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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

This thoughtful review by @shannapeeples.bsky.social provides a vital reminder of the hope we must recapture -- hope we felt while learning about these wonderful Schools of Opportunity. @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social @michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social ‪‪

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Dr. Jon Sawyer @jonsawyer.org · 27/03/2025

Great and sobering (pun sort of intended) conversation with Kevin Welner on the impacts of hollowing out the Department of Education. @nepc.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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Education Shmeducation: The Effects of Dismantling The Dept. of Education

Podcast Episode · Beerocracy!® · 03/27/2025 · 38m

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”

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Kate Somerville (she/her) @katesomerville.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hot take? I don’t see why the key takeaway here is a focus on phonics. I listened to the episode and I heard small class sizes, subsidized preschool, extra academic supports based on what kids need, & wraparound supports. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

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Most school districts have lots of kids who struggle with reading. This one is different.

The third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, 93% or more of them have scored proficient on state reading tests. In fact, the elementar...

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Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991. Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens. As of this morning, it’s gone.

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Kate Somerville (she/her) @katesomerville.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

First Bluesky post to share the application for RWJF’s Health Policy Research Scholars program. HPRS prepared me to conduct interdisciplinary health policy research, nurtured me as a leader, and connected me with lifelong friends. 1st year doc students, check it out! www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

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Health Policy Research Scholars

HPRS is a four-year national leadership development program for full-time doctoral students from a wide range of nonclinical, research-focused disciplines in which policy is a key lever for change.

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