Mitchell Robinson
@mrobmsu.bsky.social
Music Education Professor, Michigan State Board of Education member, public education activist, education policy scholar
If you don’t want someone else’s sexuality to be “forced” on you, then don’t post any pics of your opposite sex partners or spouse, or your “family photos”.
This is a Pride Month post.
This is a Pride Month post.
June 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you don’t want someone else’s sexuality to be “forced” on you, then don’t post any pics of your opposite sex partners or spouse, or your “family photos”.
This is a Pride Month post.
This is a Pride Month post.
The Michigan State Board of Education today passed a resolution on smaller class sizes--major points include:
• priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;
• priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;
May 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Michigan State Board of Education today passed a resolution on smaller class sizes--major points include:
• priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;
• priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;
The People for Public Education rally at the State Capitol in Lansing was such a great event! And always so much fun to share the stage with my fellow State Board of Education colleague, Dr. Pamela Pugh!
April 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The People for Public Education rally at the State Capitol in Lansing was such a great event! And always so much fun to share the stage with my fellow State Board of Education colleague, Dr. Pamela Pugh!
I ran for the SBE because I was sick and tired of the attacks on public education—attacks on our children, our teachers, and our schools.
April 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I ran for the SBE because I was sick and tired of the attacks on public education—attacks on our children, our teachers, and our schools.
Thank you Dr. Pamela Pugh for your leadership and courage, and for always defending and protecting our children and teachers.
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Thank you Dr. Pamela Pugh for your leadership and courage, and for always defending and protecting our children and teachers.
The administration has now cut grants that supply healthy meals for school children, and replaced them with Hunger Games style competitions that pit school districts against one another.
We are better than this. At least some of us are.
We are better than this. At least some of us are.
April 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The administration has now cut grants that supply healthy meals for school children, and replaced them with Hunger Games style competitions that pit school districts against one another.
We are better than this. At least some of us are.
We are better than this. At least some of us are.
The Network for Public Education Conference in Columbus, OH this weekend was one of the very best I’ve ever attended.
And meeting Gov. Tim Walz was just the cherry on top of the sundae! He gave a great speech—equal parts inspiring, motivating, and hilarious.
I’m refreshed and ready for the fight!
And meeting Gov. Tim Walz was just the cherry on top of the sundae! He gave a great speech—equal parts inspiring, motivating, and hilarious.
I’m refreshed and ready for the fight!
April 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Network for Public Education Conference in Columbus, OH this weekend was one of the very best I’ve ever attended.
And meeting Gov. Tim Walz was just the cherry on top of the sundae! He gave a great speech—equal parts inspiring, motivating, and hilarious.
I’m refreshed and ready for the fight!
And meeting Gov. Tim Walz was just the cherry on top of the sundae! He gave a great speech—equal parts inspiring, motivating, and hilarious.
I’m refreshed and ready for the fight!
Understanding the attacks on public education…
April 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Understanding the attacks on public education…
So looking forward to our panel presentation this Saturday at the Network for Public Education Annual Conference in Columbus, OH!
April 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So looking forward to our panel presentation this Saturday at the Network for Public Education Annual Conference in Columbus, OH!
Our kids are not widgets, and education is not a business.
Test scores tell us virtually nothing about what children know and can do, and shouldn't be used in developing policy.
Test scores tell us virtually nothing about what children know and can do, and shouldn't be used in developing policy.
March 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Our kids are not widgets, and education is not a business.
Test scores tell us virtually nothing about what children know and can do, and shouldn't be used in developing policy.
Test scores tell us virtually nothing about what children know and can do, and shouldn't be used in developing policy.
Our kids are not widgets, and education is not a business--there is no "return on investment".
Public education is a common good, and the foundation of our democracy.
Public education is a common good, and the foundation of our democracy.
March 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Our kids are not widgets, and education is not a business--there is no "return on investment".
Public education is a common good, and the foundation of our democracy.
Public education is a common good, and the foundation of our democracy.
Looking forward to this panel discussion at the Network for Public Education Conference next week in Columbus, OH!
March 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Looking forward to this panel discussion at the Network for Public Education Conference next week in Columbus, OH!
Ask your conservative friends celebrating Trump's EO eliminating the Department of Education if they know *why* Pres. Carter, a former local school board member, state legislator, and governor who delivered an overhaul of his state’s education system) established the Department in 1979.
March 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ask your conservative friends celebrating Trump's EO eliminating the Department of Education if they know *why* Pres. Carter, a former local school board member, state legislator, and governor who delivered an overhaul of his state’s education system) established the Department in 1979.
Lots of talk these days about “courage” in the political sphere.
The “courage” I respect is what it took for the Republican governor (Spencer Cox) of Utah (one of the reddest states in the US) to veto a piece of anti-trans legislation introduced by his own party.
Well done, sir.
The “courage” I respect is what it took for the Republican governor (Spencer Cox) of Utah (one of the reddest states in the US) to veto a piece of anti-trans legislation introduced by his own party.
Well done, sir.
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Lots of talk these days about “courage” in the political sphere.
The “courage” I respect is what it took for the Republican governor (Spencer Cox) of Utah (one of the reddest states in the US) to veto a piece of anti-trans legislation introduced by his own party.
Well done, sir.
The “courage” I respect is what it took for the Republican governor (Spencer Cox) of Utah (one of the reddest states in the US) to veto a piece of anti-trans legislation introduced by his own party.
Well done, sir.
Democrats must reclaim the high ground on public education:
No vouchers
Better special education funding
Expand early childhood education
Music, art, and PE for every child
Charter school transparency
Strengthen teacher certification
Get rid of standardized testing
Fully fund our schools
No vouchers
Better special education funding
Expand early childhood education
Music, art, and PE for every child
Charter school transparency
Strengthen teacher certification
Get rid of standardized testing
Fully fund our schools
March 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Democrats must reclaim the high ground on public education:
No vouchers
Better special education funding
Expand early childhood education
Music, art, and PE for every child
Charter school transparency
Strengthen teacher certification
Get rid of standardized testing
Fully fund our schools
No vouchers
Better special education funding
Expand early childhood education
Music, art, and PE for every child
Charter school transparency
Strengthen teacher certification
Get rid of standardized testing
Fully fund our schools
State Board of Education and Superiendent of Public Instruction at last night’s State of the State address.
February 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
State Board of Education and Superiendent of Public Instruction at last night’s State of the State address.
State of the State address…
February 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
State of the State address…
Speakers at the Michigan Education Association caucus at the MDP Convention.
Curtis Hertel, candidate for MDP Chair
Danielle Atkinson, Wayne State Board of Governors
Garlin Gilchrist, Lt. Governor
Curtis Hertel, candidate for MDP Chair
Danielle Atkinson, Wayne State Board of Governors
Garlin Gilchrist, Lt. Governor
February 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Speakers at the Michigan Education Association caucus at the MDP Convention.
Curtis Hertel, candidate for MDP Chair
Danielle Atkinson, Wayne State Board of Governors
Garlin Gilchrist, Lt. Governor
Curtis Hertel, candidate for MDP Chair
Danielle Atkinson, Wayne State Board of Governors
Garlin Gilchrist, Lt. Governor
And in Michigan...
February 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And in Michigan...
