Andy Jacob
@andyjacob
Lead external relations @bellwetherorg. Husband, twin dad, @PPSConnect parent, @NBA junkie. Working to build stronger public schools. Past: @TNTP, @NYCSchools.
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Somehow people are still way underestimating the extent to which voters value "answers a question directly and sounds like they believe it" more than any particular policy position.
KRISTEN WELKER: If Democrats win the midterms do you want to see Leader Jeffries become the speaker of the House? MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Yes. KRISTEN WELKER: Okay. That was a firm, quick answer.
This is sad on many levels, not least because focusing on raising reading and math scores to the degree Louisiana and Mississippi have would be a very popular thing for any Democratic gubernatorial candidate to run on.
WATCH: Louisiana and Mississippi aren’t the punchlines they used to be. They’ve led the nation in reading gains in recent years. If you’re mocking them in 2025, you haven’t been paying attention. cc: @MikieSherrill @Jack4NJ
The peak of the ed reform movement by policymakers, philanthropists and advocates occurred from 2009-14. Much of that attention has since shifted to career pathways. That holds much promise, but if we keep turning away from the 100,000 public schools, these trends will continue.
There are legit pros and cons to starting gifted programs in kindergarten. More interesting/telling to me is why this is even the conversation by him or any candidate when nearly half of NYC students aren't on grade level in reading and math. Way bigger fish to fry.
Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program: nytimes.com/2025/10/02/nyr…
The thing that throws vulnerable people under the bus is Democrats losing the power they need to protect them by running losing campaigns. Anyone who doesn't care first and foremost about electoral results doesn't actually care about protecting people.
On this website, anytime you suggest that Dems should mount a heterodox appeal that combines economic populism with right-leaning stances on cultural issues, you get a bunch of people saying “who are you going to throw under the bus??” Yet a lot of those same people then back…
It is a lovely fall day here in our "crime-ridden war zone."
You can make a strong argument that we're in this mess largely because we already did "return education to the states." Wild that even after years of these dismal results, no major leaders from either party are willing to just demand a renewed focus on teaching and learning.
Today, we learned that in 2024, nearly 80% of high school seniors were not proficient in math and nearly two-thirds of them were not proficient in reading. That is unacceptable. We can no longer go along with the status quo. It’s time to return education to the states.
Update on how much we care about kids being in school here in Portland: it's a half day in @PPSConnect due to "extreme heat." It's currently 67 and cloudy and I just had to wear a jacket when I was sitting outside because it was a little chilly.
The confetti in the accompanying graphic is just 👌 1/3 of kids are nowhere close to grade level in reading, party time!!!
Guys, good news! No reading problem. (Ignore the debate about proficient, just go to the NAGB website, look the percentages of students who are *below basic" and look at the standards/items and decide if you think that is OK.) washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
This sort of unseriousness about student learning and schools' responsibility to do the hard work of making it happen is a bigger long-term threat to public education than the current administration, funding levels, etc.
New SF public school plan would - eliminate homework and weekly tests from counting toward semester grade - allow students to take the final exam multiple times - convert all B grades into As, and all Fs into Cs It’s hard to see the difference between this policy and what…
I agree but also feel this way about any game coming down to intentional fouls — why limit the conversation just to fouling up 3?
absolutely has to be legislated out of the game. for a game that intense and competitive and heart racing to end in the most dull free throw shooting match possible is an affront to the game of basketball
Even if you grant that most of this spending is going toward unhelpful stuff (I would not), refusing to reimburse it after districts built their budgets around the promise that it would be will trickle down to core stuff re: teaching & learning. Misguided, bad faith, or both.
Yikes, yikes, yikes! Close to $3 Billion in Pandemic Funds in Jeopardy as Education Department Abruptly Halts Payments @The74 the74million.org/article/close-…
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