Reposted by Rob WiscTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15hThread. (It’s a new world, fellow academics.) 417645
Reposted by Rob WiscTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7888316
Reposted by Rob WiscProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026About 30 states have adopted programs that allow families to spend public money on private school tuition. But our investigation found that many states have little interest in overseeing private schools. Join us Oct. 6 for a virtual discussion. RSVP: events.propublica.org/wild-west-sc... 12272120
Reposted by Rob WiscCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The reporting here highlights one of the major threats of Alpha School: not that Alpha School will proliferate per se, but that education leaders will decide to pilot Alpha's AI platform and open public education to be hollowed out from the inside or drift closer to Alpha's vision of education.propublica.orgTexas’ Education Board Raised Questions About an AI Learning Tool. The State Then Helped Pilot It in Public Schools.Just three months after the Texas State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School’s AI learning platform, Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in talks about using the tool in public sch... 1175
Reposted by Rob WiscJosh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Federal scholarship tax credit regs are out. Working through them. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20277.pdfpublic-inspection.federalregister.gov 143
Reposted by Rob WiscJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026stop treating the culture wars as an exogenous shock. political actors made strategic choices to create and weaponize them. they are not a curious weather condition public schools failed to dress appropriately for. 530673
Reposted by Rob WiscCUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies @cunyslu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Join us Thursday, October 6th at @cunyslu.bsky.social for a conversation with leading labor figures, academics, and elected officials on the future of gig worker organizing: slucuny.swoogo.com/6october2026 021
Reposted by Rob Wisctamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All of us need political education for something. Even those who do the readings or the work. I will die on this hill. 0103
Reposted by Rob WiscTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that. 101317221
Reposted by Rob WiscMo Torres @motorres.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah so profs are gonna have to unionize like yesterday 1296
Reposted by Rob WiscArrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As an educator: YES, IT DOES MATTER 211845
Reposted by Rob WiscTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is breathtaking. Like many things these days it is hard, but necessary, to figure what is a continuity and what is a rupture. EdTech has always been a private sector parasite feeding off the public sector. The rupture is AI EdTech is experimenting on the rich instead of the poor. 8488138
Reposted by Rob WiscArrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just finished processing data to measure flood exposures across NC, and there are ZIP code tabulation areas where 100% of residential housing units have been exposed to flooding sometime in the past 20 years. Just wow. 1221
Reposted by Rob WiscDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you have a favorite CBA clause, what does it do? 031
Reposted by Rob WiscInstitute for Southern Studies @southernstudies.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Durham is this growing, prosperous place and really what our data was showing is that there’s so many people that are falling behind amid this growing wealth,” @chriskromm.bsky.social said. 033
Reposted by Rob WiscJack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The latest issue of History of Education Quarterly is out. In this thread, I'll provide free access to all of the articles. 1/n 184
Reposted by Rob WiscMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Mark Anthony Neal discusses 'Save a Seat for Me: Notes on American Fatherhood' on WUNC's 'Due South' on.soundcloud.com/0qiemPEw3arn... 053
Reposted by Rob WiscMark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Our department is hiring an assistant/associate professor of higher education policy!! I am not on the search committee this time, but am happy to chat with those who are interested about our amazing departmental community and Vanderbilt. Please help circulate! apply.interfolio.com/193891apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 0109
Reposted by Rob Wiscjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress? 430103771920
Reposted by Rob WiscKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or carearstechnica.comUnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit allegesFor the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug. 7944651582
Reposted by Rob WiscBritt Paris @hellobrittparis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Join us Monday for our second @aaup.org AI pushback toolkit webinar on Monday 9/21 1pm ET. If you’ve ever wanted to find out what your admin signs away in tech vendor contracts to organize around it, this is for you. www.aaup.org/event/foias-...aaup.orgFOIAs for Better Shared Governance Around TechnologyThis webinar provides examples of how to conduct public records requests to gather and analyze information pertaining to an institution's technology contracts, correspondence between institutional adm... 02115
Reposted by Rob WiscSarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Boots Riley is in town today, with two free public screenings of “I Love Boosters” followed by Q&As - link below! 14615
Reposted by Rob WiscLouise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Taking seriously that most current "innovative tech” value comes from hosing up data... a good time to follow up on how 2025’s DOGE operation was more like a system-hacking exploit to test entry and smash and grab info, paving the way for longer term scraping/dismantling of all our stuff. 0125
Reposted by Rob WiscDerek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com · 16/09/2026While watching losers lose for doing loser shit, let’s not forget the fact that the AZ Dept of Ed is going to pay these legal fees with money that ought to have gone to, you know, educating students. 1115
Reposted by Rob WiscColin Campbell @raleighreporter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bad news for state employees in the four counties to the north of the Triangle: Your local hospitals are in the "non-preferred" tier under the State Health Plan's new system: www.wunc.org/politics/202... #ncpolwunc.orgIn new State Health Plan program, a cluster of rural NC hospitals could cost patients moreState employees will likely pay more for healthcare if they use hospital systems in four rural counties north of the Triangle. 031
Reposted by Rob WiscAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 15/09/2026For @thenation.com, @cathylutz.bsky.social and I wrote about how school ”security“ in the US is becoming militarized.thenation.comElectric Shocks for Kids and the Push to Militarize SchoolsElectric-shock gloves used on students in Nebraska are the latest sign of how policing, surveillance, and military technology have entered American schools. 25735
Reposted by Rob WiscOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026teachers of Bluesky: it is officially France, Haiti, and CLR James week in my Revolution philosophy class and...things are going to escalate pretty dramatically. any tricks or habits you all have developed around teaching particularly violent periods of history? 4246466
Reposted by Rob WiscMatthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.” lailluminator.com/2026/09/10/u...lailluminator.comUniversity faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana IlluminatorA survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education 212575
Reposted by Rob WiscAAUP @aaup.org · 10/09/2026TONIGHT! 7PM ET! Join the AAUP & @aft.org for a discussion on how we are fighting back against Trump’s Compact 2.0 & how YOU can help block the Trump admin’s efforts to take control of American higher education. REGISTER HERE: aft.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 0139
Reposted by Rob WiscCaitlin McGlade @caitmcglade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I, the only data reporter at the Charlotte Observer, am among the McClatchy layoffs in the bloodbath today. The HR person asked me not to talk about it! AMA. Anyway, here’s a link to one of my most important stories this year. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...charlotteobserver.comA Black teen found hanged near Charlotte church was a suicide, police say. Questions remainIn May, 16-year-old Juliana Nzita was found dead in a Charlotte churchyard. CMPD called it a suicide. Her family isn’t so sure. 612158853
Reposted by Rob WiscNetwork for Public Education @network4pubed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Anti-DEI Governance and the Reconfiguration of Public Higher Education One of the many incredible panels we will have at our 2026 conference in Houston. For more visit our website or scan the QR code on the graphic. networkforpubliceducation.org/2026-nationa... Public Schools Build Democracy! 011
Reposted by Rob WiscInstitute for Southern Studies @southernstudies.bsky.social · 10/09/2026NEW: Two years after Helene, western NC is still struggling to rebuild — amid FEMA turmoil, billions in unmet recovery needs, and scant evidence that Trump’s hand-picked “recovery czar” Michael Whatley played a meaningful role Our investigation w/ @thenation.com www.facingsouth.org/2026/09/two-...facingsouth.orgTwo years after Helene: Western NC struggles to rebuild amid FEMA turmoil and the GOP's missing "recovery czar"North Carolina has become a testing ground for an eviscerated FEMA under Trump. It could also be a political liability for missing-in-action “recovery czar” and GOP U.S. Senate hopeful and Michael Wha... 042
Reposted by Rob WiscAnna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Come work with me! If you are a researcher interested in supporting unionization efforts and helping workers stand up to bosses, Local 509 wants you. Salary $91k–$103k, v. good benefits, hybrid with frequent travel around Massachusetts.seiu509.orgStrategic Researcher - SEIU 509In close collaboration with other Union staff and member leaders, the Strategic Researcher will assist in the development and implementation of a broad spectrum of strategic plans to advance campaigns... 02929
Reposted by Rob WiscCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Related: 10/10 would recommend Lindsay Weinberg's excellent book 👇🏻press.jhu.eduSmart UniversityStudent Surveillance in the Digital Age 0217
Reposted by Rob WiscSherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · 07/09/2026My daughter and I watched. We learned. We talked afterwards. As an historian (if not a local historian in NC), I endorse this documentary.vimeo.comPower to the People, Y'all [Happy Labor Day]Power to the People, Y’all is a character-driven documentary that explores aging, legacy, and resistance through interviews with five founding members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther... 021
Reposted by Rob WiscLouise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I teach about school lunch debt next week, using Abbye Atkinson's exceptional article about it. nyulawreview.org/online-featu...nyulawreview.orgPhilando Castile, State Violence, and School Lunch Debt: A Meditation - NYU Law ReviewThis essay reflects on Philando Castile and the work he did to support the children who passed through his school cafeteria. By regularly paying off their school lunch debt, Mr. Castile voluntarily as... 083
Reposted by Rob WiscBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 06/09/2026working on some guides and toolkits here: The Charter Money Trail schoolfinance101.com/2026/09/06/t...schoolfinance101.comThe Charter Money TrailFollowing public dollars through a traditional school district is, by comparison, straightforward. District budgets are public record. Board meetings are open. Every dollar of state and local reven… 111
Reposted by Rob WiscPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A couple of nights ago at the Socialism Conference (was watching online), Dr. Angela Davis mentioned Mexico City Utopias. I'd never heard of the project before. mexicosolidarity.com/mexico-citys...mexicosolidarity.comMexico City's UtopiasCommunity centers in Mexico City’s most populous and poorest borough demonstrates their transformative power and presents a model for other cities throughout the world. 410831
Reposted by Rob WiscMonique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@chloeneast.bsky.social and @caitlinpatler.bsky.social are hiring a post-doc at Berkeley. Fantastic opportunity for up-and-coming researchers interested in studying the impact of the anti-immigration agenda and doing impactful research with great mentors. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05505aprecruit.berkeley.eduPostDoctoral Scholar Employee - Goldman School of Public PolicyUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 1107
Reposted by Rob WiscMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Within the logic of Christian Zionism, the true danger is not war but peace” - @astra.bsky.social & @naomiaklein.bsky.social This chapter, infuriating as it is, has given me more insight into contemporary evangelicalism than anything I’ve read since @jeffsharlet.bsky.social’s “The Family.” 1118547
Reposted by Rob Wiscjentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 05/09/2026Watch the Detroit Jazz Festival from anywherewemu.orgWatch the Detroit Jazz Festival from wherever you areLinks to stream the Deroit Jazz Festival 032
Reposted by Rob WiscTom Wallach @mdwallach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop. 3346831900
Reposted by Rob WiscChokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.captimes.comUW-Madison students, records detail investigation of professorDietram Scheufele resigned after investigators determined he had sexual relationships with two students and engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct with one. 281104370
Reposted by Rob WiscAmanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I love these kinds of stories so much 618831
Reposted by Rob WiscDanaMPatton @danampatton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026They are trying to destroy every public university in Florida. And if you think this won't go national, you haven't been paying attention to the canary that is the Florida legislature the past two years. 032
Reposted by Rob WiscQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 02/09/2026great job here - in the very dynamic political economy program at berkeley - a dream gig! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05425aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor – Political Economy – 50% Political Economy and 50% in a Related DisciplineUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 15745
Reposted by Rob WiscHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 02/09/2026If you can’t make it to Chicago, the @socialismconference.org virtual program will feature Angela Y. Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Michelle Alexander, Saul Williams, @silkys13.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @reallandsend.bsky.social, @avierkant.bsky.social, and more!events.haymarketbooks.orgRegister now – Socialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTubeSocialism 2026 Virtual Program – YouTube, Fri Sep 4, 2026 - Sun Sep 6, 2026 - Can't make it to Chicago for the Socialism Conference? Check out our live-stream schedule, and RSVP to attend virtually! *... 15934
Reposted by Rob Wiscjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/09/2026so unfair that you might be attacked for just wanting a white ethnostate anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes. 763091535
