Pretty consistent with the last round of disparate school closings in Philadelphia

Maybe cyber charter schools can spend down some of their massive reserves... www.researchforaction.org/wp-content/u...

Sorry to be annoying but PA STILL DOESN'T HAVE A STATE BUDGET. Philly schools are having to burn millions of $$ on interest payments just to "keep the lights on." That’s equivalent to roughly 200 teacher salaries. www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...

“Why do all these nazis keep taking selfies with me?” theonion.com/why-do-all-t...

I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org. Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky

Love this kind of thing. www.inquirer.com/photo/a/hand...

You guys see where this is going? Right?

It’s crazy how he goes 4 days without committing an impeachable offense and we assume he’s dead. 😵

The administration says it wants to prevent PSLF from going to employees of orgs engaged in "illegal" activity But we already have a legal system to address that So the only purpose here is to let the admin interpret legality as it sees fit, using a lower "preponderance of the evidence" standard

Another night of Kruk getting "punchy" @phillies.bsky.social @philliesnation.bsky.social

FLASHBACK: Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the Fifth when asked if he and Trump ever socialized with girls under 18. That speaks volumes.

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

If you've been skeptical about the possibility of a Epstein conspiracy, as I have, I encourage you to read this incredible piece of reporting from CBS. They present fairly compelling evidence that someone doctored the Epstein jail footage and Trump AGs Bondi and Barr and FBI lied about it.

WalletHub asked for some comments re: school quality, school funding, and improving student outcomes. wallethub.com/edu/e/states...

let's take stock here: (Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it. Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷‍♀️ YOLO?

This song has been in my head a lot lately. It shouldn't have to be. youtube.com/watch?v=FsDy...

Just to get real: No, these programs alone aren't a huge % of school district's total $. But (1) they REALLY matter to the students they support, and (2) this is almost certainly a trial run. If the Trump admin—USED&OMB—don't get serious pushback on this, bigger cuts are likely to follow. #edusky

I almost can't believe that Elon Musk's AI called for the extermination of the Jewish people yesterday, and today not a single Congressional Democrat announced they were leaving his media network. A party that often claims to act against antisemitism didn't do jack shit about straight up Nazism.

Commence the real wasting, frauding, and abusing.

Received an email that our son's after-school program, which has helped immensely throughout his foster and adoption journey, had its funding frozen and is in danger of completely shutting down this summer and beyond. It's illegal and it's immoral and it's just plain cruel. I will never forget this

The ICE budget scares me more than anything that has happened since November 5th.

Abolish ICE

Our July newsletter is out! PA Budget, Opposing the Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill, Supreme Court Ruling Doesn’t Prohibit Inclusive Curricula, and More. conta.cc/3TkY5aq If you aren't on our list, subscribe here: www.elc-pa.org/subscribe/

If federal aid for students experiencing homelessness is slashed and/or rolled into a block grant, those critical services could disappear. Transparency would suffer, and the funds could vanish altogether, said ELC Legal Director Maura McInerney. Read more: www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

Entirely predictable, and outrageous to make this announcement after the school year. Students and families sold a false bill of goods deserve better. www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia... #PhlEd

Um, how does a Renaissance Charter get to tell the District that the catchment student it was suppose to enroll “must enroll in other District Schools”?

I think he proved Italians (and Americans and everyone else) would love an absolute banger.

RFA: Growing Per Pupil Fund Balances in PA Cyber Charter Schools On average, cyber charters now hold over $10K per student in general fund reserves—more than double that of school districts—and the gap continues to widen. @davidlapp.bsky.social www.researchforaction.org/research-res...

The widely repeated and entirely false claim that teacher experience “doesn’t matter much” after two years did lasting damage to the profession. New report summing up teacher experience, working conditions & retention lit.

This is dumb. I stopped posting on Twitter because it was full of bots and trolls and I got sick of blocking people.

I haven't seen any other members of Congress taking about ICE (and whoever else is helping ICE) wearing masks and removing badges to hide their identity. Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities! 🚨(202) 224-3121

Happy Pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈

Big day for education law. SCOTUS deadlocks 4-4 on religious charters, meaning this issue remains unsettled www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... Lower court halts Trump's effort to dimantle USED. Admin says they'll appeal www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

You can avoid it as much as you want. But this is at the root.

Maybe you should have asked her those questions before you voted to confirm her, Senator.

"'Off-task behavior on laptops or tablets ranked as the second most common source of distraction for students,' worse than cellphones": www.joannejacobs.com/post/chromeb... The above certainly reflects what I see anecdotally. We have to solve this problem to make the tech really helpful.

Study Finds Growing Gap Between America's Rich and Super-Rich

Murphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"

A few words of tribute to David Souter, from a non-lawyer with no expertise who is nonetheless a nerd who reads opinions. Justice Souter wasn’t really known for a signature judicial philosophy, like Breyer’s active liberty or Scalia’s originalism. But this was, in part, what was great about him. 1/

Spanking children causes harm. There are no benefits. Worldwide data collection shows this- for all countries and ask cultures. => do not hit children to punish them. It should be illegal. Everywhere. www.zmescience.com/science/news...

"imagine" and "let us say" are all you need to see here.

I've been following the story of St. Isidore's, the Catholic charter school taking its case before SCOTUS today. Lots of good pieces out about it, but I'll offer one more thread of pieces I wrote along the way as the story unfolded over the past couple of years. 1/

Donald Trump hates DEI, so he must love the public education system in Pennsylvania #edusky #phled www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...

Thank you, @derekwblack.bsky.social, for your lead on this religious charter school amicus brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...