Lauren Rivera
larivera.bsky.social
Lauren Rivera
@larivera.bsky.social
Sociologist at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management studying gatekeeping and inequalities in organizations. Author of Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs.
https://www.laurenarivera.com/
Hmmm... many of these are related service providers who provide dedicated minutes to children with IEPs in public schools under the IDEA. What is the implication for special education and educational access for children with disabilities, under an already gutted IDEA compliance regime?
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Lauren Rivera
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
FYI this is net of an almost 50 percent price hike plus the usual increased cost of family coverage.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
My partner's employer added a $90/mo employed spouse penalty (on top of another $200/mo hike) for employees with working spouses who enroll in his (rather than spouse's) plan. It penalizes dual career couples and those with preexisting conditions who need decent coverage. It is a healthcare company.
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
NC - Food and Nutrition Services
NH - Food Stamps
UT - Food Stamps
VT - 3SquareVermont
WA - Basic Food
WI - FoodShare
Source: USDA State Options Report 2018
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
DE - Food Supplement Program
FL - Food Assistance Program
GA - Food Stamps Program
ID - Food Stamps
IL - Link EBT
IA - Food Assistance
KS - Food Assistance Program
ME - Food Supplement Program
MD - Food Supplement Program
MI - Food Assistance Program
MO - Food Stamp Program
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Thank you for the shoutout, Jen!
May 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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LMM framing is that parents will choose schools for their children. That is absolutely false. Private schools will choose their kids, based on criteria that would mangle your brain.

Trust me, I've read hundreds of private school applications. Mind blowing stuff.
May 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
100 percent. And they explicitly exclude children they believe are neurodivergent or have any type of disability.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Congratulations!!
May 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The monitor or the espresso? ;-)
May 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And private schools can (and do) refuse to educated disabled or neurodivergent children
May 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sharing an ungated version of a paper I recently published on private school early childhood admissions urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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April 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thank you so much for the shoutout @katemcnamara.bsky.social!
April 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Congratulations! Looking forward to reading!!
March 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
While elite private schools do not (yet) require biomedical specimens as part of their assessments, their early childhood admissions practices—which essentialize merit and present some children’s bodies and minds as more or less intrinsically wired for success—share some concerning similarities.
March 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
13 years ago @npr.org ran a satire for April Fools announcing that an elite NYC preschool had begun to require prenatal DNA samples as part of its application process. Instead of backlash, the piece inspired affluent parents to inquire from their obstetricians where they could obtain such samples.
March 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM