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Erin

@erinalexa.bsky.social
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College & Career Coach/ School Counselor, becoming a better baker, Chicago.

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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today a college rep told my students about an alum who “graduated back in the 1900s” and was on Shark Tank.
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Mark Cuban Says 'I'm Out'
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Emailed my art historian mom for college suggestions for a student wanting to become a modern art curator and so far I've received four emails in 12 hours.
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Colin Jost: Slow Down Ranger on SNL
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I went to school on 9/11 convinced it was going to be the best day ever--I was going on 2 field trips. We went on both (one a few hours after the attack). My science teacher said it was best to continue with our plans b/c a group of teens in Nebraska weren't going to impact the goings on of the day.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
'Students are attending less, reading less, participating less, and often treating university as one commitment among many.'
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Students are not disengaged, they are adapting to a thinner university
For Fredrick Agboma and Andrew Doyle, the question isn't whether students are less committed, but what culture they're asked to inhabit
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
College app season 2026 is officially starting: we host our first five college reps of the fall today (with at least 160 to go).
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Sophia Petrillo: Let's Roll!
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Finally bought tickets to next weekends volleyball at Wrigley. Can't wait to be surrounded by Nebraskans again.
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Lil Red Mascot Dances at Huskers Game
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today, for the first time in my 19 years working in schools, a student asked if he could waterfall my drink.
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James Franco's Puzzled 'Wait What' Expression
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Our bedroom is filled with Dolly Parton themed art, because I woke up wanting to be as much like her as possible every day. My favorite work in the collection:
Hairway to Heaven by Kathryn Polk, with Dolly merged with Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
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✨Libbey✨ @inthepouringrain.swifties.social · 25/08/2026
if Dolly can pick a guitar AND a banjo in acrylics we can do hard things too
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov please pardon her so she can continue to work and receive benefits. The system failed her. abc7chicago.com/post/keshia-...
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Chicago woman accepts plea deal in partner's death, avoids murder trial
A Chicago woman charged with murder in the death of her partner accepted a plea deal Monday, avoiding a trial and returning home to her daughter, but leaving court with a felony conviction supporters ...
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getaway cat @assholeoutlaw.swifties.social · 20/08/2026
dear reader, bend when you can, snap when you have to
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Groovy Dance Squad Choreo
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It’s my most stressful day of work for the year and I’m starting at 6am and the Dunkin across the street from school is (per Google Maps) temporarily closed.
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Nacho Libre: But... Why?
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I've been working in schools for nearly 20 years and I'm 99% sure today was my first day having to stand in the hallway with students due to a tornado warning.
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Ryan Howard Writing in Notebook
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Max Miller is under the influence on Jake Tapper's show.... right?
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
As if there's one ticket into the Ivies.
Add stating "Admission to Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern and UChicago is more competitive than ever — especially for private school students from Chicago. On August 6, join a Former Northwestern Admissions Officer to learn what your child must do to get in" with an image of a man with "What Chicago Students Must Do To Get Into The Ivies"
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Do you know how many high school seniors don’t have a drivers license or state ID? fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-ce...
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Seinfeld Kramer: It's Too Much!
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wrapping up a project today in which I'm calculating the average cost of private colleges after just merit aid for my students (last summer I did the same for public institutions). Unfortunately saved our two most popular private colleges for last.
A chart showing the average cost of colleges after merit aid, before FAFSA-based financial aid.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Really not ready (but need to get ready) to help our recent grads and seniors navigate this. Checked last night and I think our community colleges will be about 12k/ year for impacted students.
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@emilysays @emilysays.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
hey remember salads
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Judge rules against Illinois college aid for undocumented immigrants www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
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Judge rules against Illinois college aid for undocumented immigrants
EAST ST. LOUIS — A federal judge on Friday ruled that Illinois' in-state college tuition and scholarships for undocumented immigrants are unconstitutional.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Today I learned our city’s library wifi is inaccessible from our city’s school district’s Chromebooks.
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James Franco's Puzzled 'Wait What' Expression
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kyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Genuinely confused as to why Alaska is represented by a margarita and Missouri by champagne and champagne flutes.
Kids coloring a map of the United States with various symbols representing states.
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 29/06/2026
I keep making this point when discussing college closures. Nobody wants to be the one to make the politically painful decision, and everyone would prefer that someone else does it. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/29/m...
Historically, federal and state governments have been reluctant to step into the affairs of private colleges, said Robert Kelchen, a professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, because intervening can be “a political mess.” No one wants to see a school die, and regulators especially “don’t want to be the one blamed for killing the school,” he added.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My great grandfather changed the spelling of my (already very rare) lastname mid-WWII (to seem less German) and I'm on a college fly-in and one of the professors that came to talk with us has the old spelling of my lastname as her last name (and like me went by Ms. D when she worked in K-12 ed).
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Spider-Man Pointing at Spider-Man Meme
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Are chip bags specifically made for walking tacos a Cleveland thing?
A walking taco Fritos scoops bag
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Last day of work before taking my final personal day of the year to go to a spa, a lazy weekend, seeing my folks, attending a college fly-in (which includes attending a minor league baseball game and a trip to an NFL training facility), then a weekend away.
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Sophia Petrillo: Let's Roll!
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Learning that a sizable chunk of our incoming 9th grade students don't know how to play tic tac toe exponentially increased my concern for the future.
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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The “DEI” language in question? The student group “is expected to foster a safe community where diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded in the organization” has been replaced with “expected to foster a safe and inclusive community” statenews.com/article/2026...
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MSU strips DEI language from student organization policy after Republican pushback - The State News
MSU removed DEI requirements from executive board roles after criticism from a widespread College Republicans post.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Joining Amherst, Chicago, NYU, + USC in the six-figure club are mostly top-tier schools with low acceptance rates: Barnard, Claremont McKenna, Colgate, Duke, Fordham, Georgetown, Harvey Mudd, Haverford, Smith, Vassar, WashU STL, Wesleyan… I had no idea that Fordham was in this club!
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More Than a Dozen Colleges Are Quietly Crossing the $100,000 Mark This Year
The sticker price for a year at NYU, Duke, USC, and others is creeping into six figures. Many families are starting to balk.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“We saw that no students really wanted to participate in that program, but this legislation will require families who are paying for college education for their kids, which is not cheap, that they would be forced to take these freedom classes..." www.kcrg.com/2026/06/03/c...
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Courses will be required at University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom
University of Iowa Students will now be required to take classes from the new Center for Intellectual Freedom in order to graduate.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I didn't renew my pretty bougie kahoot account and then realized I wanted some of the features... I used to be able to run kahoots for 1,000 students at a time... now 200 max. I won't be paying over $100/ year for that.
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The End Of An Era Bunny Schneiderman
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Great weather for finding the Taylor Swift Toy Story billboard.
TS billboard infront of city buildings TS on a billboard with 13 clouds from my husbands digital camera
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hosted two events today-- a pharmacist for a day event with Walgreens and then a Kona Ice truck for students who won an incentive. One of the Kona winners asked if I could help him get back in the building so he could gift his favorite custodian his Kona Ice.
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine: All Right, I'm Gonna Go Cry
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Chaperoned a field trip during which we walked to the zoo, wandered there, and walked back today. I’m not sure if I’ll ever walk again.
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Dr. Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is terrible. ICE separated a single mother from her son, and deported her without him, leaving him in the care of her sister’s abusive ex. Who murdered him.
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
As an alum of Sacramento State’s daycare, I have to say the concept of Sacramento being the best college town in California is a ridiculous statement.
#1 best colllege down in California written in a green hexagon with Sacramento’s golden bother and river in the background
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Today a high school senior asked me if I know who Taylor Swift is.
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Taylor Swift's Confused 'Wtf Is Going On' Look
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."
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How minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide prevention
Studies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care.
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 12/05/2026
Well said, @bakerdphd.bsky.social. This is a great piece on the troubles with transparency in college admissions. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
"There’s the inherent arbitrariness of decisions when you have so many more applicants than spots,” says Dominique J. Baker, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, whose research focuses on equity in admissions. “But then there are the pieces of the process that aren’t transparent because colleges obscure the reality of them.”

Baker, a former assistant dean of admissions at the University of Virginia, would like to see institutions share data on the number of students admitted who are the children of alumni, donors, and elected officials. “We usually don’t get any information about that,” she says. “These institutions know that if the public saw how many of those students are getting in, it would pierce some of their mystique, and they might lose some cachet.”
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Erin @erinalexa.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
There's nothing quite as exhausting as proctoring extended time AP exams.
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Man Collapses from Exhaustion
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Eddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Texas Tech managing to preemptively satirize itself.
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Eddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Imagine being the richest person on earth, and then pretending to be your mum on twitter, telling people not to be mean to you.
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Drew Scanlon Blinking Eyes Meme Reaction
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The only thing that could make me back up into any human being let alone a STUDENT is if they were actively shooting at me. Literally no other excuse. Zero.
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Greg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Give it up already. Just let trans kids go to college and move on.
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Smith College Faces Investigation for Admitting Trans Women
The Trump administration argues that allowing “biological males” into “women’s intimate spaces” violates Title IX, a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination.
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✨Libbey✨ @inthepouringrain.swifties.social · 05/05/2026
this is DELIGHTFUL
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Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ
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Julie K. Brown receives Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on Jeffrey Epstein case
Brown's 2017 and 2018 reporting was cited at the awards ceremony. “Her work, and the government’s release of the Epstein files, continue to reverberate around the world.”
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