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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 · 13h
We've entered late-stage Idiocracy.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14h
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 15h
Paper 1: www.shankerinstitute.org/sites/defaul...
Paper 2: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1127
Paper 3: www.schoolfinancedata.org/the-adequacy...
www.shankerinstitute.org

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 15h
Right - a root problem in many cases/states is the equitable and adequate distribution of school funding to be able to recruit/retain the quality teacher workforce we need.

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 15h
I also agree that there can be cross-over benefits of seemingly unrelated degrees (especially those that involve credentials across specific student populations). Again, one problem is the explosion of lower quality credentials.

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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 15h
This has only gotten worse, even though some of the predatory programs during this period started to flatten out or decline, others entered the market or grew even larger.

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 16h
Of course, the real trick is defining what we mean by "improved performance" and how to operationalize that. Separate note, many of those masters attained are about diversifying credentials (special ed, etc.) to open up job options, not about improving practice in current field.

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 16h
Therein lies the problem - that we've created a market for quality-neutral graduate degrees - and they've blown up over the decades (from an old post) schoolfinance101.com/2012/12/01/e...

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d
A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

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schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 2d
Makin it trashy AF like every other Trump property
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d
Look, it's not even in the top thousand offenses of this administration, but I can't get over how fucking tacky and gaudy the Oval Office has become under this clown.

I'm surprised he hasn't thrown up some LIVE LAUGH LOVE pictures to complete the look of "strip mall Italian restaurant"
Clinton in the Oval Office, one painting on the wall GW Bush in the Oval Office, one painting on the wall Obama in the Oval Office, one painting on the wall Trump in the Oval Office, with every goddamn inch covered in cheap gold shit and three dozen paintings. Imagine if Liberace was the dictator of a small island nation.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d
So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.

Amazing.

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thedailyshow.com
The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d
 Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."

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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d
Look, it's not even in the top thousand offenses of this administration, but I can't get over how fucking tacky and gaudy the Oval Office has become under this clown.

I'm surprised he hasn't thrown up some LIVE LAUGH LOVE pictures to complete the look of "strip mall Italian restaurant"
Clinton in the Oval Office, one painting on the wall GW Bush in the Oval Office, one painting on the wall Obama in the Oval Office, one painting on the wall Trump in the Oval Office, with every goddamn inch covered in cheap gold shit and three dozen paintings. Imagine if Liberace was the dictator of a small island nation.

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jerseyjazzman.bsky.social
Mark Weber @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social · 7d
Latest post: Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/11/dear...
Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli
To all NJ public school staff and their families: You must not vote for Jack Ciattarelli. He will do serious, lasting damage to you persona...
jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com

schoolfinance101.bsky.social
Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 13d
NEPC Review: Wisconsin’s Most Cost-Effective K-12 Program (School Choice Wisconsin, August 2025) nepc.colorado.edu/sites/defaul...
nepc.colorado.edu

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nepc.bsky.social
National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 13d
New NEPC Review: School Choice Wisconsin report’s conclusions about the cost effectiveness of private school vouchers rest on invalid methods and inaccurate data.
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NEPC Review: Wisconsin’s Most Cost-Effective K-12 Program (School Choice Wisconsin, August 2025)
Wisconsin’s long-running private school voucher program has drawn decades of research interest, including a recent report from School Choice Wisconsin. The report claims voucher-receiving schools in R...
nepc.colorado.edu

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diplomatofnight.com
Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14d
Interesting cover from NY Post
Weird fetish art ran by the NYPost of Zohran

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jerseyjazzman.bsky.social
Mark Weber @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social · 17d
How Does New Jersey Fund Its Schools — And How Can We Make It Fairer? - New Jersey Policy Perspective - www.njpp.org/publications...
How Does New Jersey Fund Its Schools — And How Can We Make It Fairer? - New Jersey Policy Perspective
A guide to understanding New Jersey's school funding formula and closing gaps for students who need resources most.
www.njpp.org

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centeronbudget.bsky.social
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 17d
Punchbowl reports “White House officials determined they do not have the authority” to use contingency reserves —billions of $ that Congress provided for use when SNAP funding is inadequate— to fund Nov. SNAP benefits. But, that’s not what USDA’s now-deleted shutdown plan says:

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Alexis Coe @alexiscoe.bsky.social · 17d
Taking apart Karoline Levitt’s defense of the East Wing demolition on CBS Mornings felt like grading a book report written in crayon

www.cbsnews.com/video/presid...
Presidential historian on why Trump's White House renovation isn't the first or the biggest
As images of the East Wing demolition spark debate, historian Alexis Coe joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to put the latest White House renovation in perspective — from Truman's full interior overhaul to Nix...
www.cbsnews.com

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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21d
Everyone's focused on how idiotic Lindsey Halligan is, but don't sleep on the official response from Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre.

It's just Mean Girls all the way down, if they'd written that script while huffing paint fumes.
You clearly didn’t get the response you wanted—which was information handed over to you without having to dig into the facts of the case to craft a truthful story—so you thought you’d “tattletale” to main justice. Lindsay [sic] Halligan was attempting to point you to facts, not gossip, but when clarifying that she would adhere to the rule of the law and not disclose Grand Jury information, you threaten to leak an entire conversation. Good luck ever getting anyone to talk to you when you publish their texts. She seems nice