Ajay Srikanth
@ajaysrikanthphd.bsky.social
Passionate about K-12 school funding and English Learners.
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
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Since we’re talking about affordability, a reminder that Trump’s culture war based economic policies are making everything more expensive for no discernable benefit to anyone but him www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying
Better broke than woke, right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Since we’re talking about affordability, a reminder that Trump’s culture war based economic policies are making everything more expensive for no discernable benefit to anyone but him www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
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Too early for final results, but we're seeing — once again — losses for conservatives in school board races in multiple states. Stay tuned.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Too early for final results, but we're seeing — once again — losses for conservatives in school board races in multiple states. Stay tuned.
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First woman to be mayor of the motor city ✨ lots of work and challenges ahead but Detroit's never backed down from either
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
First woman to be mayor of the motor city ✨ lots of work and challenges ahead but Detroit's never backed down from either
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It is WILD to see Mira Nair and Prof. Mahmood Mamdani up there with their son the MAYOR-ELECT of New York City
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
It is WILD to see Mira Nair and Prof. Mahmood Mamdani up there with their son the MAYOR-ELECT of New York City
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Grongratulations Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill. I'm looking forward to continuing the work of making NJ's education system even better, starting with adequate and equitable funding for all schools.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Grongratulations Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill. I'm looking forward to continuing the work of making NJ's education system even better, starting with adequate and equitable funding for all schools.
Definitely enjoyed this review but laughed out loud seeing someone cite a submission to the EdWorkingPapers site as an official report from the Annenberg Institute…
New NEPC Review: School Choice Wisconsin report’s conclusions about the cost effectiveness of private school vouchers rest on invalid methods and inaccurate data.
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NEPC Review: Wisconsin’s Most Cost-Effective K-12 Program (School Choice Wisconsin, August 2025)
Wisconsin’s long-running private school voucher program has drawn decades of research interest, including a recent report from School Choice Wisconsin. The report claims voucher-receiving schools in R...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Definitely enjoyed this review but laughed out loud seeing someone cite a submission to the EdWorkingPapers site as an official report from the Annenberg Institute…
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How Does New Jersey Fund Its Schools — And How Can We Make It Fairer? - New Jersey Policy Perspective - www.njpp.org/publications...
How Does New Jersey Fund Its Schools — And How Can We Make It Fairer? - New Jersey Policy Perspective
A guide to understanding New Jersey's school funding formula and closing gaps for students who need resources most.
www.njpp.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
How Does New Jersey Fund Its Schools — And How Can We Make It Fairer? - New Jersey Policy Perspective - www.njpp.org/publications...
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Super cool to see an Indian American (with a dad from Chennai!) become a head coach in the WNBA.
NEWS: New York Liberty assistant coach Sonia Raman has agreed to a multi-year deal to become the next coach of the Seattle Storm, sources briefed on the agreement told The Athletic.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
Sonia Raman agrees to deal to become Seattle Storm's head coach: Sources
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Super cool to see an Indian American (with a dad from Chennai!) become a head coach in the WNBA.
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As I read this, I keep thinking over and over again about the two major groups I see in politics and policy spaces: folks who take opinion polls as gospel and folks who see them as indicators of what people believe at the moment that can be *shaped* into something else.
we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As I read this, I keep thinking over and over again about the two major groups I see in politics and policy spaces: folks who take opinion polls as gospel and folks who see them as indicators of what people believe at the moment that can be *shaped* into something else.
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New Post: Jack Ciattarelli's Tax Plan Is a Disaster For Schools AND Taxpayers jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/10/jack... The Republican candidate for NJ gov wants to take away state aid from the districts that need it most and give it to districts that already have the lowest property tax rates.
Jack Ciattarelli's Tax Plan Is a Disaster For Schools AND Taxpayers
Once again, here's the Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli : Our property taxes are the highest in the nation...
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New Post: Jack Ciattarelli's Tax Plan Is a Disaster For Schools AND Taxpayers jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/10/jack... The Republican candidate for NJ gov wants to take away state aid from the districts that need it most and give it to districts that already have the lowest property tax rates.
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you know this guy had to have made a huge number of enemies for oklahoma republicans to want to take him down (serves him right, he sucks)
THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST
Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.
Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.
Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
you know this guy had to have made a huge number of enemies for oklahoma republicans to want to take him down (serves him right, he sucks)
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NJ Governor's Race and Education, Part I: Should NJ Become Mississippi? jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/10/nj-g... tl;dr No, it should not. Yet Jack Ciatterelli thinks southern states are the model for high-performing NJ schools.
NJ Governor's Race and Education, Part I: Should NJ Become Mississippi?
Is this thing still on? I've got some thoughts I want to share about the NJ governor's race and education over the next few weeks, so I'm fi...
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NJ Governor's Race and Education, Part I: Should NJ Become Mississippi? jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/10/nj-g... tl;dr No, it should not. Yet Jack Ciatterelli thinks southern states are the model for high-performing NJ schools.
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This is a good idea in line with both desegregation and student learning research.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is a good idea in line with both desegregation and student learning research.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
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People criticize schools for not teaching critical thinking. But it's ridiculous to think schools can save America from this crap.
a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits
Bari Weiss is set to be named the editor in chief of CBS News, the New York Post reports
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
People criticize schools for not teaching critical thinking. But it's ridiculous to think schools can save America from this crap.
This was so good, these players deserve to get paid and credible leadership.
From @theathletic.com: Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier lambasted WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, saying that the WNBA has the "worst leadership in the world."
"I'm not concerned about a fine. I’m concerned about the future of our sport.”
"I'm not concerned about a fine. I’m concerned about the future of our sport.”
Napheesa Collier calls out WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert: ‘Worst leadership in the world’
Collier was injured in the WNBA semifinals on a play that infuriated Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, who was fined and suspended.
nyti.ms
October 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This was so good, these players deserve to get paid and credible leadership.
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Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Kimmel’s defiant return highlights one of the most disturbing dynamics of Trump II, that so many people in positions of leadership are chickenshit frauds who would rather fold in advance than put up anything resembling a fight www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
September 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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"it's too much liquid" going into the baby, instantly up there with the injecting bleach moment.
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"it's too much liquid" going into the baby, instantly up there with the injecting bleach moment.
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This article, which will be published in Idaho Law Review, explains how states can save endangered rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters
School vouchers and charter schools are primed to grow at a time when public school systems are experiencing a precipitous decline in enrollment. Unfortunately,
papers.ssrn.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This article, which will be published in Idaho Law Review, explains how states can save endangered rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves."
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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School choice poses a unique threat to rural schools and districts. In this article (led by Dr. Preston Green and in collaboration with Drs. Bruce Baker and Julie Mead), we offer a potential solution. (Forthcoming in the Idaho law review). @drprestongreen.bsky.social @schoolfinance101.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
School choice poses a unique threat to rural schools and districts. In this article (led by Dr. Preston Green and in collaboration with Drs. Bruce Baker and Julie Mead), we offer a potential solution. (Forthcoming in the Idaho law review). @drprestongreen.bsky.social @schoolfinance101.bsky.social