@emilysays
@emilysays.bsky.social
Education journalist, EWA's public editor. Writing book on early desegregation history of DoD schools for UNC Press. ‘23 Spencer Education Fellow, '11 Knight-Wallace Fellow.
Just landed and nearly every flight, including ours, delayed. Good luck out there, fellow travelers!
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just landed and nearly every flight, including ours, delayed. Good luck out there, fellow travelers!
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Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
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The only dining facility for junior troops at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas has been closed due to funding issues. trib.al/xAURXAW
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown
The only dining facility for junior troops at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas has been closed due to funding issues.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The only dining facility for junior troops at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas has been closed due to funding issues. trib.al/xAURXAW
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Everyone seems to have an opinion about gifted education. But what does the research actually say and support? Jill Barshay explains: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
What research says about Mamdani and Cuomo's education proposals
Research evidence for two education issues that have come up in the New York City mayoral election: gifted education and small class sizes.
hechingerreport.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Everyone seems to have an opinion about gifted education. But what does the research actually say and support? Jill Barshay explains: hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Coals were still hot from last night’s Halloween driveway fire pit so we are working outside this morning.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Coals were still hot from last night’s Halloween driveway fire pit so we are working outside this morning.
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The University System of Maryland, which includes 11 of the state’s public universities, has achieved its highest enrollment recorded to date. Universities in the system are educating 178,131 students this fall, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Read:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
University System of Maryland sees highest enrollment in history
Enrollment in the Maryland system’s 11 public institutions increased to record numbers.
www.thebanner.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The University System of Maryland, which includes 11 of the state’s public universities, has achieved its highest enrollment recorded to date. Universities in the system are educating 178,131 students this fall, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. Read:
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
Found the Black Knight in my "Spamalot" press kit, and the felt/gold trim was $4 at craft store. World's most patient schnauzer? Priceless. #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Found the Black Knight in my "Spamalot" press kit, and the felt/gold trim was $4 at craft store. World's most patient schnauzer? Priceless. #halloween
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it’s almost as if all of the things folks argued would happen after race-conscious admissions were limited - precipitous declines in Black enrollment, among them - are happening. weird how looking at history can tell you a lot. who would have guessed it.
Black student enrollment at elite colleges is dropping, by nearly half at some schools, just two years after the end of race-conscious admissions. This trend threatens decades of hard-fought progress in education. We must find new ways to ensure equity and representation.
Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
apnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
it’s almost as if all of the things folks argued would happen after race-conscious admissions were limited - precipitous declines in Black enrollment, among them - are happening. weird how looking at history can tell you a lot. who would have guessed it.
which rooms #askingforafriend
honestly so jealous of any reporter who gets to work on the Louvre theft story.
But also only 75% of rooms in Louvre have cameras????
But also only 75% of rooms in Louvre have cameras????
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
which rooms #askingforafriend
not saying my dog definitely helped rob the Louvre just pointing out no one would have noticed
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
not saying my dog definitely helped rob the Louvre just pointing out no one would have noticed
not sharing for any particular reason because of anything in the headlines right now or anything www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/n...
About Those 2,500 Dogs That George Santos Claims He Saved (Published 2023)
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October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
not sharing for any particular reason because of anything in the headlines right now or anything www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/n...
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They are increasingly filling the news deserts left behind by the decline of local news outlets, but are facing similar challenges such as shrinking budgets, censorship pressures, and the difficulty of covering underreported communities.
When local news declines, student journalists step up despite challenges
They are increasingly filling the news deserts left behind by the decline of local news outlets, but are facing similar challenges such as shrinking budgets, censorship pressures, and the difficulty o...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
They are increasingly filling the news deserts left behind by the decline of local news outlets, but are facing similar challenges such as shrinking budgets, censorship pressures, and the difficulty of covering underreported communities.
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To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.
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As secretary, Hegseth has railed against “woke garbage” and purged materials of any mention of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
As a masters student, he advocated for creation of a high school that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As a masters student, he advocated for creation of a high school that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Before Pete Hegseth Joined Trump’s War on DEI, He Advocated for Educational Equity as a Harvard Student | News | The Harvard Crimson
In his first nine months as Secretary of War, Pete B. Hegseth has railed against “woke garbage” and diversity programs. But in 2013, as a Harvard Kennedy School master’s student, Hegseth advocated for...
www.thecrimson.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
As secretary, Hegseth has railed against “woke garbage” and purged materials of any mention of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
As a masters student, he advocated for creation of a high school that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
As a masters student, he advocated for creation of a high school that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Anyone else miss precedented times?
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Anyone else miss precedented times?
This is one of the tougher conversations I never expected to have. Making it a legal requirement, rather than a judgment call for adult children, would really help.
We invented graduated drivers licenses for teens. They worked. But we leave 80-year-olds to “see how it goes.” Every family suffers on their own. But this is a shared social problem, not a personal one. We need conditional licenses for older drivers. Daylight. Local. Annual medical check-ins.
October 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is one of the tougher conversations I never expected to have. Making it a legal requirement, rather than a judgment call for adult children, would really help.
Just got off a 5-hour plane ride with no wifi and … it’s been busy down here on the ground.
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just got off a 5-hour plane ride with no wifi and … it’s been busy down here on the ground.
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"It’s easy enough to nod along with the principle, if you ignore America’s history of higher education and assume the words were written in good faith. Maybe that was naive before this administration took office; seven months in, it’s willful ignorance." adamhsays.substack.com/p/a-raw-new-...
October 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"It’s easy enough to nod along with the principle, if you ignore America’s history of higher education and assume the words were written in good faith. Maybe that was naive before this administration took office; seven months in, it’s willful ignorance." adamhsays.substack.com/p/a-raw-new-...
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A new twist in the arms race for a seat at an elite NYC public high school: Beacon is now requiring students complete their admissions essays in person.
AI, tutors, parents: Why this NYC school is bringing students in person to write admissions essays
A new twist in the arms race for a seat at an elite NYC public high school: Beacon is now requiring students complete their admissions essays in person.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A new twist in the arms race for a seat at an elite NYC public high school: Beacon is now requiring students complete their admissions essays in person.
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For those who were directly targeted by Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric, bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech signal the mainstreaming of formerly extremist views, Nikole Hannah-Jones writes in an essay for The New York Times Magazine.
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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September 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For those who were directly targeted by Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric, bipartisan tributes to him as a champion of free speech signal the mainstreaming of formerly extremist views, Nikole Hannah-Jones writes in an essay for The New York Times Magazine.
I know there's a lot going on but seeing Mark Slackmeyer forced to shut down his mic absolutely wrecked me. #doonesbury www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/
September 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I know there's a lot going on but seeing Mark Slackmeyer forced to shut down his mic absolutely wrecked me. #doonesbury www.washingtonpost.com/doonesbury/
I don’t know who needs to hear this but thinking is working.
September 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but thinking is working.
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My last piece at WSJ looks at how traditional public schools are trying to win back students and the public in the face of intense political pressure, declining birth rates, and more competition.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
At the Epicenter of School Choice, Arizona Public Schools Battle Existential Crisis
Educators fight back against falling enrollments and rising competition. One idea: mimic restaurant-industry focus on customer service.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My last piece at WSJ looks at how traditional public schools are trying to win back students and the public in the face of intense political pressure, declining birth rates, and more competition.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
will she fit in the swag bag with my new toothbrush and floss dogrates that's all i need to know
This is Annie. She is a dental therapy dog. Her job is to help patients experiencing anxiety by providing emotional support. While dentists go through years of schooling to treat patients Annie is able to lower their blood pressure and reduce anxiety just by being there. 14/10 (TT: funny.bunny9215)
September 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
will she fit in the swag bag with my new toothbrush and floss dogrates that's all i need to know