Frederick M. Hess ✓

@rickhess99 · Washington DC · joined 03 May 2013

Educator. Author. Director @AEIeducation. Executive editor @educationnext. Blogger @educationweek. Contributing editor @NRO. Mean-spirited SOB.

20 071Followers

468Following

19 538Posts total

37.9KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess991 Sep

I chat with assistant secretary Alex Adams (@ACF_Adams) about the Trump administration’s proposal to overhaul Head Start. He explains the vision, responds to the critics, and argues that this is about strengthening— not shrinking— the program. 621 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess991 Sep

What’s Behind the Trump Administration's Push to Reform Head Start? I talk with assistant secretary Alex Adams about the push to cut costs & boost the number of kids served— and his response to the critics. See what you think. At @EducationWeek. https://t.co/VeKVLVua6g 931 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess9931 Aug

Leadership by Cliché An iconic television director’s autobiography would be right at home on a shelf of books about education leadership. Me, at @EducationNext. https://t.co/mQt7ESnKOR 491 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess9925 Aug

Kids spend much of their day on screens. Common Sense Media reports that 8-to-12-year-olds are on screens for 5.5 hours a day; the figure is over 8.5 hours for the 13-to-18 set. 88% of teens have a phone. Half of parents with a child 12 or under say their kid watches YouTube 610 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess9915 Jun

Ed School Dean Smug Snidely: “Teachers Deserve More Debt!” The celebrity dean argues that it’s “disrespectful” to limit student loans for educators or compromise ed schools’ bottom. Me, at @EducationNext. https://t.co/oHyYOc1E0m 1.7K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess9924 May

@rickhess99 @EducationNext I try to tell my students there are just some things they will be expected to know when they leave high school. They will never win a trivia night at the rate we’re going. 25 views · 1 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess999 Jan

@rickhess99 @joepitts @EducationNext Fantastic post! 61 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess997 Jan

@rickhess99 @EducationNext Thank you for the historical reminders. Great post. 310 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Frederick M. Hess ✓@rickhess995 Jan

AI Changes NOTHING About What Students Need to Learn Me, at ⁦@EducationNext⁩. https://t.co/XXDcItGZkN 33.1K views · 52 likes · 16 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views616this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.07%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.38%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	616	924	0.67×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.07%	3.62%	0.85×
Engagement rate	0.38%	1.52%	0.25×

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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

33.1K5 Jan

3107 Jan

619 Jan

2524 May

1.7K15 Jun

61025 Aug

49131 Aug

9311 Sep

621

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.25%5 Jan

0.65%7 Jan

1.64%9 Jan

8.00%24 May

0.29%15 Jun

0.16%25 Aug

0.61%31 Aug

0.43%1 Sep

0.32%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes53.8%64 in total

Reposts15.1%18 in total

Replies7.6%9 in total

Quotes10.1%12 in total

Bookmarks13.4%16 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.