@tracyesmith.bsky.social
Retired public school administrator. Always a public school advocate, focusing on educational equity issues: literacy, technology, and public school funding. Wife, mom, and lifelong learner. #edleadership
The habits of 7 highly effective schools hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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“...thirty percent of Americans read at a level that you would expect from a 10-year-old child.” He continued, “It is actually hard to imagine — that every third person you meet on the street has difficulties reading even simple things.” David Brooks via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...
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Very proud of the work @repmcneill.com is doing to keep our kids safe.
www.lehighvalleynews.com/school-news/...
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
(1/4) Strong leadership means taking risks and trying things - but when it doesn’t work, realising your mistake and correcting it. Quickly.
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Sold a Story has a new mini-series. We found a high-poverty school district where nearly every kid can read well. They’ve been teaching the same way for 25 years. But a new law, inspired by our reporting, put that at risk. All three podcast episodes are out now.
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Over the last few weeks, we have seen displays of unfettered cruelty.
Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance.
Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.
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For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...
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Helpful @nytimes.com data analysis today on the impact of Medicaid. Cutting this program would hurt many Americans, including millions of children.
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"We may lose one of the most vital services that actually kept us safe in 2024 and kept our elections moving," Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said about cuts to a federal cybersecurity agency that helps safeguard elections.
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The average household will pay around $1,800 from Trump’s tariffs, but the poorest Americans will be shelling out the largest share of their incomes.
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Happy Read Across America Day! Thanks to @realdollyparton.bsky.social and her Imagination Library, a free book-gifting program that mails children books to their homes monthly from birth to age 5. One out of every 7 children in America now has access to this program. imaginationlibrary.com/usa/
02.03.2025 13:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
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🎧 New Today🎧
Sold a Story Episode 12: The Evidence
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived.
His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Sláva Ukrayíni!
A new episode of Sold a Story is available now.
Episode 11: The Outlier
There's a school district in eastern Ohio where virtually all students become good readers by the time they finish third grade. How did they do it? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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Federal leadership in education, “more than once, has helped transform our democracy for the better…Founders like Washington, Adams, & Jefferson would be confused by the current administration’s disdain for public ed & the federal government’s role in it.”
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Presidents Day, observed on the third Monday of February, honors U.S. presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Initially celebrating Washington's birth, it now serves as a time to remember and study all American presidents.
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A federal judge has restricted the Elon Musk-led government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department payment system. The order, issued early Saturday, halts access temporarily and demands the destruction of any downloaded information, saying there is risk of “irreparable harm.”
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NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar
www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
29.01.2025 21:21 — 👍 118579 🔁 15654 💬 4489 📌 738Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Read the statement from ELC, @americansunited.bsky.social, ACLU and FFRF on Supreme Court agreeing to hear Oklahoma case involving nation’s first religious public charter school: edlawcenter.org/statement-on...
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Today, 130 million Americans—54% of adults aged 16-74—lack the literacy skills that many take for granted, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level. www.apmresearchlab.org/10x-adult-li...
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‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.’ — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.
