Sasha Pudelski
@spudelski.bsky.social
Director of Advocacy, AASA
Mom of two public school kids
Proud product of public education
Mom of two public school kids
Proud product of public education
Very proud of my AASA team for putting together the most comprehensive set of resources on immigration for school district personnel that you can find anywhere. Scroll down to see all the internal and external resources here: www.aasa.org/resources/re...
Immigration Supports for School Leaders
Resources for educational leaders in preparation of potential increased immigration enforcement efforts.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Very proud of my AASA team for putting together the most comprehensive set of resources on immigration for school district personnel that you can find anywhere. Scroll down to see all the internal and external resources here: www.aasa.org/resources/re...
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AASA joined 20 other national organizations in an amicus (friend of the court) brief filed today, in support of the #E-Rate and Universal Service Fund. Read our amicus on the blog. www.aasa.org/resources/bl...
AASA Joins 20 National Organizations in Brief Supporting E-Rate and USF
AASA joined 20 other national organizations in an amicus brief filed today, in support of the E-Rate and Universal Service Fund.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
AASA joined 20 other national organizations in an amicus (friend of the court) brief filed today, in support of the #E-Rate and Universal Service Fund. Read our amicus on the blog. www.aasa.org/resources/bl...
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Almost a quarter of Florida's education spending goes to cover the cost of school vouchers that mostly, 70%, go to parents who never had their children enrolled in public schools.
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Florida’s growing school voucher program has a high price tag, analysts say
The Florida Policy Institute says the vouchers cost the state $4 billion this school year.
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January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Almost a quarter of Florida's education spending goes to cover the cost of school vouchers that mostly, 70%, go to parents who never had their children enrolled in public schools.
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During the Biden administration, Congress included some money for electric buses and school facilities in its climate change spending package.
The Trump administration is already taking steps to curtail those offerings.
The Trump administration is already taking steps to curtail those offerings.
Will Trump Cut Climate Funds for Schools? Here's What Could Happen
Tax credits for energy-efficient HVAC systems and electric school buses could go away once Republicans take control of Congress.
www.edweek.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
During the Biden administration, Congress included some money for electric buses and school facilities in its climate change spending package.
The Trump administration is already taking steps to curtail those offerings.
The Trump administration is already taking steps to curtail those offerings.
Trump takes action to rescind sensitive locations memo which allows ICE to take more aggressive enforcement in schools. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump DHS repeals key Mayorkas memo limiting ICE agents, orders parole review
The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos late Monday to repeal limits on federal immigration enforcement, and demanding a review on parole use.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trump takes action to rescind sensitive locations memo which allows ICE to take more aggressive enforcement in schools. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Super important post on how school-based Medicaid) and all Medicaid funding supporting low-income children is going to be a huge fight this Congress. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/09/h...
Educators know you can't have educational equity without healthcare equity.
Educators know you can't have educational equity without healthcare equity.
House Republicans Actively Considering Deep and Damaging Cuts to Medicaid
As we have previously written, since the November election, Congressional Republican leaders have been increasingly open about their intent to make deeply damaging cuts to Medicaid. Now, at a…
ccf.georgetown.edu
January 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Super important post on how school-based Medicaid) and all Medicaid funding supporting low-income children is going to be a huge fight this Congress. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/09/h...
Educators know you can't have educational equity without healthcare equity.
Educators know you can't have educational equity without healthcare equity.
Today’s Title IX decision has big implications for districts that are following the 2024 Title IX rule. Read what you should do next from the attorney AASA most trusts on Title IX issues Jackie Wernz: educationcivilrights.com/blog/f/its-2...
It's 2025, but the 2020 Title IX Rule is Back
A short order from a federal trial court in Kentucky sent shockwaves through the education community today by vacating the 2024 Title IX rule. As the 15-page decision explains, the vacatur remedy "tak...
educationcivilrights.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today’s Title IX decision has big implications for districts that are following the 2024 Title IX rule. Read what you should do next from the attorney AASA most trusts on Title IX issues Jackie Wernz: educationcivilrights.com/blog/f/its-2...
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A paper published in American Educational Research Association lays out the case that Black students across the country in K-12 education are experiencing scholastic punishment far more often than their peers.
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December 3, 2024 at 7:05 PM
A paper published in American Educational Research Association lays out the case that Black students across the country in K-12 education are experiencing scholastic punishment far more often than their peers.
phys.org/news/2024-12...
phys.org/news/2024-12...
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This valuable webinar is happening NEXT WEEK! Details on how to register 👇
Join us on Dec 9 for an essential webinar designed specifically for superintendents and school business officials seeking guidance on the process of securing FEMA funding to rebuild school communities affected by disasters 🏫🔨 Register 👉 www.aasa.org/professional...
Navigating Uncertainty in Natural Disasters: A Guide for Districts on FEMA Funding
Join us for an essential webinar designed specifically for superintendents and school business officials seeking guidance on the process of securing FEMA funding to rebuild school communities affected...
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December 2, 2024 at 4:20 PM
This valuable webinar is happening NEXT WEEK! Details on how to register 👇
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I read Pete Hegseth’s education book so you don’t have to. More later, but he calls:
*the true education battle at kindergarten not colleges (consistent w/ Christian Right’s long focus on youth)
*voucher tax credits key to Classical Christian schools dominating everywhere
*the true education battle at kindergarten not colleges (consistent w/ Christian Right’s long focus on youth)
*voucher tax credits key to Classical Christian schools dominating everywhere
December 2, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I read Pete Hegseth’s education book so you don’t have to. More later, but he calls:
*the true education battle at kindergarten not colleges (consistent w/ Christian Right’s long focus on youth)
*voucher tax credits key to Classical Christian schools dominating everywhere
*the true education battle at kindergarten not colleges (consistent w/ Christian Right’s long focus on youth)
*voucher tax credits key to Classical Christian schools dominating everywhere
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"Findings suggest that incidents involving a greater number of immigration arrests correspond to immediate spikes in student absenteeism, as high as 11% points for certain student demographics." By @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:48 PM
"Findings suggest that incidents involving a greater number of immigration arrests correspond to immediate spikes in student absenteeism, as high as 11% points for certain student demographics." By @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
What's the first and most immediate impact of Trump 2.0 for schools? Immigration. Important piece featuring @AASAHQ president @Supt_Balderas on the panic that will be created if ICE is allowed inside schools & parents can be arrested during drop-off/pickup.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations
Regardless of whether President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, educators around the U.S. are bracing for upheaval.
apnews.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
What's the first and most immediate impact of Trump 2.0 for schools? Immigration. Important piece featuring @AASAHQ president @Supt_Balderas on the panic that will be created if ICE is allowed inside schools & parents can be arrested during drop-off/pickup.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
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Some 7.5 million students required special education services as of the 2022-23 school year, up from 7.1 million in 2018-19. But around 16,000 more special education teachers leave public schools each year than teacher prep programs train to replace them. www.chalkbeat.org/2024/11/20/s... #edusky
With Trump heading to White House, some push private school choice to fix special ed shortages
Some say the federal government should give schools more to cover the cost of educating kids with disabilities. Others say parents should be able to decide how to spend existing public funds.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Some 7.5 million students required special education services as of the 2022-23 school year, up from 7.1 million in 2018-19. But around 16,000 more special education teachers leave public schools each year than teacher prep programs train to replace them. www.chalkbeat.org/2024/11/20/s... #edusky
A few people have asked me to clarify the Medicaid comment I made earlier, so here's my attempt:
The GOP plan is to have Medicaid cuts pay for tax credit voucher programs.
Poor kids (40% of enrollees in Medicaid are kids) pay for vouchers for kids already in private school. That's the plan.
The GOP plan is to have Medicaid cuts pay for tax credit voucher programs.
Poor kids (40% of enrollees in Medicaid are kids) pay for vouchers for kids already in private school. That's the plan.
November 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM
A few people have asked me to clarify the Medicaid comment I made earlier, so here's my attempt:
The GOP plan is to have Medicaid cuts pay for tax credit voucher programs.
Poor kids (40% of enrollees in Medicaid are kids) pay for vouchers for kids already in private school. That's the plan.
The GOP plan is to have Medicaid cuts pay for tax credit voucher programs.
Poor kids (40% of enrollees in Medicaid are kids) pay for vouchers for kids already in private school. That's the plan.
Great quote from @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social on the new Admin: "I do think they're going to kind of try to figure out where the path of least resistance is first. Who can they hurt the most, the fastest, without having to actually go through Congress.”
www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
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Pennsylvania education advocates react to education secretary appointment
Some education leaders across Pennsylvania are sounding alarms as they prepare for a Trump administration that has the potential to dramatically change K-12 education across the country.
www.post-gazette.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Great quote from @joshcowenmsu.bsky.social on the new Admin: "I do think they're going to kind of try to figure out where the path of least resistance is first. Who can they hurt the most, the fastest, without having to actually go through Congress.”
www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
Amazing new tool from PFPS that lets you see the breakdown of public vs private school student demographics in every state: pfps.org/private-and-...
Private School Data
Private school vouchers interfere with state constitutional provisions and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Read about successful court challenges to voucher programs.
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November 20, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Amazing new tool from PFPS that lets you see the breakdown of public vs private school student demographics in every state: pfps.org/private-and-...
Dodged a bullet with Walters!! At least McMahon attended public schools and served on the CT Board of Education. Maybe she will even be a step up from DeVos?
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Dodged a bullet with Walters!! At least McMahon attended public schools and served on the CT Board of Education. Maybe she will even be a step up from DeVos?
Reconcilliation #1 & #2 in a nutshell for public education advocates:
Republican leadership use reconcilliation #1 to fund private school vouchers (to subsidize the education of 70% of students already attending private schools) and pay for it via reconcilliation #2....
Republican leadership use reconcilliation #1 to fund private school vouchers (to subsidize the education of 70% of students already attending private schools) and pay for it via reconcilliation #2....
November 18, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Reconcilliation #1 & #2 in a nutshell for public education advocates:
Republican leadership use reconcilliation #1 to fund private school vouchers (to subsidize the education of 70% of students already attending private schools) and pay for it via reconcilliation #2....
Republican leadership use reconcilliation #1 to fund private school vouchers (to subsidize the education of 70% of students already attending private schools) and pay for it via reconcilliation #2....
And in case fighting vouchers isn't fun enough, it looks like Republicans want to try and block-grant Medicaid again which would doom school-based Medicaid programs: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/11/18/c...
Congressional Republican Leaders Start to Show Their Hand: Draconian Medicaid Cuts on the Agenda for Next Year
I have been warning for months that Medicaid would be on the chopping block if there is a second term of the Trump Administration and if Congressional Republicans win House and Senate majorities in…
ccf.georgetown.edu
November 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
And in case fighting vouchers isn't fun enough, it looks like Republicans want to try and block-grant Medicaid again which would doom school-based Medicaid programs: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/11/18/c...