Brooklyn, NY
Joined June 2012
Much of our education system bought into a disproven idea of how kids learn to read. For 2+ years, @ehanford and I tried to figure out how and why. I’m so excited to share what we’ve found. The first episodes in our six-part podcast drop tomorrow. features.apmreports.org/sold…
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This incident raises enormously troubling questions about the Walz administration’s failed oversight of the state’s group home industry. Sadly, Tim Walz and Amy Klobuchar have been more focused on advancing their national political ambitions than fighting Minnesota's fraud crisis. They took their eyes off Minnesota while the most vulnerable suffer and taxpayers are ripped off. Minnesota can’t afford more of the same. mprnews.org/story/2026/08/17…
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Christopher Peak retweeted
Yet another reason we need a full top-to-bottom audit of state government, full-out vetting, surprise inspections, tougher penalties — and some common sense. I was on MPR this morning talking about how we get this done.
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Minnesota taxpayers deserve better. A new MPR report raises serious questions about how $36 million in taxpayer money ended up going to companies connected to a Liberian government official who now lives and works overseas, while some of the group homes faced repeated concerns about neglect. The bigger issue is accountability. We have seen fraud and abuse across Minnesota's Medicaid system, and too often the warning signs are there long before the state acts. We need to ask three simple questions: Who is getting the money? What are they actually providing? Why didn't the state catch the problems sooner? People with disabilities depend on these programs. We need to protect those services by making sure taxpayer dollars go to legitimate providers, not bad actors. Stop the fraud. Protect vulnerable Minnesotans. Demand accountability. #mnleg #mnpolitics #Accountability #Minnesota
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Ok, so I learned that these are called phonesthemes :)
Today I learned that in English: words starting with "gl-" often relate to light: gleam, glint, glance, glare, glaze, glimpse, glitter, gloss, glower, glisten, glaze, glitz, glazed. words starting with "sn-" often relate to nose: sniff, sneeze, snuff, snore, snort, snot.
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The longer you look at this, the worse it gets
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A new report on America’s decade-long academic decline found only states that had embraced science of reading reforms showed improvement from 2022 to 2025. Yet not all of those that did pass laws saw gains. nytimes.com/2026/05/13/upsho…
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“The agent took the child out of the still-running car, led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.” mprnews.org/story/2026/01/21…
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Chinese universities have been steadily climbing in global rankings that emphasize volume and quality of research, overtaking American institutions — a trend that could accelerate following the Trump administration’s cuts. nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/ha…
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Via @mattyglesias: Schools are getting worse in most red states The “Southern surge” is great, but it’s just four states. slowboring.com/p/schools-are…
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In @NewYorker this month: Emily Hanford’s podcast, Sold a Story, helped transform what had been a relatively obscure academic debate into an approachable subject for laypeople. newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
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We exposed these red flags on 12/17 -GAK properties, allegedly used by Feeding Our Future defendant to launder $1.1 Million was SUBSEQUENTLY used to buy Assisted Living properties run by his wife. Anyone indicted in FOF should not be getting state money. mprnews.org/story/2025/12/30…
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Laundering stolen tax dollars, buying property with the money, and using it to operate more taxpayer-funded programs. This is what the US Attorney’s office means when they say “industrial scale fraud.”
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"Sold a Story" is again on the list of @ApplePodcasts' most shared shows: apple.com/newsroom/2025/11/a…
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