Sara Partridge, PhD
@sarapartridge.bsky.social
higher education policy • humanities & the liberal arts • progressive politics
currently @ Center for American Progress • views my own
currently @ Center for American Progress • views my own
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The Trump "compact" would require colleges that agree to commit to freezing tuition for 5 years. Freezes or caps are often proposed as a solution to college affordability.
🧵 Why is this a misguided solution that might actually lead to lower- and middle-income students and families paying *more*?
🧵 Why is this a misguided solution that might actually lead to lower- and middle-income students and families paying *more*?
This is $54 million that could have gone to student financial aid.
The LSU graduating class of 2024 has an average of $26,000 in student loan debt.
The LSU graduating class of 2024 has an average of $26,000 in student loan debt.
5:45 pm on Thanksgiving Eve?
Now THIS is how you news dump.
Now THIS is how you news dump.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is $54 million that could have gone to student financial aid.
The LSU graduating class of 2024 has an average of $26,000 in student loan debt.
The LSU graduating class of 2024 has an average of $26,000 in student loan debt.
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
The original purpose of 529 savings plans was to help families to save for their children's college education.
The two Trump tax cut bills (2017 & 2025) allowed 529s to be used for private K-12 tuition, which effectively makes these accounts a vehicle for wealthy tax avoidance.
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The two Trump tax cut bills (2017 & 2025) allowed 529s to be used for private K-12 tuition, which effectively makes these accounts a vehicle for wealthy tax avoidance.
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Re-Examining 529 Plans: Stopping State Subsidies to Private Schools After New Trump Tax Law
The 2025 federal tax law risks making 529 plans more costly for states by increasing tax avoidance and allowing wealthy families to use these funds for private and religious K-12 schools.
shorturl.at
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The original purpose of 529 savings plans was to help families to save for their children's college education.
The two Trump tax cut bills (2017 & 2025) allowed 529s to be used for private K-12 tuition, which effectively makes these accounts a vehicle for wealthy tax avoidance.
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The two Trump tax cut bills (2017 & 2025) allowed 529s to be used for private K-12 tuition, which effectively makes these accounts a vehicle for wealthy tax avoidance.
shorturl.at/8DjuI
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I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
Right-wing lawmakers wouldn’t be trying to ban ideas, concepts, books, and words if they weren’t powerful.
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Right-wing lawmakers wouldn’t be trying to ban ideas, concepts, books, and words if they weren’t powerful.
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Wow. Vitale wrote The End of Policing, advocating for community-based solutions for safety instead of policing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Wow. Vitale wrote The End of Policing, advocating for community-based solutions for safety instead of policing.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Mom's for Liberty knew they'd catch Dems unaware if they started getting elected to school boards in order to push the book banning/christian nationalist (CN) policies. Glad to see Dems caught on. Often Dems yell about culture wars while the CNs mobilize locally.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Mom's for Liberty knew they'd catch Dems unaware if they started getting elected to school boards in order to push the book banning/christian nationalist (CN) policies. Glad to see Dems caught on. Often Dems yell about culture wars while the CNs mobilize locally.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
A+ headline
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
Department Of Homeland Security Blames Immigrants For Grocery Prices And Healthcare Costs
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A+ headline
New reporting shows there are lots of unanswered questions about the actual operational hurdles involved in breaking up Dept. of Ed (ED) programs to different agencies, a move the admin announced this week.
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
Trump admin acknowledges difficulties in transferring Education programs to other agencies, internal documents show
The work Education has done so far is "minuscule" compared to what's to come, department says.
www.govexec.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New reporting shows there are lots of unanswered questions about the actual operational hurdles involved in breaking up Dept. of Ed (ED) programs to different agencies, a move the admin announced this week.
www.govexec.com/management/2...
www.govexec.com/management/2...
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🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year—more than 3x overall inflation.
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year—more than 3x overall inflation.
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
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"Gross domestic product (GDP) was never designed to be a measure of societal well-being. It tracks only market transactions, conflates costs and benefits, and ignores the distribution of income, household labor, and social and environmental costs and benefits."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now
The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen.
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"Gross domestic product (GDP) was never designed to be a measure of societal well-being. It tracks only market transactions, conflates costs and benefits, and ignores the distribution of income, household labor, and social and environmental costs and benefits."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A screenshot of every poll on Trump’s job approval that I can fit on my phone’s screen.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A screenshot of every poll on Trump’s job approval that I can fit on my phone’s screen.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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My friend's daughter is part of this program here in NYC. She was in their first cohort last fall and she's thriving. bhsec.bard.edu/brooklyn/ - It's at no cost and I'm not sure how many families are aware of the opportunity.
BEC Brooklyn – BEC
bhsec.bard.edu
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My friend's daughter is part of this program here in NYC. She was in their first cohort last fall and she's thriving. bhsec.bard.edu/brooklyn/ - It's at no cost and I'm not sure how many families are aware of the opportunity.
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From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
Today's announcement that the Dept. of Education is being further dismantled by the Trump administration will hurt the millions of students and families that rely on federal education programs.
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
STATEMENT: CAP Condemns Hollowing Out the Department of Education
www.americanprogress.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today's announcement that the Dept. of Education is being further dismantled by the Trump administration will hurt the millions of students and families that rely on federal education programs.
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
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615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families
The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...
blockclubchicago.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.
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The government is set to publish the Men's Health Strategy on Wednesday
@politicshome.bsky.social understands it is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harms, as pressure grows for ministers to treat gambling addiction as a major public health threat
@politicshome.bsky.social understands it is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harms, as pressure grows for ministers to treat gambling addiction as a major public health threat
Men’s Health Strategy Expected To Include New Measures On Gambling Addiction
The government’s Men’s Health Strategy is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harm, as pressure grows for ministers to trea...
www.politicshome.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The government is set to publish the Men's Health Strategy on Wednesday
@politicshome.bsky.social understands it is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harms, as pressure grows for ministers to treat gambling addiction as a major public health threat
@politicshome.bsky.social understands it is expected to include new measures to tackle gambling-related harms, as pressure grows for ministers to treat gambling addiction as a major public health threat
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Wow thank you President Trump, Sir, for removing those moronic tariffs. I can’t believe we even had them in the first place. You’d have to be an idiot to think they were a good idea to begin with.
Anyway, no way of figuring out who instituted them originally. Lost in time, like tears in rain.
Anyway, no way of figuring out who instituted them originally. Lost in time, like tears in rain.
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Wow thank you President Trump, Sir, for removing those moronic tariffs. I can’t believe we even had them in the first place. You’d have to be an idiot to think they were a good idea to begin with.
Anyway, no way of figuring out who instituted them originally. Lost in time, like tears in rain.
Anyway, no way of figuring out who instituted them originally. Lost in time, like tears in rain.
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New information here on how Trump has turned the Department of Justice—which is supposed to work on your behalf—into his own personal law firm, punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends.
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New information here on how Trump has turned the Department of Justice—which is supposed to work on your behalf—into his own personal law firm, punishing his enemies and rewarding his friends.
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Worse than Watergate" doesn't begin to cover it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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This is what I told my Dad last night:
The TACO presidency is not over, but his aura of invincibility is.
It’s not one thing. It’s the cumulative effect of a shit economy, wildly unpopular tariffs, ICE terrorizing communities, his flip flopping on H-1B visas, redistricting not going all that well
The TACO presidency is not over, but his aura of invincibility is.
It’s not one thing. It’s the cumulative effect of a shit economy, wildly unpopular tariffs, ICE terrorizing communities, his flip flopping on H-1B visas, redistricting not going all that well
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is what I told my Dad last night:
The TACO presidency is not over, but his aura of invincibility is.
It’s not one thing. It’s the cumulative effect of a shit economy, wildly unpopular tariffs, ICE terrorizing communities, his flip flopping on H-1B visas, redistricting not going all that well
The TACO presidency is not over, but his aura of invincibility is.
It’s not one thing. It’s the cumulative effect of a shit economy, wildly unpopular tariffs, ICE terrorizing communities, his flip flopping on H-1B visas, redistricting not going all that well
This is really not the important takeaway
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is really not the important takeaway