Bruce D. Baker

@schoolfinance101.bsky.social

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Professor, Education Finance & Policy
Personal Website: https://schoolfinance101.com
School Finance Indicators Database: https://www.schoolfinancedata.org/
Books: https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/author/bruce-d-baker/

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

It’s beyond insane that our overarching internal security agency has spent months tweeting barely-coded messages of support for neo-Nazi groups and the entire media apparatus looks at it and says “That’s odd but certainly not part a major story that is relevant to current events, I’m sure”

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d

But yes - it's hard to identify a singular general cause. Perhaps in another few cycles, heterogeneity across states will provide more insights.

Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d

This is certainly a piece of the puzzle explaining why the drop precedes COVID (at similar rate): www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... I've found it interesting to see that, especially for grade 8, states like FL have continued to drop sharply while others have begun to rebound.

Do School Spending Cuts Matter? Evidence from the Great Recession

(May 2021) - During the Great Recession, national public school per-pupil spending fell by roughly 7 percent and persisted beyond the recovery. The impact of such large and sustained education funding...

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 2d

"That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real. We are all carrying a lot of new weight..." —Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...

The physical weight of Trumpism

That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder about the downstream effects of this @epopppp.bsky.social

Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 2d

Economists are facing a recession

(My column this week)

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Economists are facing a recession

[FREE TO READ] Demand for their work is down as a hiring crunch hits

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 2d

A new @edweek.org article highlights the nation’s top education scholars. Congratulations to those recognized, including Professors John Diamond, Lindsay Page, John Papay, and affiliates Emily Oster, @matthewakraft.com, and Prudence Carter.

Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion)

The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.

www.edweek.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 2d

Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Linda McMahon: "We want to make sure they are not rabble rousers, they are not coming in to be activists, but they are coming in to academia"

Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 3d

They've been informed - time and time again - There is no way a responsible, credible researcher can continue to use such deceitful "analyses" to make such bogus claims. Either incompetent (to dumb to know better) or intentional deceit or some mix of both. You decide.

Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 3d

Fraud? Fraudulent claims (again, again and again) by Edunomics: schoolfinance101.com/2025/07/24/r...

Revisiting Deceitful Claims about School Funding and Outcomes (a thread)

I’ve had enough. This has to stop. I’ve explained on at least a few occasions that there exists a cottage industry for whom their bread and butter is telling state legislatures and judg…

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 3d

In Vance’s defense he learned the law at Yale

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3d

This is not the law.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 3d

The federal government claimed that the states have no jurisdiction to prosecute murders committed by its agents is the kind of thing the Founders would probably have done a whole entire revolution over

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.

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Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 3d

Kids today are dumb & getting dumber. Schools are collapsing due to a lack of standards. Students are the equivalent of the subprime mortgage-backed securities that caused the Great Recession. IOW it's time for another round of public education panic. educationwars.substack.com/p/the-school...