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Chris Yarrell
@chrisyarrell.bsky.social
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Education attorney | formerly: @CityYear, @NYCSchools, @NYCMayorsOffice | writing on education & civil rights | cat person
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A similar “racial discrimination by proxy” suit was filed yesterday by Pacific Legal Foundation, albeit in the k12/exam school admissions context:

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/17/m...
Screen grab of a Boston Globe article on a recent lawsuit filed by Pacific Legal Foundation against Boston’s specialized school admissions plan.
July 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Pretty cool to see this in print. Grateful to the wonderful editors at the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review for their thoughtfulness and care!
A picture of my latest article in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
March 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Thrilled to share that my latest article, Administrative Exhaustion after Perez, is now out in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review!

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A screenshot of Administrative Exhaustion after Perez, my latest law review article.
March 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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New arrival.
A picture of the book, Neoliberalism and Inclusive Education: Students with Disabilities in the Education Marketplace, by Dr. Sylvia Mac.
February 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Run, don’t walk, to download this special volume on critical school finance, y’all. Essential reading. #EduSky
A highlighted passage from the special volume, “Critical Issues in Schools Finance and Privatization: Considerations for Future Directions,” by Ee-Seul & David I. Baker. The highlight passage states: “Backer and Royal view the current underfunding and inequitable funding as being caused by the privatization of school finance. Instead of governments taking responsibility for predictable and stable funding that meets the needs of schools, it is schools and school districts themselves that often must resort to borrowing money from the private sector or to debt-financing to pay for their facilities. A key problem is that the private financial and banking sectors do not consider the goals of public education, but rather their profit margins and risk factors, when making their decisions.”
January 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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As good a time as any to revisit this work.
A picture of the front cover of Ira Katznelson’s “When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth Century America”
January 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Bailey is once again all dressed up with nowhere to be. #caturday
A picture of my tuxedo cat, Bailey, looking up at the camera while stretched out on carpet.
January 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Finished these two remarkable works today. Highly recommend, especially for my school finance folks. #EduSky @schoolfinance101.bsky.social @redheadmenace.bsky.social
A picture of two books on a kitchen table. The first is “Educational Inequality and School Finance: Why Money Matters for America’s Students,” by Prof. Bruce D. Baker. The second is “Racial Taxation: Schools, Segregation, and Taxpayer Citizenship, 1869-1973,” by Prof. Camille Walsh.
January 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Georgia enjoying a little sun.
My sweet cat, Georgia, lying comfortably on an area rug while looking into the camera.
January 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Caturday is in full effect.
A picture of my cat, Georgia, sleeping on my lap.
December 14, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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A screenshot of the poem “Mercy (after Nikki Giovanni),” by Rudy Francisco.
December 10, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Sharing a recent piece I wrote on the constitutional protections afforded to publicly-placed students with disabilities:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

#edusky
A screenshot of “State Action and Student Rights,” in the Yale Law & Policy Review Inter Alia.
December 8, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Always dressed to impress.
A picture of my tuxedo cat, Bailey, sitting on the edge of a coffee table.
December 7, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Revisiting this cherished gift from a dear friend on what would’ve been Congresswoman Chisholm’s 100th birthday.
A campaign button from Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historic presidential run.
December 1, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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My latest Essay for the UCLA Law Review Discourse

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A screenshot of the abstract for “Special Education Entwinement,” my latest Essay for the UCLA law Review Discourse.
November 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Just finished this incredible work by @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social. Highly recommend, especially for all my education folks.
A picture of the front cover of Dividing the Public: School Finance and the Creation of Structural Inequity by Matthew Gardner Kelly.
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM