P. L. Thomas, Professor, Furman University. Teacher/Writer/Poet. Twitter is not my classroom. Tweets represent me only and no organization

Spartanburg, SC
Joined February 2011
THIS is the consequence of the Mississippi lie ... it was always a conservative gambit
Trump claims that thanks to Republicans, Mississippi's schools are "among the best ranked in the nation"
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Education miracles are always political lies paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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The fundamental failure of Sold a Story and SaS 2 is Hanford has misrepresented and *oversold* "settled science" about phonics, Direct Instruction, and MS. This part of her MS miracle article is the core of that failure Declaring success without evidence
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Systematic phonics does NOT improve comprehension, only decoding (nonsense words) Knowledge isn't effective for comprehension either Two research articles by Hansford et al (cited by SOR folk) paulthomas701128.substack.co… paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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DI research is not what SaS2 presents paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Paul Thomas retweeted
Happy to get a positive review from the NY Times: American Socialist "capture[s] Debs’s remarkable appeal while also resisting the temptations of beatification." nytimes.com/2026/10/27/books…
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College Readiness Panic for a New Decade curmudgucation.substack.com/…
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1959: "yet students enter college badly lacking in these fundamental skills" paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Misunderstanding John Dewey: On the Failure of Either/Or Thinking paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Recommended: Emily St. John Mandel and “those incredible things we had” paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Scripted Curriculum (Direct Instruction): Research Contradicts the Story Being Sold paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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On the Fidelity Problem—And Why Education Wars Are Not Debates paulthomas701128.substack.co…
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Trans Student Athlete Rules On The Ballot curmudgucation.substack.com/…
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