisonJRiggs
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Eric Bowen retweeted
13 Sep 2024
Virginia's largest solar array on a school rooftop just came online electrek.co/2024/09/13/virgi… by @michelle0728
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15 Sep 2024
Immigrants make up a large share of the homebuilding workforce. Without them, our national housing shortage would be even worse.
And…contrary to popular myths about immigrants taking jobs, these immigrants complement rather than substitute for native-born construction workers.
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14 Sep 2024
Tangential thoughts: if concerns on immigration are rooted in economic terms, would it help change swing voters minds if they looked at immigration/GDP data? Look at immigration under Reagan/Bush/Clinton/Bush vs Obama/Trump. Clear trend that immigration helps GDP growth.
14 Sep 2024
The ugliness of Vance's attack on immigrants is the point.
Because it's vile, it generates media coverage on a favorable issue. The bet is: Even if voters disapprove of this behavior, it will reinforce their sense that Rs are "tough" on immigration
vox.com/politics/371894/trum…
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Look at the average GDP growth when immigrant populations were increasing (1981-2004) we averaged 3.2% growth vs flat or decreasing (2009-2020) it was 2.3% growth. If you're "Make America Great Again" and want a strong economy, bring back the immigrants.
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14 Sep 2024
1) I don't think there's that much strategy going on here. 2) I think swing voters will be more influenced by how many people are laughing AT them about this one. 3) I don't have my pulse on any swing voters here in Charlotte/or my sphere so I'm curious how this one plays out.
14 Sep 2024
The ugliness of Vance's attack on immigrants is the point.
Because it's vile, it generates media coverage on a favorable issue. The bet is: Even if voters disapprove of this behavior, it will reinforce their sense that Rs are "tough" on immigration
vox.com/politics/371894/trum…
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14 Sep 2024
This is very cool. Highly complementary to this work on schools.
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
13 Sep 2024
Not sure if it's in "the wild" anymore, but it's it's really out there: doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1023-131…
We look at different dimensions of teacher quality and how they differentially influence different student outcomes.
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8 Sep 2024
The idea of the gov't picking "types" of immigrants to allow is basically the same argument that the government should pick which companies survive recessions. Let ppl come legally. Legal immigration means fairer competition, smaller black market and legal opportunities to grow.
7 Sep 2024
This is why high-skilled immigration matters so much:
Immigrants bring talent and knowledge that complements American workers and helps us build more here in the US.
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Eric Bowen retweeted
8 Sep 2024
Freedom of movement makes it easier to undermine authoritarian regimes and boost global GDP. Let people move from where output is low to where output is high and help expand output there. Often there isn't a GDP penalty if they were unemployed/under employed before moving.
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Eric Bowen retweeted
8 Sep 2024
If capital/goods can move (and yes they should be able to because it makes almost everyone's lives better), people should also be able to move as a response to changes in the market. Freeing capital but not people means that the capital/goods can be optimized but labor can't.
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Eric Bowen retweeted
4 Sep 2024
I think I'd buy the bull case for Harris a bit more if she hadn't rehired so many of the Biden people.
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31 Jul 2024
My former nerd self would never have thought about free/open source building plans as interesting or helpful for the world but this is very cool!
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30 Jul 2024
When YIMBY-skeptics complain that developers skew much of their building toward the high end of the market, what they’re often not seeing is that there are a lot of regulations pushing them to do that.
Minimum lot sizes are a big one on this, particularly in suburban areas.
30 Jul 2024
So then what happens is that someone with a limited budget walks up to the deli trying to buy a basic turkey/cheese for lunch and the only sandwiches available are super fancy sandwiches on 8 slices of bread.
The 8 slices of bread rule killed the starter sandwich. 6/7
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Eric Bowen retweeted
29 Jul 2024
Do drivers who get e-bikes drive less? Where cycling networks are ample, the answer is yes. Qi Sun et al. explain. One policy implication: where cycling networks are poor, public funds now subsidizing battery-electric cars would often be better spent on cycling accommodations.
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Eric Bowen retweeted
29 Jul 2024
Trump did not revive manufacturing or reduce crime, but he did do this.
29 Jul 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa now bans most abortions after about six weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant.
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Eric Bowen retweeted
24 Jul 2024
An ever-present challenge in political economy.
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