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Dominique Baker

@bakerdphd.bsky.social

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Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv She/Her Personal account https://www.dominiquebaker.com/ (I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jun 26

Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education.

Why does that matter? Well...

www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Screenshot of policy brief that reads: This delay (or outright refusal) to compile a robust COE weakens our nation’s ability to accurately assess the current condition of education and the progress we have made. Policy actors such as the Congressional Research Service use Digest tables. Scholars leverage the COE to explain in policy briefs the effects of K-12 class-size reduction policies or whether an “enrollment cliff” actually looms for higher education. The press also uses this data to help the public understand issues like the rise in total cost of attendance at colleges and universities or challenges in the teacher labor market in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 9h

It is after midnight and I'm still talking about bravo

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 9h

Truly iconic. You could see be realized how amazing this would be on tv.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe Julia said she "didn't know what she was talking about" because it was an espresso machine and she's trying to be really picky to save face on tv

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

I'm still dying over rhom reunion ep 2. I *need* to know what happened with this coffeemaker.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

Going back to ignoring the government in a moment but this is why I spent so much time pushing on the condition of education. It's so important that it's explicitly required by law. And yet...

Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 10h

It’s impt enough to be explicitly required by law: The Secretary of Health and Human Services “shall publish weekly reports of health conditions in the United States…and other pertinent health information for the use of persons and institutions concerned with health services.” (42 U.S.C. §242o(b)

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, I know we just went for a walk. But what about second walkies?!?

Odie, a big tan dog, lies on a dog bed staring at the camera.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

I am still struggling to believe she said her ring was stolen and then she wore it out and about (to the White House correspondent dinner no less)

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

RHOP has been boring for a bit but oo whee

a man in a sweater and tie is saying `` just when i thought i was out '' in a kitchen .

Alt: Gif from Godfather 3 where Michael Corleone turns around in a kitchen while saying "just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

Last season was TERRIBLE and I was wavering on watching this one BUT NOW?!?! I gotta watch every single episode looking for clues.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

We had to pause to get the laughs out and not miss stuff

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

This has never been more true (except for when it originally happened and wig was spiraling in that bathroom or whatever)

Picture of the Iconic ICONIC scene from the rhoa season 10 reunion when a producer realized drama was going down and not being filmed and said "I need Andy and a camera." Andy refers to Andy Cohen, the host of the reunion.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

🚨🚨 RHOP IS PICKING CAMERAS BACK UP THIS WEEKEND 🚨🚨

www.reddit.com/r/BravoRealH...

From the BravoRealHousewives community on Reddit: Cameras are being picked back up tomorrow! RHOP will capture the reactions of the ladies, we won😍

Explore this post and more from the BravoRealHousewives community

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10h

It somehow gets better

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11h

Happy and Ness might have been what sent them into debt!

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11h

It. Is. So. Good. I'm going to rewatch I know.

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14h

I haven't seen any reporting beyond general concerns and the new SACS head making some statements

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14h

Even trying to be open to Julia's story, I don't get why she would use Adriana as a character reference for the adoption, TWICE, if all of this was true about the blackmail

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14h

How is she just a Friend Of?!?!

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14h

"She cheated on Martina with a Haitian mortician"

THIS IS CINEMA

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14h

It's a Bravo day so we're watching the rhom reunion and lawd I cannot believe Julia said this stuff on tv

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 15h

Oh my God

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 15h

Lol

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16h

This mugshot...

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16h

That's where I'm like, c'mon you can't tell me you really told the insurance company the ring was stolen and then wore it on ig?!

Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16h

Welcome to Maryland! I believe that must be who has jurisdiction over the alleged insurance fraud