SEPTA, schools… state politics making it difficult for anything to marginally function www.inquirer.com/education/ph...

Latino families say they feel left out of Philadelphia school district www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia... @chalkbeat.org

www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia... Concerns grow over potential plan to close Philadelphia schools

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

The IRS is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reports

Trump held a $1M-per-seat candlelight dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Elon Musk in attendance. Business leaders could secure a private meeting for $5M, raising concerns about pay-to-play politics and policy influence. #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #MarALago #Fundraising #PayToPlay #CampaignFinance

After attacks from the #Trump admin, trans Americans & allies will gather in DC for #TransDayOfVisibility. Join the #ChristopherStreetProject rally on March 31, 4–6PM, Nat’l Mall. Celebrate trans joy, rights, & resilience. #CapitalPrideAlliance

#Tesla was founded in 2003 by #MartinEberhard & #MarcTarpenning. They built the Roadster prototype & secured funding before #ElonMusk joined in 2004. Musk didn’t start Tesla—he funded it, then took over & rewrote the story. #JoeRogan #JBStraubel #IanWright

Apropos of the today's executive order, here's my class slide which summarizes the results of vote audits over the past decade or so. To a pretty close approximation, individual-level voting fraud doesn't exist in this country.

Excuse the profanity, but this is absolutely fucking insane and such a clear overreach that I can't believe a magistrate judge authorized a warrant here. There is no plausible argument for a 1324 violation here. None at all. It's facially not relevant. This seems a huge abuse of process.

Trump’s attacks on South Africa are a punishment for independence | Achille Mbembe and Ruth Wilson Gilmore www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

This story about the Columbia urban planning student whose visa was revoked is worth reading in its entirety. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/n... Just one thing that stood out is Columbia’s swift action and rapid eviction:

ICYMI, @epi.org has two new resources for researchers and anyone tracking Trump actions: data.epi.org www.epi.org/policywatch/ #EconSky

the rage I felt reading this as the parent of a disabled 14yo

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

L.A.'s Asian immigrant communities prep for raids, brace for deportations - Los Angeles Times

For Gen Alpha, learning to read is becoming a privilege www.businessinsider.com/gen-alpha-re...

Should Swarthmore students’ use of a bullhorn constitute assault? Tensions remain as discipline from pro-Palestinian protests continue. www.inquirer.com/education/sw... via @inquirer.com

Please enjoy this message from ELC board chair Kate Potalivo and family - and consider a year-end gift to the law center as we get ready to embark on our 50th year. Click here: s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/public.elc-p...

Thousands of children passed through the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School by the time it closed in 1918. They came from dozens of tribes under forced assimilation policies that were meant to erase Native American traditions so the children would better fit into white society.

Enjoy our year-end art and message! And please help support the Education Law Center this holiday season. conta.cc/41wcW7n

People who want to support Gates’s latest project should listen to her amazing podcast Gates Investigates! #StarTrek #Trek 🖖🏽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

The Tyler School of Art and the Temple University Department of Dance present: Merián Soto, Keep It Moving: 25 years of creative research at Temple University January 13-26, 2025 Stella Gallery, Tyler School of Art & Architecture 2001 N 13th Street, Philadelphia

Trump’s deportation plan would hurt families and economy, Senate hears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

www.inquirer.com/education/ph... I'm late to this, but a bit confused. PDE reports SDP enrollment of 117,985 in 23-24, so Supt's 24-25 numbers represent a (very small) decline. Also, charter enrollment decline even more significant. Total county enrollment would be down -2,292. Here's prior 20 years

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

Congratulations to @gengqixiao.bsky.social for this new article that was inspired in part by the “Language Diversity and Education” course he took with me a few years ago. You should all check it out! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...

"The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is, I want to argue, one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights." Not new words, but really wise ones from @davidharvey.org. Thinking this morning about what it means to take this precious human right seriously.

“The punishment is not because we hung up posters,…” said Kardasz, one of the teachers. “But the punishment is the fact that these posters are pro-Palestinian, they are anti-genocide, they are anti-violence towards Palestinian people.” #phled theintercept.com/2024/12/03/p...

Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail. And it’s working better than anyone expected.

Teaching should be a praxis of freedom #highered

#HigherEd is so deeply committed to profit accumulation that it will continue to self sabotage by harming of students and faculty #slowviolence theintercept.com/2024/12/02/u...

Abolish recommendation letters.

France knows that it is violating international law by giving immunity to Netanyahu and Gallant. What’s next? Netanyahu will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the ceasefire?

Donald Trump hopes to remove 11 million unauthorized immigrants as part of his mass deportation goals. But because of international diplomacy, cost and legal proceedings, it won't be easy. Here's how past administrations compare. nyti.ms/3AQM3A7

Please ignore, block, and report the imposter account pretending to be us and spamming people's DMs. We own the account @haymarketbooks.bsky.social, but the one with 3 o‘s is a fraud. @support.bsky.team

The number of Philly teachers without full certification has more than doubled. It comes at a cost. www.inquirer.com/education/em... #phled

"Não existe capitalismo bom. Não existe um capitalismo que de alguma forma não seja racial. Não existe capitalismo que não esgote as energias e os recursos do mundo. Isso não existe." Ruth Wilson Gilmore, geógrafa e abolicionista penal.

ok nature is healing @rwgilmoregirls.bsky.social is here ✨

NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Please read and check out my new article in Theatre Journal, whereby I put forth my concept of Black theatrical geographies in conversation with Katherine McKittrick and Ruth Wilson Gilmore. DM if you don’t have access and would like me to email you a copy!