Dan Gordon
dangordondc.bsky.social
Dan Gordon
@dangordondc.bsky.social
Working in edu-policy & strategy at EducationCounsel. Former civil rights lawyer & DC Public Schools teacher/district official. Views my own. He/Him
Sunday marked 6 months since Inauguration. Now that we're (gulp) 1/8th through the term, we listed the key executive actions affecting education (with a few legislative & judicial ones too).

Hope it's a useful resource for finding some signals amid all the noise.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
July 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hard to square this circle eh?
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Doomscrolling through the electeds’ reactions to the USED order and leave it to my home state to cheer me up. Ladies & gents we have a “winner”:
March 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
In All4Ed's recent national poll, 58% oppose / 29% support among all voters with majority of Rs opposing too. all4ed.org/publication/...
March 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Updated it for him:
February 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
how it started vs how it's going, #BHM edition

1) www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
2) x.com/SecDuffy/sta...
February 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
He also falsely described Hylton-Brown as an "illegal" (he was born here, which is STILL how we determine citizenship) and a "criminal" (no adult felony record, according to the Post):

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
January 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Same dynamic has existed for a long time in education, with a ~30pp higher rating for people's own public school than for public schools in general: news.gallup.com/poll/510401/...
November 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM