Sean Gill
@seangill.bsky.social
Education consultant, writer and analyst. Looking for strategy & insights to take your org to the next level? Let's connect.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/srgill/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/srgill/
Looking for a very reasonable take on the shutdown “deal”? @jpos.bsky.social has one open.substack.com/pub/reasonab...
Dems Deal -- Cave or Clever?
Wins happened
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Looking for a very reasonable take on the shutdown “deal”? @jpos.bsky.social has one open.substack.com/pub/reasonab...
Nuance in data... is the value of a "college degree" in decline? Not really if it's a *Four-year degree*. Sharp analysis here - why it's so important to maintain the #eddata NCES and others collect at a national level. cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
Is college enrollment really plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nuance in data... is the value of a "college degree" in decline? Not really if it's a *Four-year degree*. Sharp analysis here - why it's so important to maintain the #eddata NCES and others collect at a national level. cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
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"AI systems built to “flag” books are not neutral.
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"AI systems built to “flag” books are not neutral.
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
They replicate the worldview they are built on. And right now, that worldview is hostile to many of the students we are supposed to serve."
A great follow-up to our Fanbase Weekly conversation.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
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#EdData and #IES is part of the overlooked infrastructure that supports education. What happens when the well runs dry? @rebeccasibilia.bsky.social
Federal Data Is the Basis for Everything We Know About Schools. It Must Be Saved
Roy & Sibilia: NCES must have the resources to fulfill its mission, or America will be making decisions about schools based on hunches, not facts.
www.the74million.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#EdData and #IES is part of the overlooked infrastructure that supports education. What happens when the well runs dry? @rebeccasibilia.bsky.social
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study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
Without immigration the #school-age population in the US will decline. It already is in many cities. I’m guessing that overall we’ll decrease spending in real terms on schooling as people live longer and need more services as senior citizens #edfinance #edpolicy
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Without immigration the #school-age population in the US will decline. It already is in many cities. I’m guessing that overall we’ll decrease spending in real terms on schooling as people live longer and need more services as senior citizens #edfinance #edpolicy
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"Without this information, there is no way to know how schools are working to address academic and opportunity disparities — particularly for Black and Latino students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities and those from low-income backgrounds." www.the74million.org/article/givi...
Giving States Waivers From Accountability Is a Dangerous Step Backward for Kids
Forte: By loosening testing and reporting requirements, Education Department is denying parents, teachers and policymakers important information.
www.the74million.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Without this information, there is no way to know how schools are working to address academic and opportunity disparities — particularly for Black and Latino students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities and those from low-income backgrounds." www.the74million.org/article/givi...
Tutoring! @matthewakraft.com sees a path for sustaining it, perhaps with an assist from #GenAI. But will probably take longer than people think #edchat #edpolicy #edtech thefutureoftutoring.substack.com/p/q-and-a-ma...
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tutoring! @matthewakraft.com sees a path for sustaining it, perhaps with an assist from #GenAI. But will probably take longer than people think #edchat #edpolicy #edtech thefutureoftutoring.substack.com/p/q-and-a-ma...
Bill DeBlasio (who is not the former nyc mayor named Bill de Blasio) “used ChatGPT to compose a response criticizing Mamdani’s tax plans, in particular, as unlikely to raise the requisite revenue.”
🟡 NEW: The man at the heart of a mixup that rippled through global political journalism in the final days of the New York mayoral campaign was neither “falsely claiming” to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio, nor a “de Blasio impersonator.”
British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
www.semafor.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Bill DeBlasio (who is not the former nyc mayor named Bill de Blasio) “used ChatGPT to compose a response criticizing Mamdani’s tax plans, in particular, as unlikely to raise the requisite revenue.”
"Good people are afraid of being seen as Luddites." writes
Andy Smarick for the @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
#edpolicy #genAI #AI #education thedispatch.com/article/arti...
Andy Smarick for the @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
#edpolicy #genAI #AI #education thedispatch.com/article/arti...
It’s Time for a Moratorium on AI in Schools
The rush to allow AI into the classroom will harm students and schools for decades.
thedispatch.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Good people are afraid of being seen as Luddites." writes
Andy Smarick for the @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
#edpolicy #genAI #AI #education thedispatch.com/article/arti...
Andy Smarick for the @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social
#edpolicy #genAI #AI #education thedispatch.com/article/arti...
#EdData and #IES is part of the overlooked infrastructure that supports education. What happens when the well runs dry? @rebeccasibilia.bsky.social
Federal Data Is the Basis for Everything We Know About Schools. It Must Be Saved
Roy & Sibilia: NCES must have the resources to fulfill its mission, or America will be making decisions about schools based on hunches, not facts.
www.the74million.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
#EdData and #IES is part of the overlooked infrastructure that supports education. What happens when the well runs dry? @rebeccasibilia.bsky.social
This is truly baffling to someone who lives in a west coast city that has mandated composting for more than a decade
You can now drop off your food scraps at 13 Chicago public library locations: blockclubchi.co/3LdivBa
October 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is truly baffling to someone who lives in a west coast city that has mandated composting for more than a decade
Seattle has like two parades a year and both of them are sponsored by Alaska Airlines. But maybe this year maybe we'll get a third?? ⚾
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Seattle has like two parades a year and both of them are sponsored by Alaska Airlines. But maybe this year maybe we'll get a third?? ⚾
Curious to see this bill vetoed; annual audits often not likely to be timely or extensive enough to get to root of operational problems nor do they provide insights of program ineffectiveness. Neither the district, county, or state dept of ed currently equipped edsource.org/2025/newsom-...
Newsom veto stalls California’s push to curb charter school fraud
The bipartisan oversight bill was rejected as “too costly” and overlooks some of the recommendations by a task force, leaving reforms on hold until 2026.
edsource.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Curious to see this bill vetoed; annual audits often not likely to be timely or extensive enough to get to root of operational problems nor do they provide insights of program ineffectiveness. Neither the district, county, or state dept of ed currently equipped edsource.org/2025/newsom-...
Charter authorizing is hard work - especially if your small district soon finds itself serving thousands of students across a state. Long been Qs about the efficacy of virtual schools, and if the charter model provides best vehicle for designing and overseeing them www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A virtual education company was a lifeline to a rural district. Now they're at war.
What began as an emergency option for New Mexico students during the pandemic has spiraled into dueling lawsuits and drawn government scrutiny.
www.nbcnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Charter authorizing is hard work - especially if your small district soon finds itself serving thousands of students across a state. Long been Qs about the efficacy of virtual schools, and if the charter model provides best vehicle for designing and overseeing them www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"In theory, almost all Americans profess to be pluralist liberals. In reality, both the left and right struggle to accept those they find unsavory" @jtylersyck.bsky.social
providencemag.com/2025/10/dani...
providencemag.com/2025/10/dani...
Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Lesson for Liberalism - Providence
Daniel Patrick Moynihan argued that to form a pluralist society—one in which all traditions and ethnicities thrive—we must abandon our utopian visions
providencemag.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"In theory, almost all Americans profess to be pluralist liberals. In reality, both the left and right struggle to accept those they find unsavory" @jtylersyck.bsky.social
providencemag.com/2025/10/dani...
providencemag.com/2025/10/dani...
School districts are drawn by the allure of cost savings (and field markings that look as vibrant as the NFL in photos) but those artificial turfs are not always that great... www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
Torn ACLs, sprains, and chemicals: Tensions mount over artificial turf safety
The debate over synthetic grass on sports fields has taken on more urgency with hundreds of turf athletic fields and playgrounds being installed in the U.S. every year.
www.nbcnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
School districts are drawn by the allure of cost savings (and field markings that look as vibrant as the NFL in photos) but those artificial turfs are not always that great... www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...
Why have fed involvement in K-12 edu, you might wonder?
IES' "Research and development system generates valuable evidence on what works, supports states and districts in addressing their unique needs, collects and analyzes vital national data" #eddata #edtech
www.the74million.org/article/how-...
IES' "Research and development system generates valuable evidence on what works, supports states and districts in addressing their unique needs, collects and analyzes vital national data" #eddata #edtech
www.the74million.org/article/how-...
How to Remake IES to Strengthen Research and Fuel Student Success
Dinkes: These concrete steps can protect and strengthen education research and development, making it even more effective in the long run.
www.the74million.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Why have fed involvement in K-12 edu, you might wonder?
IES' "Research and development system generates valuable evidence on what works, supports states and districts in addressing their unique needs, collects and analyzes vital national data" #eddata #edtech
www.the74million.org/article/how-...
IES' "Research and development system generates valuable evidence on what works, supports states and districts in addressing their unique needs, collects and analyzes vital national data" #eddata #edtech
www.the74million.org/article/how-...
I got a newsletter email that advised applying to jobs that you seem overqualified for and now was not the time for career pivots. “You best bet is a lateral move” Bleak. Don’t remember reading that in “What Color is your parachute?” 🪂 #careeradvice
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I got a newsletter email that advised applying to jobs that you seem overqualified for and now was not the time for career pivots. “You best bet is a lateral move” Bleak. Don’t remember reading that in “What Color is your parachute?” 🪂 #careeradvice
I walk by the Civic Hotel a fair amount, never knew it was a homeless "shelter" - a big contrast to the "tiny home" situation that was just north of there. A sign that, despite the costs and inefficiencies, the model might have some merit.
NEW: After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.
By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.
By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.
Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
www.propublica.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I walk by the Civic Hotel a fair amount, never knew it was a homeless "shelter" - a big contrast to the "tiny home" situation that was just north of there. A sign that, despite the costs and inefficiencies, the model might have some merit.
Enjoyed reading this report. While #LCFF was a positive change for #California, there is still a lot about the school funding system - tied to housing and tax policies - that reinforces inequity. The authors show evidence that 50 of the "basic aid" districts can outcompete for #teacher talent
A new report coauthored by @bellwetherorg.bsky.social's Carrie Hahnel and Sophie Zamarripa alongside PACE’s H. Alix Gallagher releases findings from the first major study of basic aid districts since LCFF was enacted in California. edpolicyinca.org/publications... (1/6)
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Enjoyed reading this report. While #LCFF was a positive change for #California, there is still a lot about the school funding system - tied to housing and tax policies - that reinforces inequity. The authors show evidence that 50 of the "basic aid" districts can outcompete for #teacher talent
Didn’t realize he had a stint at Aspire Charter Schools www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts was arrested by ICE on Friday. What happened after?
The arrest of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts by ICE has left many throughout Iowa and beyond puzzled. Here's a timeline.
www.desmoinesregister.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Didn’t realize he had a stint at Aspire Charter Schools www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
Reposted by Sean Gill
After DOGE came through and took a wrecking ball to the Institute of Education Sciences, there are a few green shoots returning. But the future of the agency is very much in limbo.
Education Department takes a preliminary step toward revamping its research and statistics arm
The public has until Oct. 15 to weigh in
hechingerreport.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
After DOGE came through and took a wrecking ball to the Institute of Education Sciences, there are a few green shoots returning. But the future of the agency is very much in limbo.