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Annoying about ed policy and soccer. Analyst at NC Justice Center

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hey folks, I've got a new report out about how declining enrollment (often driven by intentional policies) is making life harder across North Carolina's schools. Please give it a read and let me know what you think:

#ncpol #EduSky

Navigating Declining Enrollment – North Carolina Justice Center

Navigating Declining Enrollment How smarter state policies can help schools thrive Download PDF Report Declining student enrollment poses unique challenges for school districts. …

www.ncjustice.org

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 8h

I think the story of Biden’s career is always being on the wrong side of history:
❌school integration
❌crime
❌Iraq
❌Gaza

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 12h

Hopefully they’ve got some Pimp C on the soundtrack

Pimp C’s Live From the Harris County Jail album cover

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 20h

Hugh Grant's a real one. He was sitting in the Riverside in 1998 when Fulham were in the old Second Division

Celebrities at Premier League matches: Commotion, cameras and commentator tip-offs

After Madonna's visit to Stamford Bridge on Saturday, we look at clubs' most famous supporters and go in search of the real die-hards

www.nytimes.com

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 21h

I guess none of my followers here go deep on 80s hip-hop

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 22h

What was needed were leaders who would strongly speak to the situation and create dissonance.

Unfortunately, most Dems listened to strategists like Morgan Jackson who urged them not to talk about it.

Now, we’ve set a dangerous precedent that the NCGA can just ignore the state constitution.

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 22h

This same choice presented itself at the start of the decade in #ncpol with Leandro.

Silence lent credence to the radical (and incorrect) idea that NCGA leaders can ignore the parts of the constitution that they don’t like.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 22h

“There is no degree of acquiescence to Trumpism that will satisfy this administration or MAGA at large. All there is is a choice between offering a faint echo of the false reality they’re selling and creating dissonance by speaking the reality of the situation to the public.”

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 1d

"The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa."

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

As an expert on help-seeking, I'm not surprised that AI makes it harder for students to develop strong relationships with teachers. Because AI means they can get help without asking an actual human teacher, but it doesn't address the distrust that makes it hard for many students to ask. 1/

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Join me on Zoom Thursday 10/16 to hear about my report on declining school enrollment

Event Details:
📅 Date: October 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 12 – 1 PM
📍 Location: Via Zoom – Registration link below

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Navigating Declining Enrollment. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Join us to hear about how declining student enrollment poses unique challenges for school districts. It increases budget pressures in our already underfunded public schools. As pressures from declinin...

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 1d

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says she's leading the department's "final mission" to shut down. But @megomatz.bsky.social and I found it's more than that: Political appointees from ultraconservative groups are in power at ED now, and they hope to dismantle 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...

www.propublica.org

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve yet to hear anyone explain how we can have both educational equity and private schools

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Check out this wildcat

A picture of a fat ragdoll cat atop a rock amidst trees in front of a lake

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Bill Belichick is a “longtime friend” of Marco Rubio 🚩🚩🚩

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Thom Tillis and Phil Berger personally intervened to make this happen

#ncpol

Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems

Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

www.wral.com

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

LOL, just seeing that they didn't even wait until the ink was dry to do it (via the Assembly's "The Caucus" newsletter)

#ncpol

Others criticized the governor for waiting until the last possible day to act. NCGOP Chairman Jason Simmons said: “Republican legislators acted immediately while Governor Stein chose to belatedly act on a Friday afternoon.”

The NCGOP further claimed the “tools available in Iryna's Law were unable to be used within the justice system” while Stein waited to sign the bill. (Fact-check: The bill doesn’t take effect until December 1.)

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

What should I be doing financially to hedge against the bursting of the AI bubble?

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

If you're looking for a way to support excellent #ncpol reporting, @theassemblync.bsky.social is having a sale

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Republican tax cuts for corporations and wealthy North Carolinians are being paid off the backs of children and their families. This is the explicit trade-off NCGA leaders have made. I wish the press would do a better job of explaining it to their readers.

#ncpol

"Distraught and pissed off": Businesses, providers sound alarm over cracks in NC child care industry • NC Newsline

Business owners and child care providers detail the crisis facing the child care industry in North Carolina

ncnewsline.com

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 2d

"unless states are guaranteed full flexibility to protect their students and taxpayers, opting in would mean ceding state authority to Washington and exposing students to the well-documented harms of today’s voucher programs"

#ncpol

Federal Vouchers, Treasury Regulations, and State Flexibility

The 2025 Reconciliation Act, or “One Big Beautiful Bill,” creates a federal school choice program offering tax credits for donations to Scholarship Granting Organizations that fund private-school tuit...

nepc.colorado.edu

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 3d

Can someone explain the “can’t” part to me?

Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 3d

Download Fotmob

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 3d

The lawmaker accused of diluting the votes of Appalachian State students was honored in 2024 as a Distinguished Alumni of … Appalachian State www.ncrabbithole.com/p/why-voters...

Why do voters at Appalachian State keep getting picked on?

A new lawsuit is trying to overturn state laws that made it harder for students in Boone to have a voice in county politics. Who created those laws? A proud and powerful App State grad, that's who.

www.ncrabbithole.com

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Kris Nordstrom @krisnordstrom.bsky.social · 4d

If you give it a try, I’m happy to serve as a taste tester