Zahava Stadler
@zahavastadler.bsky.social
K-12 education policy person with a focus on school finance. Currently Project Director, Education Funding Equity Initiative @educationwork.newamerica.org. Formerly EdTrust, EdBuild. Parent. Order Muppet. I aspire to one day take the Colbert Questionert.
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New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
When Volatile Work Schedules Meet SNAP Work Requirements
New policies put low income workers in jeopardy of losing vital supports
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social explain how the work volatility of low income service employees will make it hard for them to satisfy new SNAP/Medicaid work requirements, even when they work lots of hours. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/when-volat...
It's really been too long since I listened to Regina Spektor.
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It's really been too long since I listened to Regina Spektor.
FFS it's not like they have different views on the capital gains tax. Values matter to a partnership.
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
FFS it's not like they have different views on the capital gains tax. Values matter to a partnership.
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Only 8 states and DC have minimum salaries for teachers that exceed the minimum salary that ICE is offering to agents. Yet, unlike ICE agents, teachers in every state are required to have a bachelor's degree.
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Only 8 states and DC have minimum salaries for teachers that exceed the minimum salary that ICE is offering to agents. Yet, unlike ICE agents, teachers in every state are required to have a bachelor's degree.
I flew to Austin on the same plane as Matthew McConaughey. I was pregnant at the time and my husband wanted me to get his advice about what to name the baby, but he was with his kid, so I didn't bother him.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I flew to Austin on the same plane as Matthew McConaughey. I was pregnant at the time and my husband wanted me to get his advice about what to name the baby, but he was with his kid, so I didn't bother him.
Every one of these is amazing
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Every one of these is amazing
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The point was never to save money. That was only ever a convenient justification for an effort to decimate the public sector and dismantle the US social safety net.
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The point was never to save money. That was only ever a convenient justification for an effort to decimate the public sector and dismantle the US social safety net.
Holocaust education paying off right there
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Holocaust education paying off right there
My team put out this report (which took over a year in analysis, writing, and web development) on how redrawing school systems could transform US public schools for the better, with ↑ funding equity and ↑ diverse districts. Bc isn't it nice to think of actually SOLVING A PROBLEM right now? #edusky
December 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My team put out this report (which took over a year in analysis, writing, and web development) on how redrawing school systems could transform US public schools for the better, with ↑ funding equity and ↑ diverse districts. Bc isn't it nice to think of actually SOLVING A PROBLEM right now? #edusky
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Halting an entire immigration program because one person committed a crime decades later is like closing an entire school district because one of its graduates got arrested decades later
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Halting an entire immigration program because one person committed a crime decades later is like closing an entire school district because one of its graduates got arrested decades later
Wordle 1,644 5/6
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This was a very tough one. I had to spend the fourth guess on something I knew was wrong just to figure out the vowel situation, and I don't think I could have solved it in hard mode.
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This was a very tough one. I had to spend the fourth guess on something I knew was wrong just to figure out the vowel situation, and I don't think I could have solved it in hard mode.
"I think today's Wordle word is actually the worst in the entire history of the game."
Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle 1644 is trending as Friday's puzzle is breaking many streaks. How did you do?
Wordle - A daily word game
Guess the hidden word in 6 tries. A new puzzle is available each day.
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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This was a very tough one. I had to spend the fourth guess on something I knew was wrong just to figure out the vowel situation, and I don't think I could have solved it in hard mode.
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This was a very tough one. I had to spend the fourth guess on something I knew was wrong just to figure out the vowel situation, and I don't think I could have solved it in hard mode.
I'm hearing that the Senate may vote today on Murray-Baldwin amendment #4072 to block the illegal transfers of programs out of the Department of Education. If you have an R Senator, please let them know you support it! 1/5
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm hearing that the Senate may vote today on Murray-Baldwin amendment #4072 to block the illegal transfers of programs out of the Department of Education. If you have an R Senator, please let them know you support it! 1/5
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I'm hearing that the Senate may vote today on Murray-Baldwin amendment #4072 to block the illegal transfers of programs out of the Department of Education. If you have an R Senator, please let them know you support it! 1/5
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm hearing that the Senate may vote today on Murray-Baldwin amendment #4072 to block the illegal transfers of programs out of the Department of Education. If you have an R Senator, please let them know you support it! 1/5
The yellow journalists wondering why they can't get a job
I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The yellow journalists wondering why they can't get a job
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For context, this drop in attendance rates related to the measles outbreak (about 93% to 90%) is almost as large as the initial drop in TX attendance rates from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic (95% in 2018-19 to 91% in 2021-22).
(TX attendance trends over time here: www.aei.org/research-pro...)
(TX attendance trends over time here: www.aei.org/research-pro...)
We provide early evidence on the impact of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on learning opportunities, and the schooling disruptions that the growing number of low-coverage communities could face if outbreaks continue to spread. See working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
The West Texas Measles Outbreak and Student Absences
Declining child-vaccination rates are driving a measles resurgence in the US, yet little evidence documents how these outbreaks may disrupt schooling. Using daily absence data from a school district a...
edworkingpapers.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For context, this drop in attendance rates related to the measles outbreak (about 93% to 90%) is almost as large as the initial drop in TX attendance rates from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic (95% in 2018-19 to 91% in 2021-22).
(TX attendance trends over time here: www.aei.org/research-pro...)
(TX attendance trends over time here: www.aei.org/research-pro...)
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We provide early evidence on the impact of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on learning opportunities, and the schooling disruptions that the growing number of low-coverage communities could face if outbreaks continue to spread. See working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
The West Texas Measles Outbreak and Student Absences
Declining child-vaccination rates are driving a measles resurgence in the US, yet little evidence documents how these outbreaks may disrupt schooling. Using daily absence data from a school district a...
edworkingpapers.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We provide early evidence on the impact of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on learning opportunities, and the schooling disruptions that the growing number of low-coverage communities could face if outbreaks continue to spread. See working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
When I saw this @nytimes.com headline, I definitely first read it as "Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buy Voters," which, you know, is... pretty much right.
December 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When I saw this @nytimes.com headline, I definitely first read it as "Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buy Voters," which, you know, is... pretty much right.
I went to check if this was a weeks-old article, but no. This policy has actually become official. From the manual: media.defense.gov/2025/nov/14/...
Swastikas and nooses are downgraded to a status of, "Supervisors shall inquire" and MAY remove IF determined to harm discipline, cohesion, or morale.
Swastikas and nooses are downgraded to a status of, "Supervisors shall inquire" and MAY remove IF determined to harm discipline, cohesion, or morale.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I went to check if this was a weeks-old article, but no. This policy has actually become official. From the manual: media.defense.gov/2025/nov/14/...
Swastikas and nooses are downgraded to a status of, "Supervisors shall inquire" and MAY remove IF determined to harm discipline, cohesion, or morale.
Swastikas and nooses are downgraded to a status of, "Supervisors shall inquire" and MAY remove IF determined to harm discipline, cohesion, or morale.
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On U.S. soil, the worst antisemitic massacre in living memory was perpetrated by one of Vance's white nationalist fellow travelers, who was specifically incensed about the Jewish community providing aid to refugees and asylum seekers.
Folks, would you believe me if I told you JD Vance was over there railing against the immigrants as the reason for the antisemitism
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On U.S. soil, the worst antisemitic massacre in living memory was perpetrated by one of Vance's white nationalist fellow travelers, who was specifically incensed about the Jewish community providing aid to refugees and asylum seekers.
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@dougsaunders.bsky.social A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/i... via @Andrew_Griffith More practical than most other ideas floated. Biden administration's similar approach was starting to deliver results
ICYMI – Saunders: A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement
More practical than most of the other ideas floated. The Biden administration’s similar approach was starting to deliver results: …A new, simplified and better-designed version of Safe …
multiculturalmeanderings.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@dougsaunders.bsky.social A better way to manage the border after the collapse of the Safe Third Country Agreement multiculturalmeanderings.com/2025/12/16/i... via @Andrew_Griffith More practical than most other ideas floated. Biden administration's similar approach was starting to deliver results
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Lots of people are sharing their favorite scenes from Rob Reiner films. It is exceedingly on-brand that this one is one of mine, and was perhaps the first "political speech" to really move me as a kid.
Thanks for everything, Rob. בָּרוּךְ דַּיָּן הָאֱמֶת.
Lots of people are sharing their favorite scenes from Rob Reiner films. It is exceedingly on-brand that this one is one of mine, and was perhaps the first "political speech" to really move me as a kid.
Thanks for everything, Rob. בָּרוּךְ דַּיָּן הָאֱמֶת.
The American President - The Final Speech
YouTube video by Lee Hoedl
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December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Lots of people are sharing their favorite scenes from Rob Reiner films. It is exceedingly on-brand that this one is one of mine, and was perhaps the first "political speech" to really move me as a kid.
Thanks for everything, Rob. בָּרוּךְ דַּיָּן הָאֱמֶת.
Lots of people are sharing their favorite scenes from Rob Reiner films. It is exceedingly on-brand that this one is one of mine, and was perhaps the first "political speech" to really move me as a kid.
Thanks for everything, Rob. בָּרוּךְ דַּיָּן הָאֱמֶת.
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Two corollary things to remember when you genuinely want to help:
-You don't have to do this alone.
-You are probably not the hero of this story.
-You don't have to do this alone.
-You are probably not the hero of this story.
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Two corollary things to remember when you genuinely want to help:
-You don't have to do this alone.
-You are probably not the hero of this story.
-You don't have to do this alone.
-You are probably not the hero of this story.
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Remember, Mr. Rogers' original comment was intended for CHILDREN. Children need comfort, and their power is obviously very limited.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Remember, Mr. Rogers' original comment was intended for CHILDREN. Children need comfort, and their power is obviously very limited.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
We're adults. We do need comfort, but we also need to take action. And what you'll find is the more you do, the better you'll feel. Look for the helpers and join them.
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Conservatives rebranded bigotry and every time the media uses “wokeness” as a euphemism they are helping a movement that it quite literally erasing the history marginalized people’s role in American life.
December 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Conservatives rebranded bigotry and every time the media uses “wokeness” as a euphemism they are helping a movement that it quite literally erasing the history marginalized people’s role in American life.