James F. Pascali

But Captain... The Blast Processing... 😂 I also went over to the Sega Genesis and have no regrets. Both consoles are fantastic, but something about Sonic 2 makes my synapse fire.

“Go Back”: MAGA Floods Kash Patel’s Diwali Post With Racism How will Donald Trump’s fans feel when he also marks the holiday with an official White House event?

Off my hiatus to say this:
MAGA doesn’t actually embrace you if you’re not white or not Christian. It tolerates you, quietly, conditionally, and only when you serve its purpose. You're a tool to attack diversity, not be it. The moment you speak up, the mask slips.
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I didn’t have cable growing up, I had PBS. It taught me to dream, to feel, to believe I mattered. For kids like me, it wasn’t just TV, it was a lifeline.

Cutting PBS cuts off wonder, empathy, and possibility. We can’t afford that.
#SavePBS #PublicMediaMatters
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Join us in doing Random Acts of Kindness. A great way to improve your mental health is to serve others so we are doing just that!

We marked off "Bring in coffee, tea, or snacks to share" Sharing tea and snacks!

Share your bingo card in the comments!

#mentalhealth #randomactsofkindness #TRIOworks

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Guest: @pascjam2.bsky.social
Program: @isutriomcnair.bsky.social

The honor and pleasure was mine. You're a delightful host and easy to talk to. 😊

Rolling Straight into Summer Email from Idaho State University Find out what McNair Scholars are doing this summer!   Welcome to the ISU McNair Scholars Newsletter What to expect from this Newsletter? Each month, you’ll receive

Fresh off the Press! Here is this Month's McNair Scholars newsletter. Check and see what our fabulous students are working on and accomplishing. :) #TRIOWorks

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I am the first to go to college and first to work not in manual labor. Sometimes, access to education and its impact is generational work. We may not see the effects, but by fostering opportunities, families can go from laborers to educators. Someday, the dream they're family sought will happen. 2/2

I wanted to share some of my family history. Like many, I am the product of immigrants. My Great, Great Grandparents came from Italy the 1880s. Neither of them could read or write. 1/2

It's in the data, education = one of strongest predictors of employment, higher median salaries, AND access to necessary benefits such as healthcare and retirement. When you gut the education system, put up barriers to higher education attainment like defunding TRIO, you're affecting so much more.

And such unemployment is consistent with multiyear data. Those with more education are more likely to earn more and be employed. The blip = Covid. Those with degrees were more likely to maintain employment during that time.

Let's say we're generous and say those below a BA make $46k a year. Pay attention to the other end of the chart in the grey. Those with less education tend to have higher unemployment rates.

Median weekly earnings for those with less than a BA degree is less than $750. A total gross take home (not counting taxes and deductions) per paycheck of $1,500. Totals to a gross annual amount of around $35,000. Factor in all expenses, most in this range are either at or around the poverty line.

I assure you that the impact that defunding the Dept. of Education would have on our society would be massive. Let's look at some charts 1/3

Is this from Abbott and Costello Meets the Mummy? lol. Such good movies. I really like A&C meets Dracula with Lon Cheney. So good!

Dr. Dragoo and I are in the same Region and she's a fantastic colleague. Very knowledgeable about the TRIO world. :)

Essentially- Mississippi had roughly 9-10% of their students held back a grade because of low testing. the 4th grade reading "miracle" actually shows a 9-10% deficiency, far behind the national average.

UPDATE: Mississippi reading isn’t so miraculous after all - Kevin Drum [WARNING: This post is almost certainly wrong. Click here for an update showing how and why Mississippi test scores really did go up after 2013.] I think I may have been wrong about something. Over th...

The fallacy of the Miss. Miracle is that is does not include struggling test scores in their numbers. All things look like miracles when we exclude the things that dispute or challenge the outcomes.

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Despite lofty promises, Louisiana’s private-school vouchers fall short "If the goal was to improve achievement, then the program is not succeeding."

In Louisiana after the creation of GATOR vouchers, On average, voucher students at private schools fare worse on state tests than their public-school peers. Particularly limited income students get left behind with school choice vouchers.

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While Rep. Simpson and I disagree on a lot of things, I'm glad that we can count him as an ally for TRIO programs. Thankful that he spoke up on the behalf of these programs.

Rep. Frankel: The federal government's role in education is to provide valuable oversight and ensure access to educational opportunities.

Rep. Bice calling the Dept. of Education's mission a failure without acknowledging that it's failing due to heavy cuts in favor of school choice and a lack of keeping up with cost of living needs for public school educators as a cause is infuriating.

School choice is just another way to say "we want to privatize education." School choice is only a choice for people who already have resources.

The Woman in the green rolling her eyes at Secretary McMahon's testimony to the Appropriations Committee is basically all of us educator's mood right now at the nonsense that she's spewing in this hearing. They want to dismantle the education system and your children's future.

Always happy to talk TRIO. 😊 DM me the info if you'd like.

Contact Congress Now: Sample Message to Members of Congress Support the Federal TRIO Programs With the Trump Administration calling for the elimination of the Federal TRIO Programs,it is critical our federal lawmakers hear from our community TODAY. Using the form below, you can send messages d...

The Trump Administration is calling to eliminate of the Federal TRIO Programs. I was a TRIO student who grew up in poverty, who found safety and opportunity in these programs. Please help support us by filling out this contact form to your members of Congress. #TRIOWorks
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Make no mistake, these detentions and deportations are purposefully designed to punish dissenting voices. This is what authoritarian regimes do and it should be a red flag to everyone.

Video shows Tufts graduate student grabbed off the street by federal immigration officials Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national with a valid student visa, was arrested Tuesday on her way to meet up with friends to break her Ramadan fast, her lawyer said.

This administration and ICE are ignoring court orders and snatching pro-Palestinian protestors off the street to effectively deport them for their political views. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. THIS IS NOT DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOR.

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Cornell student who challenged Trump EOs targeting pro-Palestinian protesters now faces deportation A Cornell University graduate student filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at going after universities and "foreign national" protesters, then he was asked to su...

This shouldn't happen in a democratic nation. This administration is wielding ICE as a Gestapo.

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