Preston Green
@drprestongreen.bsky.social
John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education;
Professor of Educational Leadership and Law;
University of Connecticut
Opinions expressed are my own.
Website: https://www.drprestongreen.com/
Professor of Educational Leadership and Law;
University of Connecticut
Opinions expressed are my own.
Website: https://www.drprestongreen.com/
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S05E04 - School Choice in Rural America: What’s at Stake. An interview with Dr. Preston Green.
Podcast Episode · National Rural Education Association Official Podcast · 12/15/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
I recently did a podcast for the Natural Rural Education Association on a law review I co-authored on the creation of "education preserves," which would protect rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Natalie Merchant melds music, play and Mother Goose tales into “Cabinet of Wonder,” a creation from her mind brought to life in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Manual Cinema, artists, and early childhood educators.
Musician Natalie Merchant brings Mother Goose and other rhymes to life for the next generation with Cabinet of Wonder
Melding music, play and Mother Goose tales, singer Natalie Merchant worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on “Cabinet of Wonder.”
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January 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Natalie Merchant melds music, play and Mother Goose tales into “Cabinet of Wonder,” a creation from her mind brought to life in collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Manual Cinema, artists, and early childhood educators.
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 3 KWCH: 1 month after KS AG Kris Kobach demanded that Wichita Public Schools -- the state’s largest district--eliminate policies that allow affirming trans students or lose all its state funding, the deadline has come and gone with no action by either party.
Kansas AG warns Wichita school district against LGBTQ policies
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a letter to Wichita Public Schools urging it to tighten policies that affirm students who identify as transgender, saying the district could be at risk to lose...
www.kwch.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 3 KWCH: 1 month after KS AG Kris Kobach demanded that Wichita Public Schools -- the state’s largest district--eliminate policies that allow affirming trans students or lose all its state funding, the deadline has come and gone with no action by either party.
Starting the new year with a hike in Hollow Fields Preserve (Richmond, MA)
January 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Starting the new year with a hike in Hollow Fields Preserve (Richmond, MA)
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In the rooms of AA they call 12/31 “amateur night.”
Stay safe if you’re drinking (get a ride, have a buddy).
Stay safe if you’re not drinking and want to stay stopped (drive yourself, have a buddy).
Good luck out there.
Stay safe if you’re drinking (get a ride, have a buddy).
Stay safe if you’re not drinking and want to stay stopped (drive yourself, have a buddy).
Good luck out there.
December 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In the rooms of AA they call 12/31 “amateur night.”
Stay safe if you’re drinking (get a ride, have a buddy).
Stay safe if you’re not drinking and want to stay stopped (drive yourself, have a buddy).
Good luck out there.
Stay safe if you’re drinking (get a ride, have a buddy).
Stay safe if you’re not drinking and want to stay stopped (drive yourself, have a buddy).
Good luck out there.
This is a key point. Charters are legislative creations. They are not inherently "good" or "bad." But they can be "bad" ehen desogned poorly.
It's not that "chartering" per se necessarily leads to this effect, but when you have largely unregulated, rapidly proliferating, low quality operators, while disinvesting in the system, don't expect good outcomes (system wide).
December 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is a key point. Charters are legislative creations. They are not inherently "good" or "bad." But they can be "bad" ehen desogned poorly.
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It's not that "chartering" per se necessarily leads to this effect, but when you have largely unregulated, rapidly proliferating, low quality operators, while disinvesting in the system, don't expect good outcomes (system wide).
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's not that "chartering" per se necessarily leads to this effect, but when you have largely unregulated, rapidly proliferating, low quality operators, while disinvesting in the system, don't expect good outcomes (system wide).
Two new additions to the home office.
December 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Two new additions to the home office.
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Arrived home from vacation to find the first copies of my book on the doorstep @ugapress.bsky.social #protestandpedagogy #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #charlottesville
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Arrived home from vacation to find the first copies of my book on the doorstep @ugapress.bsky.social #protestandpedagogy #protest #pedagogy #histed #edhist #history #charlottesville
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Ruin two bands by combining them:
Earth, Wham, and Fire
Earth, Wham, and Fire
Desmond Dekker and the Fine Young Cannibals
They Might Be Big Fish
December 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
Earth, Wham, and Fire
Earth, Wham, and Fire
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Thrilled by choice of Kamar Samuels for Schools Chancellor. Got to know him when he was Supt for D13 in BK (before D3 in Manh). An elem-school teacher & middle-school principal in the BX before that.
Smart, principled, effective.
Knows & loves what schools can do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Smart, principled, effective.
Knows & loves what schools can do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Schools Chancellor
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled by choice of Kamar Samuels for Schools Chancellor. Got to know him when he was Supt for D13 in BK (before D3 in Manh). An elem-school teacher & middle-school principal in the BX before that.
Smart, principled, effective.
Knows & loves what schools can do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
Smart, principled, effective.
Knows & loves what schools can do.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...
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Interestingly, states that have tanked most are those that have continued to disinvest most in a race to the bottom (& with very larger voucher+charter sectors combined), and the ones that have been overtaken by Mississippi.
December 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Interestingly, states that have tanked most are those that have continued to disinvest most in a race to the bottom (& with very larger voucher+charter sectors combined), and the ones that have been overtaken by Mississippi.
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& some of these claims are simply objectively wrong. Some states, like Florida have continued to tank, while others have rebounded or leveled off. AND, the COVID drop was merely an extension of the drop that came before COVID (at least partly a lagged effect of post-recession disinvestment)
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
& some of these claims are simply objectively wrong. Some states, like Florida have continued to tank, while others have rebounded or leveled off. AND, the COVID drop was merely an extension of the drop that came before COVID (at least partly a lagged effect of post-recession disinvestment)
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US v Carolene Products (1938) FN 4 > Kavanaugh FN 4 in Trump v Illinois (2025)
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
US v Carolene Products (1938) FN 4 > Kavanaugh FN 4 in Trump v Illinois (2025)
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I recently did a podcast for the Natural Rural Education Association on a law review I co-authored on the creation of "education preserves," which would protect rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S05E04 - School Choice in Rural America: What’s at Stake. An interview with Dr. Preston Green.
Podcast Episode · National Rural Education Association Official Podcast · 12/15/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I recently did a podcast for the Natural Rural Education Association on a law review I co-authored on the creation of "education preserves," which would protect rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Very, very sad to hear the news of Richard Smallwood’s passing. A true legend of gospel music. One of the most influential in the history of the genre. His legacy will continue on.
December 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Very, very sad to hear the news of Richard Smallwood’s passing. A true legend of gospel music. One of the most influential in the history of the genre. His legacy will continue on.
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They are able to buy medical debt for just over 1.5¢ per dollar. They spent 10 mil to relieve 642 mil of debt. Every state should be doing this and maxing it out within the debt relief org’s normal rules.
Arizona cancels medical debt for almost half-a-million residents
www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...
www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...
Arizona cancels medical debt for almost half-a-million residents
Gov. Katie Hobbs' office says it's partnered with a nonprofit to erase $642 million in medical debt owed by almost half-a-million Arizonans.
www.knau.org
December 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
They are able to buy medical debt for just over 1.5¢ per dollar. They spent 10 mil to relieve 642 mil of debt. Every state should be doing this and maxing it out within the debt relief org’s normal rules.
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Carrie left us 9yrs ago today.
December 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Carrie left us 9yrs ago today.
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Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
I recently did a podcast for the Natural Rural Education Association on a law review I co-authored on the creation of "education preserves," which would protect rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S05E04 - School Choice in Rural America: What’s at Stake. An interview with Dr. Preston Green.
Podcast Episode · National Rural Education Association Official Podcast · 12/15/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I recently did a podcast for the Natural Rural Education Association on a law review I co-authored on the creation of "education preserves," which would protect rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion.
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Here is the podcast:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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My co-authors and I participated in a webinar titled, "Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters: A Conversation with the Authors" for the Wisconsin Public Education Network.
If you wish to watch, here is the passcode:
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us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/hU...
If you wish to watch, here is the passcode:
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us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/hU...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My co-authors and I participated in a webinar titled, "Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters: A Conversation with the Authors" for the Wisconsin Public Education Network.
If you wish to watch, here is the passcode:
=r1x18Bn
us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/hU...
If you wish to watch, here is the passcode:
=r1x18Bn
us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/hU...
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For most of its history SCOTUS has been fairly corrupt or otherwise partisan. It has done its best to ignore the clear meaning and intent of our most important constitutional provisions in order to serve partisanship and society’s powerful. More democratic influence on the SCOTUS should be welcomed.
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For most of its history SCOTUS has been fairly corrupt or otherwise partisan. It has done its best to ignore the clear meaning and intent of our most important constitutional provisions in order to serve partisanship and society’s powerful. More democratic influence on the SCOTUS should be welcomed.
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The idea that the Supreme Court uses its independence to protect political minorities and uphold the Constitutional text is pretty ingrained in many people especially liberals. Even though it only did that for ~25 years of the 20th century and at best ~35 years of the 19th century.
The comments on this video on TikTok are so interesting to me because it is a lot of people saying that we can’t do this because what if Republicans try it to or what if Republicans reverse it. “We have to change the court the traditional way.”
did a video a few days ago making the case for supreme court expansion www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjB_...
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The idea that the Supreme Court uses its independence to protect political minorities and uphold the Constitutional text is pretty ingrained in many people especially liberals. Even though it only did that for ~25 years of the 20th century and at best ~35 years of the 19th century.