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Bruce D. Baker
@schoolfinance101.bsky.social
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Professor, Education Finance & Policy
Personal Website: https://schoolfinance101.com
School Finance Indicators Database: https://www.schoolfinancedata.org/
Books: https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/author/bruce-d-baker/

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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 2h
But yes - it's hard to identify a singular general cause. Perhaps in another few cycles, heterogeneity across states will provide more insights.

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 2h
This is certainly a piece of the puzzle explaining why the drop precedes COVID (at similar rate): www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... I've found it interesting to see that, especially for grade 8, states like FL have continued to drop sharply while others have begun to rebound.
Do School Spending Cuts Matter? Evidence from the Great Recession
(May 2021) - During the Great Recession, national public school per-pupil spending fell by roughly 7 percent and persisted beyond the recovery. The impact of such large and sustained education funding...
www.aeaweb.org

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 1d
"That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real. We are all carrying a lot of new weight..." —Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
The physical weight of Trumpism
That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.
www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 1d
I wonder about the downstream effects of this @epopppp.bsky.social

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 1d
A new @edweek.org article highlights the nation’s top education scholars. Congratulations to those recognized, including Professors John Diamond, Lindsay Page, John Papay, and affiliates Emily Oster, @matthewakraft.com, and Prudence Carter.
Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion)
The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.
www.edweek.org

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Linda McMahon: "We want to make sure they are not rabble rousers, they are not coming in to be activists, but they are coming in to academia"

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
They've been informed - time and time again - There is no way a responsible, credible researcher can continue to use such deceitful "analyses" to make such bogus claims. Either incompetent (to dumb to know better) or intentional deceit or some mix of both. You decide.

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Fraud? Fraudulent claims (again, again and again) by Edunomics: schoolfinance101.com/2025/07/24/r...
Revisiting Deceitful Claims about School Funding and Outcomes (a thread)
I’ve had enough. This has to stop. I’ve explained on at least a few occasions that there exists a cottage industry for whom their bread and butter is telling state legislatures and judg…
schoolfinance101.com

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 1d
In Vance’s defense he learned the law at Yale

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d
This is not the law.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 1d
The federal government claimed that the states have no jurisdiction to prosecute murders committed by its agents is the kind of thing the Founders would probably have done a whole entire revolution over
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
This is bullshit. They absolutely have jurisdiction.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.

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Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 2d
Kids today are dumb & getting dumber. Schools are collapsing due to a lack of standards. Students are the equivalent of the subprime mortgage-backed securities that caused the Great Recession. IOW it's time for another round of public education panic. educationwars.substack.com/p/the-school...
The Schools Are Failing (Again)
What’s behind the latest round of public education panic?
educationwars.substack.com

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 2d
My kitchen table issue is “don’t shoot people at their kitchen tables”

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 2d
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d
Gov Walz vows justice

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 2d
A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Mayor Jacob Frey: "They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is bullshit."

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d
Remember: Federal officials do not enjoy categorical, absolute immunity from state-level prosecutions. They are entitled to removal to federal court. But conduct that is unreasonable or unnecessary for the execution of their law enforcement duties is susceptible to criminal prosecution.

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