Preston Green
@drprestongreen.bsky.social
John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education;
Professor of Educational Leadership and Law;
University of Connecticut
Opinions expressed are my own.
Website: https://www.drprestongreen.com/
Professor of Educational Leadership and Law;
University of Connecticut
Opinions expressed are my own.
Website: https://www.drprestongreen.com/
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Preston Green
@drprestongreen.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Do We Need Rural School Preserves?
A new paper argues that rural school districts are facing an existential threat, and proposes a new sort of preserve to safeguard these districts and the students that they serve.
www.forbes.com
Forbes picked up our article explaining how designating rural school districts as "education preserves" can protect them from charter and voucher expansion.
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Colorado’s rural schools serve more than 130,000 students, and their superintendents want more pay for their teachers
Colorado’s rural schools serve more than 130,000 students, and their superintendents want more pay for their teachers
Rural school leaders are most concerned about recruiting and retaining teachers.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Colorado’s rural schools serve more than 130,000 students, and their superintendents want more pay for their teachers
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In the last 28 years, Alaska’s rural school districts have made close to 1,800 requests to the state to maintain and repair their crumbling public schools, which also frequently serve as emergency shelters.
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that…
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In the last 28 years, Alaska’s rural school districts have made close to 1,800 requests to the state to maintain and repair their crumbling public schools, which also frequently serve as emergency shelters.
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
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“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
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@penamerica.bsky.social
As a New Texas Law Clamps Down on School Libraries, 'Librotraficantes' Fight Back - Reporting Texas
Just two months after a new Texas law expanded parents’ power to challenge school library books, authors gathered at the Texas Book Festival’s Banned Book Bash to read from titles that have been banne...
www.reportingtexas.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
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She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed apnews.com/article/scho...
She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed
When families are evicted, kids' schooling is often disrupted. Many evicted families go from living in a school district that spends more money on students to one that spends less.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
She wanted to keep her son in his school district. It was more challenging than it seemed apnews.com/article/scho...
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I was a faculty member at IU in 2016, and after the election that year, I had to change the way I taught my 200+ student Intro Sociology class, because a handful of students started flooding the class whiteboard app by posting "MAGA" over and over again.
"The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the 'Make America Great Again' slogan as an example of white supremacy."
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I was a faculty member at IU in 2016, and after the election that year, I had to change the way I taught my 200+ student Intro Sociology class, because a handful of students started flooding the class whiteboard app by posting "MAGA" over and over again.
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Ruby Bridges Integrated An All-White School In Louisiana On This Day In 1960 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/11/14/r...
Ruby Bridges Integrated An All-White School In Louisiana On This Day In 1960 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
Ruby Bridges is famous for, as a first-grader, integrating an all-white school in Louisiana on this day in 1960. You might be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT RUBY BRIDGES…
larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ruby Bridges Integrated An All-White School In Louisiana On This Day In 1960 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/11/14/r...
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Conservative school board members lost throughout Ohio on Tuesday: signalohio.org/culture-warr...
Culture warriors lost school board races all around Ohio - Signal Ohio
In cities large and small around Ohio, conservative incumbents who ran for school boards on culture war agendas lost re-election.
signalohio.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Conservative school board members lost throughout Ohio on Tuesday: signalohio.org/culture-warr...
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Do you ever go back and read something you wrote in the past and think, wait, that was actually...good?
Because I used to find my writing, I believe the word is "cringe," but in the past six years or so I kind of like my writing
Because I used to find my writing, I believe the word is "cringe," but in the past six years or so I kind of like my writing
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do you ever go back and read something you wrote in the past and think, wait, that was actually...good?
Because I used to find my writing, I believe the word is "cringe," but in the past six years or so I kind of like my writing
Because I used to find my writing, I believe the word is "cringe," but in the past six years or so I kind of like my writing
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Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, and the college wage premium remains high.
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
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 2:03 PM
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated. Enrollment is near pre-pandemic levels, real tuition is flat or down, and the college wage premium remains high.
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
I explore how the narrative became disconnected from the data.
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/is-college...
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New chalkbeat piece that highlights some of the less well-known realities of our current moment for higher ed. I got to chat at length with Matt about the actual trend in tuition (flat or decreasing at publics) versus the perception in the media.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
Is college enrollment plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New chalkbeat piece that highlights some of the less well-known realities of our current moment for higher ed. I got to chat at length with Matt about the actual trend in tuition (flat or decreasing at publics) versus the perception in the media.
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
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Black thinkers & activists have been saying the same thing for more than 150 yrs: the rights, laws, & programs passed by Congress are meaningless if white Americans remain unwilling to enforce them.
After the police chief in Columbia, SC murdered a Black resident in cold blood, an anonymous Black woman wrote to the govt in May 1866: "Our friends in Congress are wasting time & breath, & all the bills they may pass, will do us no good, unless men are sent here that will see these laws enforced."
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Black thinkers & activists have been saying the same thing for more than 150 yrs: the rights, laws, & programs passed by Congress are meaningless if white Americans remain unwilling to enforce them.
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Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position job with Sarah Lawrence College
Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position - New York, United States job with Sarah Lawrence College | 37912369
Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position Rank: Faculty Tenure Information: Tenure Track Job Description Sarah Lawrence College...
jobs.chronicle.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Religion in the United States Tenure Track Position job with Sarah Lawrence College
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Wondering why "local control" is no longer a priority for the Republican Party? We have answers on the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social
HY#207 Under the Influence
Have You Heard heads to Florida, where education policy is increasingly being determined by wealthy donors. We meet a billionaire who has been putting big bucks behind a very particular vision for the
soundcloud.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Wondering why "local control" is no longer a priority for the Republican Party? We have answers on the latest episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social
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We have some ideas in our forthcoming book #SchoolsforSale, based on what happened over the past 10+ years in PHL. Book drops in June 2026 + available for pre-order now. We are open to talk to folks organizing, in school districts, and cities about our recs.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We have some ideas in our forthcoming book #SchoolsforSale, based on what happened over the past 10+ years in PHL. Book drops in June 2026 + available for pre-order now. We are open to talk to folks organizing, in school districts, and cities about our recs.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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New article in Exceptional Children w/ @federicowaitoller.bsky.social Navigating School Choice at the Intersection of Disability, Race, & Class: Mothers of Students W/ Disabilities Accessing Information in Competitive Local Education Markets journals-sagepub-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New article in Exceptional Children w/ @federicowaitoller.bsky.social Navigating School Choice at the Intersection of Disability, Race, & Class: Mothers of Students W/ Disabilities Accessing Information in Competitive Local Education Markets journals-sagepub-com.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
‘Absolutely devastating’: Rural schools say $100K visa fee could make it hard to hire teachers
Read more at: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
Read more at: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
‘Absolutely devastating’: Rural schools say $100K visa fee could make it hard to hire teachers
Chalkbeat looks at how the $100K visa fee could devastate rural schools' efforts to hire teachers if they rely heavily on H-1B visa holders.
www.idahostatesman.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
‘Absolutely devastating’: Rural schools say $100K visa fee could make it hard to hire teachers
Read more at: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
Read more at: www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
www.idahostatesman.com/news/busines...
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My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My local rural school district is set to lose over $700,000 a year under the new school funding formula, while the Governor is funding private religious schools with taxpayer vouchers.
What a scam…
What a scam…
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"Rather than retreat from the horrors of slavery as was happening in Central and South America, Southern states in America committed to a new era of harsher conditions, dehumanizing control, and brutal punishment of enslaved people."
On this day in 1831, an enslaved Black man named Nat Turner was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, after being convicted of leading a revolt against slavery.
Nov. 11, 1831 | Nat Turner Hanged and White Mobs Killed Hundreds of Black People
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Rather than retreat from the horrors of slavery as was happening in Central and South America, Southern states in America committed to a new era of harsher conditions, dehumanizing control, and brutal punishment of enslaved people."
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Sick to my stomach. They are cutting a really, really strong Educational Administration department with some top-notch faculty.
There is very little public service ethos left in higher ed. You either contribute to revenue/prestige in particular ways, or you are expendable.
There is very little public service ethos left in higher ed. You either contribute to revenue/prestige in particular ways, or you are expendable.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sick to my stomach. They are cutting a really, really strong Educational Administration department with some top-notch faculty.
There is very little public service ethos left in higher ed. You either contribute to revenue/prestige in particular ways, or you are expendable.
There is very little public service ethos left in higher ed. You either contribute to revenue/prestige in particular ways, or you are expendable.
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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A study of a large Florida school district found that the effects of immigration enforcement on students’ academic performance was concentrated in high-poverty schools. The test score declines also occurred for U.S. citizen students.
ICE arrests could hurt student test scores, study says — and not just for immigrants
A study of a large Florida school district found that the effects of immigration enforcement on students’ academic performance was concentrated in high-poverty schools. The test score declines also occurred for U.S. citizen students.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A study of a large Florida school district found that the effects of immigration enforcement on students’ academic performance was concentrated in high-poverty schools. The test score declines also occurred for U.S. citizen students.
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Scholars - if you're publishing articles behind a paywall, why not make your work accessible to everyone by also publishing a preprint version?
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Scholars - if you're publishing articles behind a paywall, why not make your work accessible to everyone by also publishing a preprint version?
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I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies
A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.
www.princeton.edu
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
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In Pennsylvania, The Blue Wave Sweeps A Once-Conservative School Boardhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/11/06/in-pennsylvania-the-blue-wave-sweeps-a-once-conservative-school-board/
In Pennsylvania, The Blue Wave Sweeps A Once-Conservative School Board
The Central Bucks School District was, for a while, a nationally-noted example of a board that was remade in a conservative culture war image. Tuesday’s blue wave washed away the last traces of that i...
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Pennsylvania, The Blue Wave Sweeps A Once-Conservative School Boardhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/11/06/in-pennsylvania-the-blue-wave-sweeps-a-once-conservative-school-board/