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Education journalist, EWA's public editor. Writing book on early desegregation history of DoD schools for UNC Press. ‘23 Spencer Education Fellow, '11 Knight-Wallace Fellow.

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Education Writers Association @edwriters.bsky.social · 2h
Read Executive Director Beth Francesco’s letter to EWA members. P.S. Not yet an EWA member? It's an exciting time to join and to shape the future of education journalism.
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Beth Francesco: A Letter to the EWA Community
Beth Francesco, the executive director at the Education Writers Association (EWA), shares a letter to journalist and community members.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 6h
READ THE ROOM PNEUMONIC PLAGUE
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Forget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Librarians Discuss the Challenges and Triumphs of Running a Library Today (Gift Article)
We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many years ago, my editor sent me to a state prison in Nevada to cover an execution. A friend, a criminal defense attorney who had witnessed several, begged me not to observe the actual event. He said it would fundamentally alter my DNA.
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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Journalists! Do you want access to more than 100 sources in elections: cybersecurity, former officials, lawyers, academics? Do you want to ask them on the record questions and get answers for your stories? DO YOU WANT ALL OF THAT FOR FREE?! GOOD NEWS.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What has your local school board decided is the Next Big Thing to reverse lagging student learning? Where does it fall on this graph? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts
Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 30/09/2026
Do your find it surprising that there are more than 21k history orgs in the U.S.? Or that 80% of nonprofit history institutions are run by volunteers? Or that a third of all history orgs are operated as part of government? If so, come join me for a webinar in a couple weeks.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw* Hits Bookstores Today #CivilWarMemory #booksky 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-glorious...
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*A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw* Hits Bookstores Today
It’s been a long time coming, but today is the official release of A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
am I crazy or are these amazing
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
GOOD DAY M’AM MAY I ASK IF YOU MIGHT SUPPORT A SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR ECOLOGY MAJORS
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Washtenaw County resident here and ... I will watch that khaki-ed jellyfish.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
my gosh the lede on this story by Pepper Stetler h/t @jenjennings.bsky.social
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you, Bob Mackie. www.youtube.com/shorts/JID_G...
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The most iconic entrances of Cher on The Cher Show ✨🔥 #Cher
YouTube video by Cher Universe
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Conor P. Williams @conorpwilliams.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, when Finnish students were making their big gains, schooling was quite centralized and prescriptive, and classroom instruction was traditional and teacher-led." (Always read @chadaldeman.bsky.social) www.chadaldeman.com/p/remember-f...
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Remember Finland?
Finland’s achievement scores have gone straight down hill
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A year in, what are teens telling us about cell phone bans? New work from colleagues and me at Brookings. A few highlights: www.brookings.edu/articles/a-y...
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A year later, what teens tell us about school cellphone bans | Brookings
Dan Silver, Amie Rapaport, and Morgan Polikoff track how teen cellphone use shifted over a year under school phone bans.
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/09/2026
Come join me to learn about what research says are the most effective ways to communicate about history with public audiences. We can, it turns out, help people better understand what history is, what historians do, and why history is valuable to society.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I live less than a mile from the Big House and I’ll say it: I feel for Western Michigan’s guys right now.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Took Jonesie to see Lake Ontario and Niagara Falls. Some Canadian kid yelled "Look they caught an ewok!!"
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Education Writers Association @edwriters.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Lily Kepner of Austin American-Statesman created a tip sheet to help her fellow journalists cover Workforce Pell. The new federal program expands financial aid for students enrolled in short-term workforce programs. Learn more here: ewa.org/educated-rep... #ewa26 #eduSKY #journalistSKY
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 01/09/2026
Established CTE programs have delivered promising results. New research shows why adding career programs elsewhere may not produce the same payoff.
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Career education can help students. But expanding it may come with real risks.
Established CTE programs have delivered promising results. New research shows why adding career programs elsewhere may not produce the same payoff.
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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If the @inquirer.com keeps running Made by History pieces in the print edition, I’m gonna have to get it delivered 7 days instead of just Sundays. Marcia Chatelain on the March on Washington anniversary:
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MADE BY HISTORY
The Black women whose voices lifted hearts at the March on Washington

Sixty-three years later, the voices and vision of the women of the march have yet to be appreciated.
By Marcia Chatelain

In truth, Black women often struggled against the choke hold of racism and sexism they faced in local and national organizations, and their relative absence on the stage of the march spoke to a deeper…
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Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
our pals at @uncpress.bsky.social put together a guide to spotting publicity/marketing/podcast/whatever scams that target authors: uncpressblog.com/2026/08/27/p...
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Protecting Authors from Publishing Scams  - UNC Press Blog
UNC Press authors are receiving more scam emails and messages offering book promotion, reviews, book club appearances, podcast interviews, film and television opportunities, marketing services, and ot...
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
protect sally field at all costs
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Anybody have eyes on Billy Joel? Anybody?
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Can someone please check on Sting?
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If 3/14 is Pi Day can 9/25 be Dolly Day?
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She signed this letter the way she lived her life: “with love and respect”.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What a life, and what a legacy.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Is this "polling chaos" or "liars pretending to be pollsters" chaos? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/u...
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Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics
Bad polls. Misleading betting odds. Surveys meant to shape narratives. Ahead of the midterms and 2028, there is suddenly serious confusion about candidate strength and voter sentiment.
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I wrote about the changing debate over Medicare for All, and what this means for Democrats and health care reform www.vox.com/policy/49993...
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Why this year’s Medicare-for-all debate is different
Democrats never resolved their health care war, but they may have found a way around it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just want to say: whatever choices you make in this life, *voluntarily riding in the trunk of a car* probably should not be one of them.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
KIDS RIDE FREE
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Two Billy Goats Boarded a Bus in Portland. They Did Not Have Passes. (Gift Article)
Security camera footage showed the goats entering the TriMet bus in Portland, Ore., through the middle doors before some passengers shooed them off. They have since been reunited with their owner.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Anyone else feel like this is an untold chapter of a Wizard of Oz prequel?
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
may we all know a love like jonesie and his stylist
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Erica Meltzer @ericameltzer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The big swings in New York reading scores are raising questions about whether something went wrong with the test or how it's scored. As one assessment expert told Chalkbeat, people are much more eager to look under the hood of large declines than large increases. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
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Testing experts say New York’s reading score whiplash deserves a closer look
New York celebrated a dramatic rise in elementary reading scores last year. Now much of that gain has vanished, and testing experts are asking what happened
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Me: I need a flight to DC Airline rep: when would you like to trav … Me: NOW DC NOW
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Good evening to the ice cream truck currently on my street playing a muzak version of Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.”
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
JUSTICE
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A 78-year annual collection, running since 1947, now has a permanent hole in it.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Anyone need a Blue Ridge mountain stream timeline cleanse?
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Went outside. 10/10 would do it again.
Pine trees and the ridge line visible on a partly cloudy day on Roan Mountain, straddling North Carolina and Tennesee.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Is $3.99 a good value here y/n
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
At second-hand record shop and I have … many questions.
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