Ned Stanley🎓
@NedStanley
Vice President of Communications @FiftyCAN. Education, justice, politics. Nature enthusiast. Proud TFA alum. Fervent Utah Jazz fan. http://50can.org/sign-up
Democrats’ School Choice Dilemma The Medicaid expansion put GOP governors in a tough spot. Republicans have flipped the script. wsj.com/opinion/democr… @WSJopinion
Calling @timderoche and @Available2All: ajc.com/education/2025…
Some thoughts on how Democrats have arrived at the current education policy non moment. I call it "The Bad Bet," which started in 2012, and I describe it in this paper, "Markets and Monopolies: The Faces of School Choice in 2025" hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/…
Ever since Obama left office, national Democrats have left K-12 reform on the sidelines, preferring to talk about college affordability. But you are never going to change unequal college completion rates if you ignore unequal K-12 achievement rates.
It’s worth spending some time with this chart. 📊 The connection between 8th grade test scores and college outcomes is very, very strong.
People love clowning Vin Diesel, but seeing him be friends with Michael Caine since The Last Witch Hunter & taking care of him & taking him out for dinner in London this week really is Punk Rock.
This was the furthest thing from my music bingo card. Amazing. Hopefully it’s tense and dramatic and we get another album as brilliant as Rumors.
WAKE UP!!! EVERYBODY WAKE UP!!!
You really should read Steven Wilson's new book. More on that via an @eduwonk post linked below. But, if you didn't or won't, perhaps the next best thing is listening to him on this podcast with Jed Wallace and me. Also linked below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Pretty helpful explainer on what's happening with the federal scholarship. @ginnygentles, per usual, has answers.
Curious about the new federal scholarship tax credit? John Schilling joined the @DFIPolicy Freedom to Learn podcast to talk through the nuts and bolts of the tax credit, the twists and turns of the legislative process, and anticipated regulations and legislative fixes.
An external partner once told me, "Whenever Paula speaks, everyone falls quiet and listens - and they should." Paula's speaking again with a warning not to take lightly.
Today, in @The74: @JerseyCAN Executive Director Paula White sounds the alarm on higher education's coming enrollment cliff and offers implementable solutions for state education agencies and advocates. Link in replies.
🎉 Big congrats to TN students, families, and educators for this year’s hard-earned TCAP gains! 📚💪 @TNedu reports improvements across all subject areas. Proud to see our state again leading the nation in releasing this important data early. Sharing data about student learning…
We are pleased to release the 2024-25 state and district-level TCAP results, indicating statewide improvement across all subject areas. Read more here: tn.gov/education/news…
Just previewed some local polling coming soon showing that 80%+ of voters feel that the $190 billion in pandemic relief funds was not spent well. Will be very interested to see if that trend holds true at the national level as more polling comes out.
“Minority neighborhoods may have traditionally coalesced around the same candidate because residents got their news from similar sources. But as media balkanizes ever more rapidly in the TikTok era, the electorate splits into smaller and less predictable units.”
The work to expand FAFSA application rates among Hawaii's high schoolers continues, with @davidmmHI and @HawaiikidsCAN leading the charge.
Let’s talk about @NYCSchools trends in enrollment? More details in our report for the @ManhattanInst “An education agenda for NYC next mayor” manhattan.institute/article/an-edu…
Fascinating new study from @WaltonFamilyFdn and @Gallup on educators' use of AI, saving a total of 6 weeks a year. This will be revolutionary for teacher development, planning and execution. gallup.com/analytics/6598…
50CAN President @Dyrnwyn, in collaboration with @Kennedy_School, writes on the current state of school choice in America. Link below in replies.