Tracy

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

probably you shouldn’t say that yeah

New Yorker article on Texas Governor candidate Gina Hinojosa: She started her political career when her kid’s school was up for closure in 2012. Austin used the same consultants that our district hired in 2025- same people, different name. Time is a circle. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Matthew Yglesias continues to say that talking about ICE and excessive force in immigration enforcement helps Republicans. He is obviously wrong about this and refuses to acknowledge the data. Way past time for everyone to update their priors on this.

Rick Jackson rallying (checks notes) with Ted Cruz in (checks other notes) is really a… uh, choice.

She needs to get with Jon Ossoff’s ad team and tie this to the Epstein issue.

Twenty states now require teacher candidates to pass a certification exam in the Science of Reading. Do these exams screen on who will be better at teaching reading, or just shrink the teacher pipeline? My job market paper answers this with data from Texas a 🧵 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1615

Early voted! First time I have ever seen early voting crowded in 5 years of voting at Emory. 👀

Revising our QBE funding formula in Georgia is incredibly important. Only one Governor candidate (Lance-Bottoms) & 1 State Superintendent candidate (Powell) feel that urgency. (I’ll add my son’s SPED services are way better than some higher ranked states but that is not funding related).

It’s been a while since I wish I had easy access to a babysitter so I can go see a movie.

Quite frankly, the Hispanic vote in the early vote, on Georgia Votes, is probably the most interesting data piece so far.

Unpopular opinion; studies and critics debunking learning styles are taking on low hanging fruit & are avoiding answering the more difficult & much more useful question ‘How can we better differentiate instruction so we can reach every student in our classrooms?’

I made a lengthy post on my Facebook page with reasons why… but Georgia, don’t split your ballot by voting for Richard Woods for State Superintendent. Choose Lydia Powell who is reallly informed on the issues!

I am reading the Oregon School Shooting press conference updates on the NYTimes blog and it is very triggering. I assumed by the mixed ages that it was a special education classroom and that was indeed the case.

Rather than congratulate me, my opponent in my election posted this phrase on her social media when the results came in. My immediate thought: www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLSGvfBU/

Matt Yglesias opining about school closures is nightmare fuel.

There are reasons to be against lease certificates for school construction and here is a saga to back that up. The lack of transparency allows for shenanigans that harm students. foiagras.com/p/d65-forens...

Listened to the first 2 episodes of Sold a Story, Season 2. Feels like it will be way more complex than season 1.

Everyone is wondering about the polls. Woke up thinking Jennifer Medina of the @nytimes.com needs to go back to this barber shop and give us an update report. All the Latino barbers talked about was how they liked Trump for cultural issues. Curious how they feel now.

Really surprised that by Day 5 (?) of Kelly Clarksongate, no one has tracked down the “artisan” for comment.

Oh, okay.

What I really need to know as someone who lived in this neighborhood for 5 years… what business was here before? 🍿

One of the undercovered aspects in the Amira discourse is that kids generally don’t like it. Good reporting: sfstandard.com/pacific-stan...

Inject this show into my veins. I could rewatch The Good Fight many more times. And The Good Wife for good measure.

Watching the GA Governor debate and both seem to want to “fund” a lot in “education”… but not K-12 education. Fix the QBE.

I think I finally going to get a WSJ subscription after years of avoiding it. It’s just expensive, plus ownership. But their news reporting is undeniably good.

Hiring a permanent superintendent was one of my top 3 campaign priorities and my preference was Dr. Sauce. Congratulations & I look forward to working with you!

Reductions in administrative costs were offset by higher transportation and staffing costs

It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:

I would like the current Teach for America CEO to stop talking about AI and TFA as a “first job” to prepare for the AI economy. It is creepy. His recent interviews stopped me from registering for the summit (I was on the fence).

Dr. Horton pleads guilty Monday morning, about 30 minutes before our board meeting where we are scheduled to hire Dr. Sauce. Oh hey, look at that. The article about all these crimes that I sent the Board before they fired him is an exhibit for the government!

The plea agreement with Samuel Ross was damning. Does this mean we can stop “disrupting”?

Samuel Ross turned on Horton and pled guilty. Recommended sentencing is 37-48 months. Hearing for other 3 defendants tomorrow morning.

I had a post on my Facebook page “break containment” … and it is great political training for practicing restraint.

In news on our indicted former superintendent: One of his co-defendants, Samuel Ross, is changing his plea from not-guilty. Ross’ texts with Horton were published by the government. The joke is the work was fake. Can’t imagine why he would try to avoid trial. 👊🏻🥂

Listened to the This American Life with Nikole Hannah-Jones and have some of the same takeaways. (1) All this is taking place in a school district that is majority Hispanic and that is not mentioned in article or episode. (2) NHJ cannot distinguish between educational neglect & customer service.