When you vote, you have the power to make it easier for a student to afford college, and harder for a disturbed person to shoot up a classroom. When you vote, you have the power to make sure a family keeps its health insurance.

Imagine how different the Florida governor election would have been.

This tells you two things: 1. Huge national movement in response to Trump 2. Republicans have gerrymandered the hell out of American democracy x.com/SamWangPhD/sta…

How to Convince a Conservative That Climate Change Is Real psmag.com/environment/ho… via Pacific Standard

"This approach is not an alternative to rigor. We are talking about what is essential to the whole child." #NationatHope @AspenSEAD

Transforming Education agrees! Fully embedded, #SEL is part of the #wholechild, interwoven with, dependent on, and affecting all the other elements of students' development and growth.

check out our latest paper!

New working paper with Hunter Gehlbach examining which student & school characteristics predict students’ perceptions of #schoolclimate in innovative schools across the country. Read more here: bit.ly/2WQvxpp

So amazed by these ladies and proud to call them my team!

Among many powerful parts of this supt's 1st-person account is the disconnect is illustrates b/n the act of publishing guidance (or strongly worded opinions) and the reality of implementing it on the ground.

It was great to partner with Ross Wiener Danielle Gonzales, and Alissa Peltzman Aspen Institute Education & Society Program on this paper. We offer programmatic advice to state leaders trying to balance multiple challenges to address equity challenges this year. nciea.org/articles/not-t…

Finally jumping on the Twitter bandwagon to announce the first of 4 blogposts with Chris Brandt on state, district, and school-level balanced assessment systems to support student SEL development. Excited to share these blogs with the field!

Some of my Republican colleagues are afraid of the consequences of an impeachment vote. This congress sends our young men & women to war. Not asking my colleagues to storm the beaches of Normandy, only to show a fraction of the courage we ask of our troops. It’s time to lead.

For decades, research on school spending has been limited, leading to uninformed decisions. Northwestern SESP and Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern Prof. C. Kirabo Jackson has put together innovative research to examine the impact of school funding on students in school and beyond.

147 Congressional Republicans voted to overturn 2020 election results after insurrection 0 Congressional Republicans voted for covid relief after 500,000 dead

Happy SEL Day! Excited to share this blogpost written with the fantastic Christine Gratz and Saffiyah Madraswala on the importance of empowering educators – not just students - with SEL competencies and mindsets. lnkd.in/emN5ssp #SELDay

OK so you get vaccinated, you don't give a credit card, you don't receive a bill, your life is saved and we all understand this works because we are getting an economy of scale for the medicine, the shots, the staff, a process by which we all benefit. THAT is medicare for all.

News flash: If you ban mask mandates, outlaw abortions, dictate what educators can teach in schools, and stop people from voting, you're not the party of "limited government."