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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · 9d

Airport time is a flat circle

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Taylor Odle @taylorodle.bsky.social · 16d

🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 24d

The University of Nebraska looks to join West Virginia University as flagship public universities to cut graduate programs in K-12 and higher ed administration. It's not a great look for land grant missions.

UNL Proposes Cutting Educational Administration Department

University leaders say they need to slash the budget. Education administration professors say it’ll sever a pipeline to education leadership roles.

www.insidehighered.com

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 27d

HAIL MARY ALERT

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Dr. Sarah J. Zuckerman @drszuckerman.bsky.social · Sep 17

This seems to be relevant again. You cannot cut your way into excellence. You have to invest in excellence.

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Excellence can't be efficient - The Bugeater

At the December 2023 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, I remarked during the comment period that in education excellence and efficiency are diametrically opposed values. My state...

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sarahcordes.bsky.social @sarahcordes.bsky.social · Sep 15

I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!

Cordes postdoc position description.pdf

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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · Sep 9

Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.

Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.

Sarah W. Lenhoff @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · Sep 9

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 26

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.

Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Aug 26

My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!

Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680

Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Aug 22

Just another Friday afternoon in 2025 higher education.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 22

BREAKING: Trump administration says grants for Hispanic-serving colleges are unconstitutional and it won't defend them in court.

Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional

The Trump administration says it will not defend a decades-old grant program for heavily Hispanic universities that is being challenged in court, declaring that the government believes the funding is unconstitutional.

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Jeff Henig @jhenig.bsky.social · Aug 20

Valuable work that should inform our understanding of the complicated political dynamics underlying anti-public school, anti-teacher union backlash to COVID policies.

Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · Aug 20

New at @the74.bsky.social, work from Dan Silver, Daniel Hackman and me on our most recent research on children's well-being during COVID. www.the74million.org/article/blac...

Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID

Silver, Polikoff & Hackman: Overall, students felt happier, less stressed attending classes in person during pandemic. But that's not true for all

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Aug 18

Terrible analysis. The Post wants NY to unfairly punish students who get harder questions. NY's approach follows standards, see Ch 5 www.testingstandards.net/uploads/7/6/...

Plenty of reasons to critique/improve state testing. This isn't one of them. Our TAC comment www.linkedin.com/posts/new-yo...

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Aug 18

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing parents that Roblox was free

Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Aug 11

This a great example of why denominators matter. I'm willing to guess the 3% of art history majors equates to a very small raw number.

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Margaret Thornton @maggiethornton.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’m old enough to remember when it was a Real Problem that Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch hung out on a tarmac once.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Aug 6

NBC News confirms: JD Vance will meet tonight at his residence with Susie Wiles, Pam Bondi, Deputy AG Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and other top Trump officials to discuss the Epstein scandal. @msnbc.com

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · Aug 4

Michigan 7th Congressional candidate Josh Cowen recently gained the endorsement of the Network for Public Education Action, a national advocacy group opposed to charter schools and voucher programs.

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Cowen nets 7th District endorsement from public education group opposed to charter schools, vouchers • Michigan Advance

Michigan 7th Congressional candidate Josh Cowen recently gained the endorsement of the Network for Public Education Action, a national advocacy group opposed to charter schools and voucher programs, w...

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Jul 31

I don't understand the govt getting rid of office of civil rights folks and DEI but then crying foul about student belonging and inclusion.

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Jul 31

We should ensure all students feel safe on college campuses to learn and be challenged intellectually. Jewish students, Muslim students, LGBTQ students, students of Color, and anybody who attends. This shouldn't be hard for unis and one group's rights should never come at the expense of others

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Jul 24

State of usa in one image

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 24

A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud

www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...

A police officer arrests Chuck E Cheese while children watch in the background

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Fit Check For My Barb O. Saur Era 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @brentosaur.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.

Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time

On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Shares Antisemitic Posts on X

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Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Jul 6

More important for Ed schools IMO. Title IIA funding covers tuition for many current teachers, particularly in high needs schools. I know NY and NJ leader prep programs are poised to take a big hit. Not good timing with current teacher shortages and retention issues.

Steve Kotok @ktok33.bsky.social · Jul 4

Underrated moments of my childhood are when Prince did a song for Batman and GNR did a song for Terminator 2.