KCSwenson
@kcswenson.bsky.social
GenX wife, mom, friend, and educator
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"The Republican controlled House of Representatives in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression passed the Smoot-Hawley Act which raised tariffs... It did not work and the US sank deeper into the Great Depression."
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"The Republican controlled House of Representatives in an effort to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression passed the Smoot-Hawley Act which raised tariffs... It did not work and the US sank deeper into the Great Depression."
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For those who don't understand the differences between a) spending, b) cost and c) efficiency. Simply cutting spending is not "reducing cost" or improving "efficiency." It is, in most cases, reducing quality as measured by outcomes (because money matters) schoolfinance101.com/2012/01/11/d...
Differentiating “cost savings” from “expenditure reduction”
Today, it’s time for a little School Finance 101, clarifying the difference between what is a “cost savings” versus what is an “expenditure reduction.” Cost savings means finding ways to reduce exp…
schoolfinance101.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For those who don't understand the differences between a) spending, b) cost and c) efficiency. Simply cutting spending is not "reducing cost" or improving "efficiency." It is, in most cases, reducing quality as measured by outcomes (because money matters) schoolfinance101.com/2012/01/11/d...
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The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment, and other urgent health issues…
March 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment, and other urgent health issues…
What does it mean when one branch of govt tells another, “ We are not telling you the facts”?
March 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What does it mean when one branch of govt tells another, “ We are not telling you the facts”?
Good luck finding teachers for rural Missouri where there is already a shortage and schools go 4 days a week as it is 🙄 apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump slashed teacher training, citing DEI. Educators say the grants fought staff shortages
In an overhaul of an agency President Donald Trump has described as being infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists,” the Education Department cut $600 million in grants to teacher training progr...
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Good luck finding teachers for rural Missouri where there is already a shortage and schools go 4 days a week as it is 🙄 apnews.com/article/trum...
Hmmm..charter schools spending all your tax money
NEW: On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
propub.li
March 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hmmm..charter schools spending all your tax money
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
March 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 30, the number is 100%.
Same girl!
I’m not watching Trump tonight.
Or any night.
Or any night.
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Same girl!
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Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) answering a constituent's question about guns: I am willing to invest more money in mental healthcare...
Constituents: No! BOO!!!
Alford: I don't think we need more gun control. We need more self-control.
Constituents: BOO!!!!!!
Constituents: No! BOO!!!
Alford: I don't think we need more gun control. We need more self-control.
Constituents: BOO!!!!!!
February 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) answering a constituent's question about guns: I am willing to invest more money in mental healthcare...
Constituents: No! BOO!!!
Alford: I don't think we need more gun control. We need more self-control.
Constituents: BOO!!!!!!
Constituents: No! BOO!!!
Alford: I don't think we need more gun control. We need more self-control.
Constituents: BOO!!!!!!
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Missouri Congressman Mark Alford (R) got the exact warm reception he deserved at his coffee chat this morning. Not a moment of peace. #MoLeg
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Missouri Congressman Mark Alford (R) got the exact warm reception he deserved at his coffee chat this morning. Not a moment of peace. #MoLeg
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The work of @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social is key to understanding the voucher issue:
“The widespread adoption of vouchers, Cowen explains, was a policy coup staged by billionaires who were libertarians or religious zealots or both.”
Yet vouchers don’t work.
So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Yet vouchers don’t work.
So honored by The Privateers review from the great @dianeravitch.bsky.social @nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Selling Out Our Public Schools | Diane Ravitch
Donald Trump promised that he will make public funds available to private as well as religious schools in every state, and this is what his party wants,
www.nybooks.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The work of @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social is key to understanding the voucher issue:
I hope I’m as good at Bluesky as I am at Pac-Man
January 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I hope I’m as good at Bluesky as I am at Pac-Man