Barbara Stengel
@barbstengel.bsky.social
Educator and Philosopher, Peabody Vanderbilt emerita, Host of Chasing Bailey podcast, always asking how things would be different if we actually listened to teachers!
Thanks to Debbie Felton for digging Herodotus out of mothballs, showing how today's debate about authoritarianism, democracy, oligarchy, is NOT new. And for offering (unintentionally) some hope for Ukraine, a well-led country who can prevail just as the Greeks beat the Persians millennia ago.
Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them
Herodotus showed how human beliefs and choices affected the fate of nations. His insights are still relevant.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thanks to Debbie Felton for digging Herodotus out of mothballs, showing how today's debate about authoritarianism, democracy, oligarchy, is NOT new. And for offering (unintentionally) some hope for Ukraine, a well-led country who can prevail just as the Greeks beat the Persians millennia ago.
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Peace, Protest, and Patriotism Hootenanny” here in Lancaster on Saturday. Great way to build community and have fun :-) - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Peace, Protest, and Patriotism Hootenanny · Mobilize
This a local Indivisible event!
Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston Tea Party...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Peace, Protest, and Patriotism Hootenanny” here in Lancaster on Saturday. Great way to build community and have fun :-) - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Reading the entrails and the tea leaves is a profession and vocation for a lot of people who can't say stupid about a president.
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
April 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reading the entrails and the tea leaves is a profession and vocation for a lot of people who can't say stupid about a president.
It’s happening ...
March 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s happening ...
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a critical lifeline for teachers, nurses, first responders, & millions of public service workers across the country. Trump's decision to eliminate income-driven repayment plans leaves borrowers unable to access PSLF. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
AFT sues Education Department over student loan system interference - UPI.com
The American Federation of Teachers labor union filed suit Tuesday and named both the U.S. Department of Education and Education Secretary Linda McMahon as defendants.
www.upi.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a critical lifeline for teachers, nurses, first responders, & millions of public service workers across the country. Trump's decision to eliminate income-driven repayment plans leaves borrowers unable to access PSLF. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Share this widely if you want to encourage understanding of the attack on P-16 (and beyond) education currently underway. Thank you, @ansleyerickson.bsky.social , and colleagues for bringing light to what’s happening at Columbia and elsewhere.
#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan.
A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education
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A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education
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March 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Share this widely if you want to encourage understanding of the attack on P-16 (and beyond) education currently underway. Thank you, @ansleyerickson.bsky.social , and colleagues for bringing light to what’s happening at Columbia and elsewhere.
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McMahon goes on record saying private schools funded by taxpayer vouchers—including a federal voucher scheme—do and should have the right to turn children away if those children don’t fit those private schools’ needs.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
February 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
McMahon goes on record saying private schools funded by taxpayer vouchers—including a federal voucher scheme—do and should have the right to turn children away if those children don’t fit those private schools’ needs.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
It’s not parent choice. It’s the school’s choice.
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WI Sen @senatorbaldwinwi.bsky.social just entered these 4 studies into the record for McMahon’s hearing 👊
You can read more about those horrific voucher impacts and the decades-long push to invent vouchers in my book The Privateers @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social
hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253910...
You can read more about those horrific voucher impacts and the decades-long push to invent vouchers in my book The Privateers @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social
hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253910...
February 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
WI Sen @senatorbaldwinwi.bsky.social just entered these 4 studies into the record for McMahon’s hearing 👊
You can read more about those horrific voucher impacts and the decades-long push to invent vouchers in my book The Privateers @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social
hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253910...
You can read more about those horrific voucher impacts and the decades-long push to invent vouchers in my book The Privateers @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social
hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253910...
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Your oligarchy, ladies and gentlemen
This is incredible. The source code for the new DOGE “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority. Sharing links to the DOGE site sends users to x dot com.
www.wired.com/story/doge-w...
www.wired.com/story/doge-w...
DOGE’s Website Is Just One Big X Ad
The source code for the new Department of Government Efficiency’s “official US government website” points to X as its primary source of authority, while sharing links to the site sends users to x.com.
www.wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Your oligarchy, ladies and gentlemen
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It was great to chat with Cara, Derek, and Kathleen about localism, legitimacy, and schools as public spaces!
This was a very good conversation on public education, local governance, and a phrase we used over and over, "small-c conservatism.” With @knightabo.bsky.social @scribnerumcp.bsky.social and @carafurman.bsky.social
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66. On Consensus, Legitimacy, and Local Control
Podcast Episode · Thinking in the Midst · 02/14/2025 · 1h 16m
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February 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It was great to chat with Cara, Derek, and Kathleen about localism, legitimacy, and schools as public spaces!
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Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as Director of National Intelligence. My team 1st encountered her while studying conspiracy theories denying chemical weapons attacks and other war crimes in Syria (~2017). She repeatly spread those false claims, echoing Russian disinfo. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence | CNN Politics
The Senate voted Wednesday, to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as Director of National Intelligence. My team 1st encountered her while studying conspiracy theories denying chemical weapons attacks and other war crimes in Syria (~2017). She repeatly spread those false claims, echoing Russian disinfo. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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I worked on a few REL projects while at RAND & the connection btwn our research and the needs of local policy makers was clear, tangible & acute, and the impact was direct
This isn’t about cutting government waste, this is about finding more ways to undermine efforts to strengthen public schools
This isn’t about cutting government waste, this is about finding more ways to undermine efforts to strengthen public schools
More contract cuts from the Education Department, this time to the Regional Education Laboratories that were spared in the last round. In a press release, department said it cut $350M in contracts that touched on equity in some way.
The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Program | IESicon-dot-govicon-httpsicon-quote
The ten RELs partner with educators and policymakers nationwide. REL work is change-oriented, supporting meaningful local, regional, or state decisions about education policies, programs, and practice...
ies.ed.gov
February 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I worked on a few REL projects while at RAND & the connection btwn our research and the needs of local policy makers was clear, tangible & acute, and the impact was direct
This isn’t about cutting government waste, this is about finding more ways to undermine efforts to strengthen public schools
This isn’t about cutting government waste, this is about finding more ways to undermine efforts to strengthen public schools
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Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.
February 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.
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CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
CFPB - closed
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
USAID - closed
Medicaid - under attack
NIH cancer funding - frozen
Department of Education - under attack
But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today?
SpaceX — owned by Elon Musk
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This also lets you comment, vigorously and at length, on the accuracy of, and motivations behind, Google's choices.
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This also lets you comment, vigorously and at length, on the accuracy of, and motivations behind, Google's choices.
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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My latest — please read and let me know what you think https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-medias-circular-logic-and-destructive
The media's circular logic and destructive obsession with Biden's age
Yes, it's fast becoming the 2024 version of the media's obsession with Hillary's emails
margaretsullivan.substack.com
February 12, 2024 at 12:48 PM
My latest — please read and let me know what you think https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-medias-circular-logic-and-destructive
What do parents REALLY want? Episode 2-4 of Chasing Bailey is available now -- featuring educator-parents who remind us how schools help grow the young folks we care about. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all those other pod sites. #Edusky
February 11, 2024 at 9:38 PM
What do parents REALLY want? Episode 2-4 of Chasing Bailey is available now -- featuring educator-parents who remind us how schools help grow the young folks we care about. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all those other pod sites. #Edusky
My book on Responsibility in education (Stengel, Bloomsbury, 2023) is the focus of a "bonus episode" of the Chasing Bailey podcast -- since Bailey figures prominently in the argument. So now you don't have to read the book, you can just listen to several very smart folks talk about it!! #EduSky
February 11, 2024 at 9:37 PM
My book on Responsibility in education (Stengel, Bloomsbury, 2023) is the focus of a "bonus episode" of the Chasing Bailey podcast -- since Bailey figures prominently in the argument. So now you don't have to read the book, you can just listen to several very smart folks talk about it!! #EduSky
Inviting #EduSky friends and all others to give the Chasing Bailey podcast a listen... www.chasingbaileypod.com. Or wherever you get your podcasts. Listening to teachers (and students) drives this show!
December 3, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Inviting #EduSky friends and all others to give the Chasing Bailey podcast a listen... www.chasingbaileypod.com. Or wherever you get your podcasts. Listening to teachers (and students) drives this show!