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Passionate advocate for equitable public education in MA for a decade. Dedicated to urging state legislators to establish a fair funding formula.
Dr. Jane Goodall taught us that each of us makes a difference every single day. In her honor, rootsandshoots.org launched the #GoodAllYear 365 Days of Hope in Action Calendar. There's no time like now to get started. ✨

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@janegoodallcan.bsky.social #JaneGoodall
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Cedar Waxwings Unmasked ~ by Jane Yolen
www.janeyolen.com/birds-of-a-f...

Who are these masked birds?
Not Robin Hoods,
for they live in
the open woods.
They only deal
in stolen goods
like berry futures,
cedar cones...

[full poem @ www.best-poems.net/jane-yolen/c... ]
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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“The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses or other extremist imagery as prohibited symbols are categorically false.”

thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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"Millionaire flight" isn't real. But what is real are the critical new investments in public education and transportation.

www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/17/d...
Do Millionaire Surtaxes Lead to Millionaire Exodus?
Assessing the Massachusetts millionaire’s tax three years on.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students.

Tell your lawmakers to protect public education for all.
Tell your lawmaker: Protect public education!
Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education doesn't streamline or reform education - it abandons America's students. Tell your lawmakers to protect and strengthen American public educ...
actionnetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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“Under the guise of getting the federal government out of education and parental rights, Trump’s plan . . . creates needless opportunities for the further enrichment of the wealthy, and drastically cuts support for public education.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Attack on Public Education
Dismantling the Department of Education and pouring taxpayer dollars into private schools.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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And there you have it #MAEdu. cc: #Mapoli
New research out from @bethschueler.bsky.social: "the paper finds no evidence that takeovers of districts between 2010 and 2018 generated improvements in student reading and math performance, up to nearly a decade after takeover occurred." doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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The Globe with an unusual "maybe charter schools shouldn't get away with everything" editorial #MAEdu
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Please read and act on the following message from MASC President Jason Fraser:

This is an SOS for our rural schools.

www.masc.org/sos-for-rura...
SOS for Rural Schools – Your Advocacy Needed - masc.org
To my Urban and Suburban Colleagues, On Friday at the MASC/MASS Conference Keynote Panel, many of you heard me call on all advocates for Massachusetts Public Schools to stand with...
www.masc.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I joined Rep. Natalie Blais @ the @mascschoolcomm.bsky.social conference.

The topic of our panel was RURAL and LOW/DECLINING ENROLLMENT SCHOOLS — and the actions the *state must take* to ensure equitable opportunity to students in schools across our region.
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
FY2026 Chapter 70 Local Contribution Study
Information on Public Listening Sessions
www.doe.mass.edu/finance/chap...

Next & final
Wed, December 3
Newton North High School, Newton
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

DESE and DLS encourage the submission of written comments emailed to: C70PublicComment@mass.gov .
FY2026 Chapter 70 Local Contribution Study - School Finance
The goal of the Massachusetts public K-12 education system is to prepare all students for success after high school. Massachusetts public school students are leading the nation in reading and math and...
www.doe.mass.edu
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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To every woman who feels overlooked or unheard—Women’s History Month is a reminder of your strength and worth. Together, we move forward in solidarity.
March 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.

I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!
February 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.

THIS is good trouble!

Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
February 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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What can you do?

Don’t give up hope. Dictators feed off your hopelessness.

Don’t quit. Dictators want you to give up.

Punch back. Dictators are bullies, and bullies are cowards.

Stay tethered to the truth. Dictators need you to believe their lies.

Resist. Stand with others.
February 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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An easy guide on how to visit a senator's office and properly petition them, you can also show up in groups of 10 to 100,000. "Document Everything & Follow Up". #3E
#EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy

US Senate in-state office visit toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT: SENATE STATE OFFICE VISIT TOOLKIT
WE CHOOSE TO FIGHT: U.S. SENATE IN-STATE OFFICE VISIT TOOLKIT Register your event: https://indivisi.org/register-choose-to-fight Find an event happening near you: https://indivisi.org/find-choose-to...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.
ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay
The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts.

We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.
ProPublica’s Supreme Connections Database Updated With New Alito, Thomas Filings
Our database of the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections now includes Samuel Alito’s deferred 2023 filing and eight previously missing disclosures from Clarence Thomas dating back to the 1990s.
propub.li
February 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Crockett: While he was stopping money… somehow the only money that didn’t stop was the money going to his organization. I don’t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk
February 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM