Katy Norris
@katynorris.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at UCL Political Science
Thinking about the politics of education systems & higher education
Thinking about the politics of education systems & higher education
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What about “education polarization” though, often presented as the root cause of everything that is happening in U.S. politics – the closest thing we have to a widely accepted master narrative?
Its impact is dramatically overstated; its implications are generally misinterpreted.
Its impact is dramatically overstated; its implications are generally misinterpreted.
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What about “education polarization” though, often presented as the root cause of everything that is happening in U.S. politics – the closest thing we have to a widely accepted master narrative?
Its impact is dramatically overstated; its implications are generally misinterpreted.
Its impact is dramatically overstated; its implications are generally misinterpreted.
Happy to see this amazing research out on housing and voting behavior from @joshgoddard98.bsky.social ! 🥳
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy to see this amazing research out on housing and voting behavior from @joshgoddard98.bsky.social ! 🥳
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Charlotte-Mecklebburg Schools, according to reports, saw 15% of its students absent today amid Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. If that percentage of 15% happens Tuesday in Wake County due to the Border Patrol coming to Raleigh, 24.000 students could be absent from school. #nced #ncpol #wcpss
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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A dangerous new policy requires a campus President's approval for profs to teach race & gender topics in Texas.
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University System regents on Thursday adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A dangerous new policy requires a campus President's approval for profs to teach race & gender topics in Texas.
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
"It strikes at the heart of what education means...which is circulate the exchange of knowledge without fear of retaliation.”
— Rana Jaleel, AAUP Chair of Committee on Academic Freedom
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The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
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the minute universities start using class preferences, reactionaries will sue them because the actual goal is to make elite institutions inaccessible to everyone other than rich white kids
July 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
the minute universities start using class preferences, reactionaries will sue them because the actual goal is to make elite institutions inaccessible to everyone other than rich white kids
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NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...
www.propublica.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
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Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Marco Rubio says that Americans living in Europe shouldn't ever have to face any ramifications for their political speech online.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
The chutzpah is jaw-dropping, as he is PERSONALLY trying to deport legal immigrants for their political speech in the United States.
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We’re witnessing innovation and an expansion of state violence in response to student protests but it’d be a mistake to believe this is a knee jerk reaction to protest rather than a long standing goal.
apnews.com/article/f5cf...
apnews.com/article/f5cf...
AP News
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Reagan is asking Congress to reduce financial aid to college students by $2.3 billion - a 27 percent cut that would force more than 1 million students to fend for themsel
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We’re witnessing innovation and an expansion of state violence in response to student protests but it’d be a mistake to believe this is a knee jerk reaction to protest rather than a long standing goal.
apnews.com/article/f5cf...
apnews.com/article/f5cf...
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DHS just detained a Columbia student who helped lead campus protests—a direct attack on campus activism. This timeline shows why authoritarians fear student protests: they're often the first and most effective catalysts for pro-democracy movements.
March 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
DHS just detained a Columbia student who helped lead campus protests—a direct attack on campus activism. This timeline shows why authoritarians fear student protests: they're often the first and most effective catalysts for pro-democracy movements.
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This new Trump Dept of Ed letter is so vaguely and tendentiously written that it can be plausibly interpreted as banning Black Student Unions.
And colleges are supposed to comply with it within fourteen days. Of yesterday.
And colleges are supposed to comply with it within fourteen days. Of yesterday.
soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
www.insidehighered.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This new Trump Dept of Ed letter is so vaguely and tendentiously written that it can be plausibly interpreted as banning Black Student Unions.
And colleges are supposed to comply with it within fourteen days. Of yesterday.
And colleges are supposed to comply with it within fourteen days. Of yesterday.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Trump-Education-EO
www.documentcloud.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Interesting time for universities like mine to proudly declare their political neutrality.
As the saying goes, you can pretend not to care about politics, but politics certainly cares about you.
Now more than ever, universities need backbone—and leaders willing to stand up for them.
As the saying goes, you can pretend not to care about politics, but politics certainly cares about you.
Now more than ever, universities need backbone—and leaders willing to stand up for them.
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Interesting time for universities like mine to proudly declare their political neutrality.
As the saying goes, you can pretend not to care about politics, but politics certainly cares about you.
Now more than ever, universities need backbone—and leaders willing to stand up for them.
As the saying goes, you can pretend not to care about politics, but politics certainly cares about you.
Now more than ever, universities need backbone—and leaders willing to stand up for them.
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WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
Broader agreement that it to applies to discretionary spending payments (Head Start, WIC, etc).
January 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
WIC. They are pausing WIC.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
That's the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Last time I checked (a while ago), every dollar spent on WIC produced over a dollar in savings *in the same fiscal year.* For most people, though, feeding infants and mothers is enough.
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Yep. This is one of the most radicalizing pieces I ever wrote, about my own high school.
Silver-bullet, top-down Bold New Ideas are never going to work. Effective approaches are slow, make significant investments and ask teachers what they need.
psmag.com/features/the...
bsky.app/profile/ogda...
Silver-bullet, top-down Bold New Ideas are never going to work. Effective approaches are slow, make significant investments and ask teachers what they need.
psmag.com/features/the...
bsky.app/profile/ogda...
January 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yep. This is one of the most radicalizing pieces I ever wrote, about my own high school.
Silver-bullet, top-down Bold New Ideas are never going to work. Effective approaches are slow, make significant investments and ask teachers what they need.
psmag.com/features/the...
bsky.app/profile/ogda...
Silver-bullet, top-down Bold New Ideas are never going to work. Effective approaches are slow, make significant investments and ask teachers what they need.
psmag.com/features/the...
bsky.app/profile/ogda...
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students are ends in themselves, not primarily future workers or ideological bots
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
students are ends in themselves, not primarily future workers or ideological bots
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3⃣ Today, the original objective of disciplining children remains at the core of how most schools operate. The future of education systems—and their ability to promote individual autonomy—hinges on acknowledging this troubling history
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
3⃣ Today, the original objective of disciplining children remains at the core of how most schools operate. The future of education systems—and their ability to promote individual autonomy—hinges on acknowledging this troubling history
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'Research by the Oxford University Students’ Union, found that only 4 per cent of the university’s postgraduate scholarships go to the most socio-economically disadvantaged group in the UK, while 51 per cent are received by the most privileged groups.' 1/4
Most Oxford postgraduate scholarships ‘go to privileged students’
Diversity initiatives at the university ‘not working’, says union, as scholarships going to most advantaged students while diversity rates decline
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:02 AM
'Research by the Oxford University Students’ Union, found that only 4 per cent of the university’s postgraduate scholarships go to the most socio-economically disadvantaged group in the UK, while 51 per cent are received by the most privileged groups.' 1/4
Looking forward to a thoughtful and productive workshop again this year! Highly encourage any interested PhDs to apply
It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025
PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change
conflictandchange.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Looking forward to a thoughtful and productive workshop again this year! Highly encourage any interested PhDs to apply
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive