Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This - again and again: schoolfinance101.com/2026/06/16/m... 21711
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyErica Frankenberg @efrankenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Today, our team at @advancedequity.bsky.social is releasing an Interactive Dashboard harmonizing a full decade of the Civil Rights Data Collection and makes it explorable across U.S. school districts & states. @maithgopalan.bsky.social Explore 👉 advancedequity.orgadvancedequity.orgAdvancED Equity 189
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyEducation Law Center-PA @edlawcenterpa.bsky.social · 02/06/2026New report: The Impact of Pennsylvania’s Adequacy Supplement shows its first year helped districts hire staff, cut class sizes, expand career and technical education, strengthen early literacy, and improve student well-being. Read the full report: paschoolswork.org/adequacy-rep... 001
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 31/05/2026If I hear another f--ng interview about how the long run learning loss which started pre-covid (esp in reading) is probably caused by social media and failure to implement Science of Reading, while totally ignoring the post-recession great disinvestment - for which we already have causal evidence... 16722
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/05/2026There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG) 169125614711
Reposted by Matthew Gardner Kellydoctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · 15/05/2026For every “semester over” post I see in May I will produce three “quarter hasn’t started yet” posts in September 😎 041
Matthew Gardner Kelly @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social · 01/05/2026While this is my second tenure letter, the first came at Penn State as I was leaving for UW, so it never took effect. Excited this one will! 4203
Matthew Gardner Kelly @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social · 03/04/2026My 5-minute EduTalk on history in education schools during our current moment: small fragments, silences, and how history changes how we see what’s in front of usyoutu.be2026 EduTalks | Solving for X: “History Helps Us See” - Matthew Gardner KellyYouTube video by University of Washington College of Education 152
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This was the worse case scenario, which I think I wrote about a couple months ago. 213844
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The inevitable next stage of academic publishers profiting from academics' work is here - scraping it for AI then charging subscriptions for access to the AI summaries, and then again for the citations. Academic content assetization as we called it in a recent paper. www.science.org/content/arti... 310148
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyThe Needling @theneedling.com · 24/12/2025Gov. Ferguson Backs Millionaire Tax After Ghost of Christmas Future Shows Him Losing In 2028 If He Doesn’t: tinyurl.com/ye25s9zp 739288
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle 521165245
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025NYC teachers and friends of same - please share this great learning opportunity. A day at the NY Historical Society to invigorate and expand how you teach Civil Rights Movement history. #nyc #nyccivilrightshistory #maemallory #harlem9facinghistory.orgCivil Rights and Schools: From Little Rock to NYCThis workshop focuses on efforts to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 and in Harlem in 1958. This event will be in-person. 4268131
Matthew Gardner Kelly @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social · 12/11/2025We said goodbye to Rainn, just shy of 16. From a NYC shelter, he once ate rat poison, beat cancer multiple times, and never left our sides. With me through teaching, grad school, the pandemic, and academia. Grateful for every day we had, including his last. His adoption video: youtu.be/VBmptgBgZms 050
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyDiane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 16/10/2025My first interview about my new book! www.americatrendspodcast.com 0124
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyMike Glass @m-r-glass.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠🥳🎉 For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal! www.pennpress.org/978151282822... 02713
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyPreston Green @drprestongreen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Forbes picked up our article explaining how designating rural school districts as "education preserves" can protect them from charter and voucher expansion. www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...forbes.comDo We Need Rural School Preserves?A new paper argues that rural school districts are facing an existential threat, and proposes a new sort of preserve to safeguard these districts and the students that they serve. 176
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyZahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 25/08/2025This is a truly wild stat. "TN will spend an average of $7,023 per public school student... compared to the $7,295 given to [voucher] students." If a state invests more in those leaving public schools than in strengthening the system that serves all comers, what does that say about its priorities?chalkbeat.orgTennessee voucher total outpaces average per-pupil funding for public school studentsTennessee will allocate an average of $7,023 per public school student in the state, nearly $300 less than a new private school voucher. Though public school students will receive more public funds overall given a local government contribution, Democrats and education advocates are criticizing the disparity. 183
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are. 12781583465
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Education policy people, this fight over what counts as the nation's history is not just about historians. With great co-authors (Leana Cabral, @esthercyna.bsky.social, Michael Hines, @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social) I got to write and think about how ideas about the past shape ed policy. Timely! 175
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Oh yea we've got tons of evidence for this 325970
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyChris Saldaña @cmsaldana.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Head Start programs receive 0.18% of the total federal budget. This translates to $12.3 billion out of a $6.8 trillion federal budget. This isn't about closing federal deficits, it's about being cruel and challenging constitutional precedent protecting undocumented kids. www.wpr.org/news/new-tru...wpr.orgNew Trump rule bans undocumented immigrant families from Head StartImmigrant families lacking permanent legal status will no longer qualify for federally funded preschool through the Head Start program, the Trump administration announced this week. 051
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyAlex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 08/07/2025As the secretary of @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Division F, I have created a Blusky account. If you are interested in history of education or related topics, then give us a follow @aeradivf-history.bsky.social #histed #edhist 13019
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyJoshua Weishart @joshuaweishart.bsky.social · 07/07/2025It's not a "funding freeze" or "hold." It's an unlawful seizure of federal funds and it's categorically unconstitutional. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...wsj.comTrump’s $7 Billion Education Funding Freeze Blindsides SchoolsSuperintendents are scrambling to figure out what to do with programs funded by the money now under review. 301167436
Reposted by Matthew Gardner Kellytreb @treblaw.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Received 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 thispenncapital-star.comTrump administration withholds $230 million for Pennsylvania schools • Pennsylvania Capital-StarEducation advocates said the failure to release the funds was reckless and unlawful and would affect the state's most vulnerable students. 17390111
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyMark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The latest on Trump’s education funding freeze: Some programs are starting to shut down, districts are rejiggering budgets, and everyone is scrambling to make sense of the chaos. More on $6.8 billion withheld from K-12 schools: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...edweek.orgSchools and States Scramble as Trump Freezes $6.8 Billion in Federal FundsAfter-school programs, English-learner services, migrant education programs, and professional development are all at risk. 01011
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyRebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 30/06/2025So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...ipm.orgIndiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degreesPublic Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education. 18520891296
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/07/2025UPDATE: The Indiana legislature announced that, across the state's public universities, it will immediately eliminate 75 programs, suspend/teach-out 101, and force 232 to consolidate or be eliminated. Not surprisingly, these closures disproportionately affect arts, humanities, and social science. 26297161
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyJust Education Policy Institute @justedpolicy.bsky.social · 15/06/2025With generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Spencer Foundation, we are pleased to be offering the Just Education Policy Institute for doctoral students interested in research to reduce racial inequality in education policy this fall. Applications are open, due June 30. 1118
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyJust Education Policy Institute @justedpolicy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025🎉 Applications for the 2025 Just Education Policy Institute are now open! 🎉 Applications are due Jun 30. JEP 2025 will be held Oct 15-18, 2025 in Washington, DC. JEP helps developing scholars learn how, as a community, to conduct research that advances racial justice in education policy. 11011
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellySarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 06/06/2025The public meltdown happening between the world’s richest man 🙄 and the President of the United States 🙄🙄 once again begs the age-old question: are men simply too emotional to be in positions of power? 276109062401
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 28/05/2025So, who is pulling together the team to draft Project 2029 (and interim steps toward it)? We need long term plans for: 1) the courts & upholding constitutional rights & core values 2) education (early childhood through graduate) 3) rebuilding science 4) public health 5) housing equality/access... 5134
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyErica Frankenberg @efrankenberg.bsky.social · 16/05/2025On this day before the 71st anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision that declared school segregation inherently unequal, sharing a new publication written for the 70th anniversary examining why integration is eroding (open access): 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comEroding Integration: 21st Century Segregation Trends in U.S. Public and Charter Schools and Implications for the Enduring Promise of Brown - Erica Frankenberg, Caprial Farrington, Elizabeth H. DeBray,...Drawing on Boddie’s adaptive discrimination framework, this article analyzes changes in demographic trends from 2002–2021. Our findings reveal a continuation of... 11415
Matthew Gardner Kelly @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social · 07/05/2025This is great news! Congratulations, Ericka! 020
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Our EEPA paper on the media's role in shaping our understanding of student loans, race, and racism is here! Email me if you don't have access & want a copy. One of my fav papers for a few reasons but, most of all, it's my first paper with my husband 😍 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... 29630
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Joining with TC colleagues to say, among other things, that elite universities need to see and hopefully act in solidarity with K-12 educators and school systems in this moment we are all under attack.columbiaspectator.comTrump threatens all education, not just universitiesOn April 21, former interim University President Katrina Armstrong <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03/21/columbia-to-acquiesce-to-trump-administrations-demands-amid-federal-fundin... 02311
Matthew Gardner Kelly @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social · 06/04/2025OAH was a bright moment in an otherwise troubled time. We had a great session, I was honored to receive DeSantis Book Prize from SHGAPE for Dividing the Public, and I got to see Myra Armstead--a phenomenal historian, my undergraduate adviser, and the person who convinced me to become a historian! 0121
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyHannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I spent the last five years serving public history, arts, and culture at NEH. Please take a moment to let your representatives know you support NEH. Or read on and I can tell you a little bit about why I believe in public funding for the humanities. 420197
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025These are their names. You may not agree with every action these people have ever made. But please recognize that this is ideological persecution, likely aided by digital surveillance evidence, and with no due process. 1/ Mahmoud Khalil (Columbia) (still detained) www.aclu.org/.../a-letter....aclu.org 311158
Matthew Gardner Kelly @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social · 21/03/2025I’m quoted in this NPR article trying to communicate the devastation from the loss of the dedicated staff at NCES who made sure critical data was collected to ensure low income and rural schools receive the formula funds they need to serve their students. www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...npr.orgHow the Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schoolsWith cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years. 02011
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I have a family story + scholarly interpretation of it that I think/hope is politically potent at this moment. Am trying the regular op-ed route, but starting to imagine other media too. If you are/know of an illustrator/animator, especially who is from or knows Montana, pls be in touch. 121
Reposted by Matthew Gardner KellyBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Summing up the damages 068