Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote a deeply personal article on the cost of combatting systemic barriers with individual choices. I have nothing but awe for her humility and I refuse to join the chorus of arrogance/ dismay at the decisions of a Black family in the most segregated state in the nation. 1/n 130
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wild to beat the University of Oklahoma by 4 TDs and feel like our offense underperformed 040
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If I was an Oklahoma fan I would simply start cheering for UGA 050
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So proud of Amari, who worked with me this summer, and her research on the historic magnet school program in Atlanta. She argues that magnet schools could be a powerful tool for education excellence and equity, but would need key guardrails for implementation. www.ajc.com/education/20...ajc.comAtlanta’s history of magnet schools offers lessons for its futureAtlanta Public Schools can learn from its history to create educational opportunities that can help all students. 020
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Joined Threads and the engagement is fantastic but also the overall experience is... bad? Chaotic? Unhinged? Disjointed is maybe a better way to describe it. Maybe I just don't know how to curate my feed yet but it feels like walking past the clubs tables at orientation when I was in undergrad. 010
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Me forcing my kids to stop cheering for the Falcons 030
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Like a punch in the stomach www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 060
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I don't want to be too dramatic but my organization is working on something like this right now and we have a fighter's chance of transforming the education funding in Georgia in the not too distant future. 160
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Coach Sark won't see your post derisively calling him "Steve" for blowing off Holly Rowe but your friends named Stephen will so let's all take a breath before typing 010
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026down by 6 5 holding calls 4th string QB looking tempting 3 batted passes 2 missed field goals Rise up Falcons 000
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hmm. I know rush threw that but let’s be real that was a Bijan TD #RiseUp 000
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Falcons defense celebrating a turnover like we’re not about to hand it to Cooper Rush 110
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Me and my friends would have tried to drown liberty biberty in a puddle I can tell you that 000
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Can't explain it well but the color scheme of Texas-OSU is gross. Unpleasant. 140
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I’m going to eat a Cuban at Cali n Titos and get to hear a lone trumpeter play the battle hymn of the republic and watch a kid name Gunner sling it college football is so back baby 1110
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I can hear tech fans start to rebuild themselves this morning with the weak assurances that other teams are earning swagger by beating GT. "under collins beating tech didn't mean anything, now we are a force to be reckoned with..." they tell each other, nodding. "we'll be their bosses one da-" 000
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In this op-ed I argue that the NBA does a better job of modeling equitable spending across markets than states do for our public schools www.the74million.org/article/want...the74million.orgWant More Equitable School Funding? NBA Salary Caps Can Be a ModelOwens: Vermont and Texas limit how much wealthy districts can spend, as sports leagues do for rich teams. Exceed the limit, and there's a penalty. 241
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026There are a lot of issues with the idea of implementing trade work in elementary school curriculum but the biggest is: it sucks. No one wants this. Imagine if the federal goverment started pushing for a change in elementary curriculum?? Bedlam. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comEducation Sec. Linda McMahon wants elementary students on ‘pathway’ to be plumbersThe Trump administration has pushed to prioritize apprenticeships and technical education while at the same time cutting billions in education and research funding 000
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Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Nothing reminds me how much of happiness is tied to relative need more than excel. Am I good at excel? No, I'm fine. In a room of data scientists I am the equivalent of a toddler, but being the only person in the office who knows how to use VLOOKUP and I feel like superman. 020
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I need to put this prediction out there: Mayor Dickens is going to hop into the comments of one my anti-TAD posts and will absolutely dunk on me. My response will be... fine. I've been studying the pattern of who he is willing to respond to on socials and I'm afraid I fit the bill. 380
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Why unions are needed, example 13,552: www.wsbtv.com/news/local/c...wsbtv.comOver 100 teachers questioned for walking out of superintendent’s speechEmployees are being asked if they had permission to leave the speech. 351
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Watching The Holdovers and Big Tobacco could not have created a better advertisement for smoking. What I wouldn't give to stand in sub zero temperatures smoking a cigarette wearing a tie 120
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Cash Jones scoring a TD in the NFL preseason??? Dreams do come true 021
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“To even consider extending any of the six TADs in the midst of a budget shortfall and school closures is a complete betrayal to the children and families the board was elected to serve.” If Atlanta Public Schools board extends TADs, future funding will be at risk www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...ajc.comIf Atlanta Public Schools board extends TADs, future funding will be at riskAtlanta Public Schools board of education should not vote to extend Tax Allocation Districts, which will divert funding away from future generations of students. 074
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 17/08/2026the fact that uga has zero first place votes will be forgotten by the end of the SEC championship game. in its place players will swear on the bible that "the media" predicted we would go 6-6. 121
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026When I was in 9th the 1 white guy on our basketball team, during a recorded rivalry game, contested a layup by leaping at full speed. Missed the ball, player, everything & crashed into the wall behind the goal. They played it Fridays on the morning announcements and one time on repeat for 3 minutes 020
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My 9 year-old wasn't a "shoot his toddler brother with an arrow" kid until I gave him a bow and arrow for Christmas 020
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 13/08/2026From the draft AI policy that the Atlanta Public Schools Policy Review Committee will look at tomorrow. Absolutely de-humanizing. No person who pretends to respect the teaching profession should use language like "AI-powered co-teachers." 1162
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 12/08/2026UGA should do a city edition. Could honor the experience of trying to cross the street and having an 18-year old driving a brand new expedition almost killing you 240
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If you live in the city of Atlanta and want to join a grassroots movement to oppose the TAD extensions and shore up finances for our public schools then please sign up for our emails below Also I'm not in love with the name I came up with so if you have a better name lmk forms.gle/zHxWJ3eanfuF...forms.gleA TAD Too FarIf you're interested in staying connected and possibly joining the effort to oppose the diversion of billions of dollars worth of property taxes away from Atlanta Public Schools, please put your conta... 1116
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Shout out to Atlanta Public Schools and what appears to be significant growth in test scores and reduction in chronic absenteeism. www.atlantapublicschools.us/about/depart...atlantapublicschools.usThe Work Is Working: APS Ranks No. 1 in Atlanta Metro for Year-Over-Year Academic Gains In Math, Science and Social StudiesMath, science, and social studies proficiency rose across every grade and nearly every student group, according to 2026 GMAS data. 030
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026y'all know how long i worked interpersonally to not know the business of people who talk like this guy? if i wanted to know more people like this man I would have spent time at the Pi Kappa Alpha house in Athens. keep him off my timeline please and thank you. 030
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Reading up on the Atlanta TAD legislation and they have written down that tax allocation districts will reduce child poverty in the city by 25 percent by 2030. Big if true. 393
Reposted by Stephen OwensWesley Tharpe @wesleytharpe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Yesterday, Missourians had the final say on one of the most important state policy debates this year: whether to eliminate their personal income tax, which funds two-thirds of their budget, while raising taxes on many working people. They voted it down. missouriindependent.com/2026/08/04/m...missouriindependent.comMissouri voters reject income tax phaseout, initiative petition changes • Missouri IndependentMissouri voters resoundingly rejected major Republican priorities on Tuesday as proposals to eliminate the income tax and change the way majorities are counted lost by large margins across the state. 13511
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Truly shocking to me. The author could have at least mentioned that this “principled conservative” was accused of wasting millions of dollars to party with his friends as president of UF. It was so bad other Republicans in FL called for an investigation! www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/ben-...christianitytoday.comBen Sasse and a Dying Breed of Politician - Christianity TodayThe former senator is battling cancer. Losing him will be one more sign that a certain kind of conservatism—and a certain kind of politics—is disappearing. 170
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 03/08/2026From my limited experience public schools could take a leaf out of private school books and start to coddle the customer--parents and grandparents. A small thread 140
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Jess is absolutely right here. The goal from conservative voucher folks isn’t for parents to have authority inside education, but to let wealthy folks off the hook for paying into a universal system of education. If parents are the ultimate arbiter of quality, then they should be the ones paying. 0156
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Is this a thing? Is this a typical response to seeing student housing being built? 000
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 27/07/2026www.maptap.gg July 27 98🔥 100🎯 96🔥 96🔥 95🏅 Final score: 963 Master and Commander books really saved me on that last onemaptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 26/07/2026did I imagine it or was there a movie trailer before the odyssey where a famous actor and a dog are in the woods and the actor literally says "it's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog." It's very possible I've made this up I went to a late showing. 420
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 23/07/20269 points is a lot, y'all. 9 points for the top of the ticket makes me think Mayor Bottoms should also be considered the favorite. thehill.com/homenews/cam...thehill.comOssoff leads Collins by 9 points in Georgia Senate race: PollDemocratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.) holds a 9-point lead over Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) in a new AARP poll, with less than four months remaining before voters in the Peach State decide whether to give… 081
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026begging another produce company to start using the gob bluth marketing angle 171
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 22/07/2026“According to the district, Atlanta Public Schools has the largest police force in the state.” Imagine bragging about accelerating the police presence in schools www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/07/21/a...atlantanewsfirst.comAtlanta Public Schools unveils new drone, tactical teams ahead of school yearAtlanta Public Schools is adding two new units to its security operation: a tactical team and a drone team. 050
Stephen Owens @stephenjowens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hi, I’m Stephen, and I’m driving 25 minutes to go watch the Odyssey in IMAX at a 10 PM showing on a Sunday night. Welcome to jackass. 140
Reposted by Stephen OwensSerial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I have to get a permission slip signed for kids to watch a PG-13 film. But yeah this is fine I’m sure. 092