Elyria Jablo

Imperialism is Imperialism and a Sex Offender is a Sex Offender.

I waved to Santa Claus yesterday and he waved back. So, I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.

You think we weren’t prepared for the last pandemic ….

🚨 The Trump administration burns 500 tons of food meant for starving children, prioritizing political statements over global humanitarian aid.
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Charter School Reckoning: Decline, Disillusionment and Cost - Network For Public Education Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning,  presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade. The report, published by the National Center for Charter School Accountability, documents that in the first half of 2025 alone, 50 […]

There is no Charter School “million-student waitlist.”
There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted

Stop the waste. Start the reckoning.

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State Budget Robs Poor Kids to Overfund Rich Adults By doubling down on an unconstitutional voucher program, state legislature and Gov. DeWine overfund wealthy students while cutting money to poor students

State Budget Robs Poor Kids to Overfund Rich Adults
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Ohio GOP plans to override Gov. DeWine school vetoes in order to provide property tax relief Ohio House Republicans plan to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes on provisions they say would provide property tax relief, but that public school advocates say come at the expense of education.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio House Republicans plan to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s vetoes on provisions they say would provide property tax relief but that public school advocates say come at the expense of education.
It is expected to be a tight vote.
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Find someone who makes you as happy as Republicans are when they’re taking healthcare and food from strangers.

#OtD 21 Jun 1964 three American civil rights activists, James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael 'Mickey' Schwerner, were murdered by police and KKK members in Mississippi stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9401...

Lots of conversation on what should be happening in schools from people who haven’t seen the inside of one since the Nixon administration. Just because you once went to school does not make you an expert.

Possum with a limp crossed my path this morning. Is this bad luck? Good luck? No luck at all?

A reminder as the spring testing windows open that standardized assessments originated in the racism of eugenics, & today are still used to demonize economically disadvantaged districts to promote privatization which has further segregated American schools.

Living through an era of hostile anti-intellectualism is demoralizing. I’m not even suggesting I’m an “intellectual,” but would prefer it if the purveyors of public policy weren’t so hellbent on turning everyone into an uneducated boob.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” Shakespeare had it right.

Education Department cutting nearly half of workforce | CNN Politics The US Education Department announced Tuesday it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, according to senior agency officials, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether.

Trump is closing the Education Department without Congressional approval. If all the employees are fired, there is no Department of Education. www.cnn.com/2025/03/11/p...

State-by-state report by Dems projects millions of people could lose Medicaid coverage • Ohio Capital Journal According to a new report released by Democrats, if Republicans in Congress cut a third of Medicaid funding, Ohio could see more than 960,000 people lose their health care coverage, including 130,000…

A new report from Democrats shows if Republicans in Congress cut a third of Medicaid funding, Ohio could see 960,000 people lose their health coverage, including 130,000 rural residents and 330,000 children, and 1 in 5 seniors lose their nursing home care.

I think an old man in the Target parking lot just gave me the finger. I don’t even know that guy.

For those of you lamenting the coming attacks on public education, they’ve been going on for decades. Welcome to the fight.

No war but class war.

Listening to The Cure at the market this morning, melancholy over Robert Smith & the price of eggs.

Why Does Mike DeWine Hate Ohio's Public School Students? His budget thumbs its nose at 1.6 million students and lines the pockets of wealthy private school parents.

Why Does Mike DeWine Hate Ohio's Public School Students?
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Can Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine protect full public school funding in the state budget due this summer? • Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has taken a stand, deciding in his budget to fully fund public education after some of his Republican colleagues threatened to cut K-12 spending. But educators can't rest yet,…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has taken a stand, deciding in his budget to fully fund public education after some of his Republican colleagues threatened to cut K-12 spending. But educators can't rest yet, as GOP lawmakers are already digging into his proposal.

Our cat has been seen scouting the base of the Christmas tree for a point of ingress. We are on borrowed time.

The baseless demonization of public schools has been going on since Reagan’s bullshit A Nation at Risk. Ohio Senate Bill 295 is yet another attack on public schools, students & teachers. Contact your legislators and urge them to oppose this bill. legislature.ohio.gov @OhioPEP

I play music between classes every Friday & I'm considering going with Party Rock Anthem every week until someone suggests that I may have lost touch with reality.

Smells like classism & childhood anxiety.

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Today I've been running through potential holiday conversations to head off anything awkward. Over the coming days, having forgotten all of this, I will undoubtedly communicate as if I've only just arrived on this planet.