Mitchell Robinson

Mitchell Robinson

@mrobmsu.bsky.social

Music Education Professor, Michigan State Board of Education member, public education activist, education policy scholar

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Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

If you don’t want someone else’s sexuality to be “forced” on you, then don’t post any pics of your opposite sex partners or spouse, or your “family photos”. This is a Pride Month post.

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

The Michigan State Board of Education today passed a resolution on smaller class sizes--major points include: • priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;

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Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

Teachers know that class size matters; smaller classes mean each student gets more attention, teachers can focus more on instruction and building relationships, and less on classroom management and behavior issues, and the learning experience will improve for all concerned.

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

The Michigan State Board of Education today passed a resolution on smaller class sizes--major points include: • priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

class sizes be limited by the 2030-31 academic year to no more than 20 students per class in grades K-3, no more than 23 students per class in grades 4th-8th, and no more than 25 students per class in grades 9-12,

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Pam Keith
@pamkeithdc.bsky.social

Our neighbor to the North is lead by a brilliant economist, who is tough, but fair and decent. Our neighbor to the South is lead by a brilliant engineer, who is tough, but fair and decent. We are run by a total ignoramus who is flawed in every way a human being can be & is destroying our country.

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Nancy Osborne
@nmosborne.bsky.social

"The vast majority of American parents—and voters—believe that the schools their children attend are doing a good job, and want them funded by their tax dollars. And they want those schools, and their kids’ education to continue to be of high quality." ~Mitchell Robinson @mrobmsu.bsky.social

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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses. Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence. Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.

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Dr. Pamela Pugh
@pamelapughmi.bsky.social

Them: Enjoy your weekend Us: Standing side-by-side, educators, students, parents, community, pouring into & fighting for our children. #TogetherWeLearn #TogetherWeRise #ProtectOurScools #PeopleforPublicEducationRally #Rodeo #BootsOntheGround #SaginawACTSOCompetition #BayCity #Saginaw #Lansing

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

The People for Public Education rally at the State Capitol in Lansing was such a great event! And always so much fun to share the stage with my fellow State Board of Education colleague, Dr. Pamela Pugh!

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

Look, I’ve never bought in to the whole “American exceptionalism” thing, but if we’re so exceptional we should be able to get an extrajudicially extradited prisoner back from El Salvador, and maybe try him for the crimes he supposedly committed in court, like our laws require.

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Distill Social
@distillsocial.bsky.social

Michigan State faculty passed a resolution urging the university to form a mutual defense pact with Big Ten schools to fight back against Trump’s attacks on higher ed. Shared defense fund. United front. No backing down.

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

This administration is eliminating the Department of Education, cutting school lunch programs, and extraditing immigrants to brutal prisons in foreign countries. A democracy is judged by how it treats children and prisoners—the most vulnerable among us.

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Jess Piper
@piperformissouri.bsky.social

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

A massive testing and research effort with no scientists or researchers?

Meg Tirrell@megtirrell.bsky.social

RFK Jr says HHS is launching a “massive testing and research effort” that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic” by September. Researchers and advocates are skeptical, to say the least (+ first @cnn.com byline from @owermohle.bsky.social!) www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/h...

cnn.comRFK Jr. claims new research effort will find cause of ‘autism epidemic’ by September | CNNThe US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” involving hundreds of scientists worldwide that will determine “what has caused the autism epidemic”...

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Justin Baragona
@justinbaragona.bsky.social

It's not even just Mein Kampf that they're keeping while getting rid of books about the Holocaust and Jim Crow. The Camp of the Saints -- the racist dystopian fantasy about zombie-like dark-skinned migrants wiping out Western civilization -- is also sitting there on Naval Academy bookshelves.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

nytimes.comWho’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

The administration has now cut grants that supply healthy meals for school children, and replaced them with Hunger Games style competitions that pit school districts against one another. We are better than this. At least some of us are.

Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social

The Network for Public Education Conference in Columbus, OH this weekend was one of the very best I’ve ever attended. And meeting Gov. Tim Walz was just the cherry on top of the sundae! He gave a great speech—equal parts inspiring, motivating, and hilarious. I’m refreshed and ready for the fight!

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Distill Social
@distillsocial.bsky.social

🚨Let’s talk election integrity in MI—because Republicans are spreading lies. 🚨 An audit released today found just 15 noncitizen votes—only 0.00026% of total ballots—the lowest in any recent state audit. Despite this, R’s keep lying. We rank 2nd in the nation in MIT’s Elections Performance Index.