Karen Vaites ✓

@karenvaites · New York, USA · joined 02 Jun 2009

I want excellent schools for all kids, and I write about literacy, math, curriculum, & key trends in K-12 Ed. Founder, Curriculum Insight Project @curriculumIP

30 323Followers

6 929Following

79 340Posts total

2MViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views21 440this account2 751median for 10K–100K

Reach, %70.71%this account9.00%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.90%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	21 440	2 751	7.79×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	70.71%	9.00%	7.86×
Engagement rate	1.90%	1.65%	1.15×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

44.6K23 Apr

1.8M31 Aug

94.5K

1.2K1 Sep

6.8K2 Sep

36.1K

1.7K

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.30%23 Apr

0.44%31 Aug

0.51%

2.63%1 Sep

2.89%2 Sep

2.07%

1.72%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes82.8%8 793 in total

Reposts7.0%744 in total

Replies5.9%630 in total

Quotes2.2%235 in total

Bookmarks2.1%218 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Heckuva shift in public opinion in just 11 years. 1.7K views · 24 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 02 Sep 2026 A decade ago, a clear majority of Americans had high confidence in U.S. colleges and universities. Today, fewer than a third do, while the share with very little or no confidence has nearly tripled. Higher ed’s confidence crisis has been years in the making. https://t.co/xHnFa7X 36.1K views · 549 likes · 124 reposts · 50 replies 02 Sep 2026 This is The Way. ✅ Science of Learning ✅ Knowledge-Rich Curriculum ✅ Focus on Fluency ✅ Writing as Leverage Point ✅ Whole Books at the Heart of Curriculum "The Science of Reading is the tip of the iceberg. Starting in 2022, Tennessee began to implement training and https://t.co 6.8K views · 140 likes · 37 reposts · 15 replies 02 Sep 2026 "Within Southern Surge literacy improvement, Tennessee continues to stand out." @HKorbey gives Tennessee its deserved flowers. I appreciate the nod to my chat with @TNedu commissioner Reynolds. https://t.co/1QCU7jkzSW 1.2K views · 27 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies 01 Sep 2026 100% true. I'm struck by how many families I know with two college-educated parents embracing non-college paths for their high schoolers. Even in very affluent communities. "If you love your children, let them become plumbers" has been my running joke in these conversations. 94.5K views · 356 likes · 19 reposts · 94 replies 31 Aug 2026 People are under-pricing the possibility of a black-swan-esque event where significant chunks of higher ed collapse suddenly. At some point parents will decide they will not pay $100-400k combined for their kids to cheat their way through college. I expect a bang, not a whimper. 1.8M views · 6.8K likes · 503 reposts · 429 replies 31 Aug 2026 I recently introduced myself at an event as: "Hi, I'm Karen, and I'm on a crusade to bring books back into reading curriculum." As it came out of my mouth, I realized how insane it sounds. 44.6K views · 930 likes · 55 reposts · 39 replies 23 Apr 2026