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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 27/09/2026

The Minneapolis school plan thing has been bugging me ever since we did a @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social episode on it, so I blogged some thoughts. Basically, for a district facing twin enrollment and fiscal crunches, what are they DOING? Literally, what is their problem?

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MPS: What Is Your Problem??

That's a serious question! Minneapolis Public Schools confronts two simultaneous and related crises: a precipitous and ongoing decline in student enrollment, and a structural budget deficit with a na...

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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 26/09/2026

Look, I might DO podcasts, but @schooldaves.bsky.social is a way better podcaster than me. Listen to him get all worked up about how HE found all these discrepancies in the 10s of millions of dollars, while the FB trolls campaigning against the ref can’t even be bothered to dig. Solid gold.

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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 25/09/2026

Me and @schooldaves.bsky.social have put out another episode of @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social — this time talking about a district with a referendum election in Indiana. A corporation, excuse me

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Ref-er-EN-dum, Indiana (Noblesville)

Podcast Episode · Budget Committee! · September 25 · 1h 20m

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Shannon for School Board @shannon-for-d3.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you, @schooldaves.bsky.social and @derekgottliebphd.com for this excellent emergency episode of your podcast! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽 It’s given those of us on fighting for our public schools here in Mini some more energy and perspective. Appreciate your solidarity! I encourage everyone to take a listen.

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If You Close It, They Will Leave (Minneapolis Public Schools)

Podcast Episode · Budget Committee! · September 16 · 41m

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We’ve gotten 580 or so requests to our form, and after 5 episodes this is the first time a requester has reached out after the ep came out!! You can request your district at our linktree in our bio.

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Jesse Cooke @jc00ke.com · 10/09/2026

We'd appreciate your help! It *feels* bonkers, and we haven't been presented with numbers to back up closing any of the schools.

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’ve just put it up you should see it now sorry!!

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Another way to make the request is through the SFS request Google form in our linktree! But we can add this to the list for sure. Interesting issue

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Jesse Cooke @jc00ke.com · 07/09/2026

@budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social hi there! I found your pod from the guest episode on Have You Heard. I went to your LinkTree to find the submission form you mentioned but only found one for the Chicago event. Anyway, I'd love for you to look into Portland Public School's "Rightsizing" effort.

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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 28/08/2026

Oh look, the new episode of @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social just dropped — talking about Roane County, TN, building consolidation, career pathways, and how some places are or become the actual Upside-Down

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In the Shadow of the American Chernobyl: Roane County (TN)

Podcast Episode · Budget Committee! · August 28 · 1h 3m

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John Downes-Angus @johndownesangus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This podcast from @schooldaves.bsky.social and @derekgottliebphd.com about school budgets is great. Doing the kind of work that’ll enable more public school organizing: peeling back veneers of inevitability that layer public goods. open.spotify.com/show/033TCOF...

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Podcast · David I. Backer and Derek Gottlieb · Getting (Closer) to the Bottom of Your District's Finances

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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 21/08/2026

@schooldaves.bsky.social and I put up a new ep of @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social today! This one takes a request to talk about Lake Travis ISD in TX, and the financial goings-on there. But boy do we let ourselves wander, which is most of the fun!

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Caught in the Same Vice (Lake Travis ISD, TX)

Podcast Episode · Budget Committee! · August 20 · 58m

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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

So mad that we live in a world of incredible critiques of the worst versions of DEI & identity politics (e.g. Taiwo’s Elite Capture and Asad Haider’s Mistaken Identity) and somehow huge swaths of the left seem to be picking Tyler Austin Harper and Vivek fucking Chibber

Olufemi Taiwo's Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) & Asad Haider's Mistaken Identity: Mass Movements and Racial Ideology

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david i. backer @schooldaves.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

BIG NEWS @derekgottliebphd.com and I are going to do a live recording of our new podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social in Chicago. It'll be Sunday, 9/6, at 10am at Daley Plaza. Hope to see you there!

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

And watch this space we might be doing something special in town during the conference!!

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Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 01/08/2026

I’m really excited to index this book!

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We accept all forms of feedback including which YouTubers and great Irish authors we resemble

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Captain Su boo ru Baja blas @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

wow that guy looks both like youtube kid Andy king AND james Joyce somehow

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Clip from an upcoming episode on Vermont, talking about the “cruel illusion of local control”

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Budget Committee! Podcast @budgetcommitteepod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Some early listener feedback on our Hickman Mills episode from a Kansas City teacher.

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