@editors_JREE is having a special issue on disability education, with a focus on using large data systems to conduct effectiveness research in this area. Deadline for submission, Feb 1st. Details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues….
Luke Miratrix
@LMiratrix
A statistician into causal inference and understandable analysis. Also data science, text, etc... Harvard Grad School of Ed. Out there doing stuff, I hope.
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Using game theory to reflect on community trust. Very clean, very nicely done, and fun to play with (takes 20-30 minutes, but even a few gives you something nice): ncase.me/trust/
omg, yes -- e.g., "The world would be a much better place, and the workplace a great deal happier, if instead of telling women to say sorry less, we told men to say sorry a whole lot more."
Women are constantly told to change their vocabulary — to make it less apologetic and more assertive. But the truth is, we need to worry less about editing women, and more about editing incompetent and inappropriate men. s.hbr.org/3UdDCVcView quoted post on X
I have long been frustrated by sound in restaurants---and it is getting worse, and here is why! Plus this show gives a shout out to a favorite haunt from Berkeley. castro.fm/episode/xjRDRs #fight_the_noise
castro.fm Gastropod: Why Are Restaurants So Loud? Plus the Science Behind the Perfect Playlist (44m) When you go out for a meal, it’s not just what's on your plate that matters, it's what's in your eardrums, too. From dining rooms so loud you have to shout to be heard, to playlists that sound like a... I had never heard of this until today, but it delights me! Can't go wrong with a plateau of productivity. "Plateau" seems so bland as a word, and thus... I'm tickled.
