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Bird Song of the Day At the suggestion of SomeGuyinAZ, the Gray Catbird. #COVID19 Lambert here, last Friday: Well, I said “If these declines continue through the end of the week, I’m gonna have to conclude we’re looking at a genuine fall in the numbers — not the current narrative, I might add — and that we are not looking at a reporting effect from the long weekend.” So I have to conclude we’re looking at a genuine fall in the numbers. We are also not seeing an explosion from trav...

Good evidence that smaller classes make even more of a difference for disadvantaged kids and minority kids than for more advantaged kids and nonmciff minority kids. i think one important thing to keep in mind is you want to avoid a one size fits all mentality. by trying to implement the class size reductions across the board. you want to think about, can you focus the resources on where they have the biggest impact? one problem with class reduction is its enormously expensive, you have to hire t...