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Kevin Carey
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VP, Education & Work, New America. Writes about education for the New York Times, Atlantic, Vox, etc. I’ve made my mind a sunless space.

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Kevin Carey is an American higher education writer and policy analyst. He serves as Director of the Education Policy Program at New America, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization based in Washington, D.C. He writes regularly on education for The Upshot at the New York Times, and is guest editor of the annual Washington Monthly College Guide. He has taught education policy at Johns Hopkins University, and was a monthly columnist for six years at The Chronicle of Higher Education. He has been described by New York Times Washington columnist David Leonhardt as “one of the sharpest higher education experts out there” and by Washington Post education reporter Jay Mathews as “the best higher education writer in the country.” .. more

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · Oct 15
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about Trump’s plan to purge Black people from the Ivy League.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Logical End Point of Trump’s Higher-Education Agenda
A “compact” offered by the administration could devastate racial diversity at elite universities.
www.theatlantic.com

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 1d
can’t fucking catch a breath

make it stop
Is ChatGPT Conscious? Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something. By Jeff Wise, a science journalist and private pilot.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 1d
when its definitely not a hostage situation

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 1d
ED has been criticized for not categorizing nursing programs as "professional" under the new student loan limits enacted earlier this year, and their response seems....fine, actually? This all makes sense to me.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 1d
Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 1d
Pritzker vaults to top of my 2028 Dem primary ballot
danlehner.bsky.social paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 2d
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
So, we asked Pritzker to weigh in on the go-to debate for every "Star Wars" nerd: Which movies are the best? Here's his ranking of the 11 major films in the series: 1. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) 2. "Star Wars" (1977) 3. "Return of the Jedi" (1983) 4. "Rogue One" (2016) 5. "The Last Jedi" (2017) 6. "Revenge of the Sith" (2005) 7. "The Force Awakens" (2015) 8. "Solo" (2018) 9. "The Phantom Menace" (1999) 10. "Attack of the Clones" (2002) 11. "The Rise of Skywalker" (2019)

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paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 2d
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
So, we asked Pritzker to weigh in on the go-to debate for every "Star Wars" nerd: Which movies are the best? Here's his ranking of the 11 major films in the series: 1. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) 2. "Star Wars" (1977) 3. "Return of the Jedi" (1983) 4. "Rogue One" (2016) 5. "The Last Jedi" (2017) 6. "Revenge of the Sith" (2005) 7. "The Force Awakens" (2015) 8. "Solo" (2018) 9. "The Phantom Menace" (1999) 10. "Attack of the Clones" (2002) 11. "The Rise of Skywalker" (2019)

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 3d
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.

The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).

www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3d
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*

The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
Bye bye, “DOGE”.

It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 3d
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
New York Times newsletter stuff from Ben Sisario: "In 1987, when I was a budding teenage rock snob, the checkout lane at my local supermarket was crowded with magazines commemorating the Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” still hyped after 20 years. If I didn’t groan, I at least rolled my eyes. To this Gen X kid, few things were less cool than the Beatles, the musical embodiment of the cultural dominance of my parents’ boomer generation. I preferred the Pixies, Nirvana and whatever else caught my eye on MTV’s “120 Minutes” (though Kurt Cobain’s adoration of John Lennon couldn’t be ignored)."

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 3d
They’re great! (But the name is confusing)

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 3d
It just ended a little while ago

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 3d
A couple just got engaged in the mosh pit at Wednesday’s tour-ending late show at the 9:30 Club and folks, I think we’re going to be alright.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d
Utterly lawless

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 3d
That Oliver Stone made a movie lionizing Jim Garrison's ludicrous prosecution of an innocent man (Clay Shaw) is one of the most egregious historical transmogrifications in cinema. Imagine in 20 yrs a Stephen Miller hagiography starring Chalamet, that's the artistic crime level we're talking.
andycraig.bsky.social Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 3d
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
willbunch.bsky.social Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 4d
It's weird, I got to end of the article assuming there was lots of new reporting to come.

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 4d
If you’ve read the latest Ryan Lizza installment on RFK—and honestly, I urge you not to—consider that Linda McMahon wants to put this sick freak in charge of special education.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:

Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin

A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 5d
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 6d
Now that’s a lede.

Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.

Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 6d
A lot of words to say "Huh, they just broke laws."

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New America @newamerica.org · 6d
Local leaders are partnering across public, private, and school-based early childhood providers to meet growing demand for care.

In a new report, Emmy Liss & Sarah Gilliland examine how mixed-delivery models can better meet local needs.

📚 https://go.newamerica.org/mixed-delivery-stronger-results-5
Cover of a report titled "Mixed Delivery, Stronger Results: How to Intentionally Design Local Early Childhood Systems" by Emmy Liss and Sarah Gilliland. The cover features a stylized illustration of four individuals engaging in various educational activities with children, set against a teal background. Published by New America's New Practice Lab.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 7d
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.

Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
It’s a woozy it’s a wahzy

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
6/ Because the discredited, lame-duck Trump administration has no viable plan to actually shut down the Department of Education, they’re just going to pretend to, wasting taxpayer money and damaging program effectiveness in the process. It’s incredibly sad and dumb.

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
5/ …subsidy rates, Congressional outreach, etc. etc. In other words, everything that matters.

Doing this will cost more money and function less efficiently than keeping the programs in-house.
More ED functions

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
4/ Now look at the list of higher education functions ED will continue to do itself. Nothing much, just management, leadership, budgeting, hiring, audit, regulation….
EDFUNCTIONS

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
3/ Putting aside the fact that nobody at DOL knows anything about, e.g. digital learning infrastructure at Historically Black Colleges, this is really just a list of ED programs with the words “provision of services supporting the administration of” pasted in front.

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
2/ Here for example is a page from the inter-agency memorandum describing how the Department of Labor (!?!) will administer various higher education programs.
List of ED programs

Reposted by Joshua Goodman

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 7d
1/ Today the Department of Education said that it’s transferring a variety of programs to other agencies, making good on Trump’s promise to dismantle ED.

The most important thing to understand is that this is a Potemkin reorganization. It’s fugazi, it’s fairy dust. It’s not real.