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.
THANK YOU. Compelled political speech is a massive First Amendment violation.
A federal judge ruled that the First Amendment rights of U.S. Department of Education employees were violated by the Trump administration when their out-of-office emails were replaced with partisan messages.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
THANK YOU. Compelled political speech is a massive First Amendment violation.
Is Angus King jealous of all the attention that Collins gets for caving or something?
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Is Angus King jealous of all the attention that Collins gets for caving or something?
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Between 2020 and 2024, no New Jersey county moved further right than Passaic County (11pts). At 43% it's also the most the most-Latino county in the state, and is among the least-white overall.
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Between 2020 and 2024, no New Jersey county moved further right than Passaic County (11pts). At 43% it's also the most the most-Latino county in the state, and is among the least-white overall.
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
Last night, it moved 18pts to the left, surpassed only by Hudson County (the second-most Latino county)
They are who we thought they were. It just took some people a little longer to notice.
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Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Project Esther, launched as a conservative strategy to fight antisemitism, appears to be unraveling after Heritage's president defended Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
They are who we thought they were. It just took some people a little longer to notice.
www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...
www.jta.org/2025/11/03/u...
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This might be the one that breaks me. Every federal agency reduced to banana-republic personal fiefdoms where criminal Trump allies loot the public and fire vastly more qualified people for daring to do their jobs. It’s unthinkable. It’s obscene.
Kash Patel was angry about his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform so he forced out a senior FBI official overseeing aviation, Bloomberg reports
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November 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This might be the one that breaks me. Every federal agency reduced to banana-republic personal fiefdoms where criminal Trump allies loot the public and fire vastly more qualified people for daring to do their jobs. It’s unthinkable. It’s obscene.
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Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids
Federal spending on children has dropped to historic lows, but the steepest cuts are ahead.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
My colleague @jbeowulf.bsky.social and I joined @newamerica.org's Democracy Deciphered podcast to talk about the US Dept of Ed and why it would be damaging (not to mention illegal!) to take it apart. Check it out!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3QOZ...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3QOZ...
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My colleague @jbeowulf.bsky.social and I joined @newamerica.org's Democracy Deciphered podcast to talk about the US Dept of Ed and why it would be damaging (not to mention illegal!) to take it apart. Check it out!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3QOZ...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3QOZ...
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I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
This is terrible! Someone else should really solve this problem!
Rep. Jason Smith: "I think that if this continues too long, the Senate should have a real conversation about in the time of the government shutdown, to look at making sure that you can pass a continuing of funding with just 51 votes."
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is terrible! Someone else should really solve this problem!
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is just so freaking good.
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is just so freaking good.
I've asked this before, but are any Dem-controlled state legislatures increasing funding for their state Attorney General's offices? Blue-state AGs are carrying a lot of water for the rest of us, and I can't imagine they're staffed for it. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
Democratic AGs, governors sue Trump over SNAP benefits as shutdown hits day 28
A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the release of food assistance funds for 42 million people that the U.S. Department of ...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I've asked this before, but are any Dem-controlled state legislatures increasing funding for their state Attorney General's offices? Blue-state AGs are carrying a lot of water for the rest of us, and I can't imagine they're staffed for it. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/demo...
UVA's Education Rights Institute is having a webinar TODAY at 4pm ET to help teachers understand their role in implementing civil rights laws in the classroom. Register here to attend (or to get the recording in case today at 4 doesn't work for you!) law-virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Policy to Practice: Upholding Civil Rights Protections in the Classroom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web...
This webinar will walk through federal civil rights protections against race, color, and national origin discrimination. This webinar is the first in a series of webinars that the Education Rights Ins...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
UVA's Education Rights Institute is having a webinar TODAY at 4pm ET to help teachers understand their role in implementing civil rights laws in the classroom. Register here to attend (or to get the recording in case today at 4 doesn't work for you!) law-virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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It was great to be w/ Grantmakers for Education in Memphis this week! I was there to share 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, the latest from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org on how school system redistricting can be " #gerrymandering for good," creating more diverse & fairly funded districts. 1/5
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
www.newamerica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It was great to be w/ Grantmakers for Education in Memphis this week! I was there to share 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, the latest from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org on how school system redistricting can be " #gerrymandering for good," creating more diverse & fairly funded districts. 1/5
So, is an 18-inning baseball game extremely exciting or extremely boring?
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
So, is an 18-inning baseball game extremely exciting or extremely boring?
I just need a baby sock dispenser in my house that spits out a new pair every 6 hours or so
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I just need a baby sock dispenser in my house that spits out a new pair every 6 hours or so
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Published in Economics of Education Review! Building on @joshua-goodman.com's post, we find public school enrollment declines are concentrated in higher-income districts, middle grades, and among White and Asian students. I hope these findings support discussions on the shifting education landscape.
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Published in Economics of Education Review! Building on @joshua-goodman.com's post, we find public school enrollment declines are concentrated in higher-income districts, middle grades, and among White and Asian students. I hope these findings support discussions on the shifting education landscape.
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A list of infamy.
24 states have filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of the Trump administration's effort to curb birthright citizenship, suggesting that it is not correct to say the issue is "settled and beyond debate."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A list of infamy.
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
It was great to be w/ Grantmakers for Education in Memphis this week! I was there to share 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, the latest from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org on how school system redistricting can be " #gerrymandering for good," creating more diverse & fairly funded districts. 1/5
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
www.newamerica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It was great to be w/ Grantmakers for Education in Memphis this week! I was there to share 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, the latest from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org on how school system redistricting can be " #gerrymandering for good," creating more diverse & fairly funded districts. 1/5
My only take on the Platner thing is that Naziism is bad and it really shouldn't be hard to find Democratic candidates who can say that without needing an asterisk for their own questionable behavior.
October 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My only take on the Platner thing is that Naziism is bad and it really shouldn't be hard to find Democratic candidates who can say that without needing an asterisk for their own questionable behavior.
There was a time on some awards show, probably the Emmys, when Mr. T looked straight to camera and said, "I pity the East Wing," and I can't believe there isn't a gif of it because this would truly be its moment.
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
There was a time on some awards show, probably the Emmys, when Mr. T looked straight to camera and said, "I pity the East Wing," and I can't believe there isn't a gif of it because this would truly be its moment.
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Destroying the hard-won reputation and credibility (such as it is) of the U.S. government in every domain - built up over decades, destroyed in months.
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Destroying the hard-won reputation and credibility (such as it is) of the U.S. government in every domain - built up over decades, destroyed in months.
No but actually what the hell is going on
I've been offline for two days... can someone point me to a good explainer on what the hell is happening with the United States and Venezuela?
October 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No but actually what the hell is going on