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Bruce D. Baker
@schoolfinance101.bsky.social
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Professor, Education Finance & Policy
Personal Website: https://schoolfinance101.com
School Finance Indicators Database: https://www.schoolfinancedata.org/
Books: https://hep.gse.harvard.edu/author/bruce-d-baker/

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Sociology 22%
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 1d
Pam Bondi has been a complete and total failure at her job. The Epstein survivors showed more courage just by being in that room than she did under oath. She refused to answer questions and chose complicity.

America deserves better.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members

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MALDEF (MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND) @maldef.bsky.social · 1d
MALDEF urges Congress to vote NO on the SAVE America Act and oppose the MEGA Act.
Voters choose leaders — not the other way around. Read the letter we sent to Congress here: www.maldef.org/jnza ​
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 1d
In which Ilan fails to explain why his very long article does not take a firm position on whether the children of unlawful entrants and temporary visitors are birthright citizens whereas his brief defends the constitutionality of Trump’s EO, and evidently hopes that no one will notice.
Ilan Wurman & @ilan_wurman The final version of my birthright citizenship article is now out @HarvardJLPP, along with articles from Keith Whittington and Gerard Magliocca. The most interesting development is the introductory essay by Judge Steven Menashi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Oklahoma is another "exemplar" of actual red state policies and also tumbles below Mississippi on NAEP:

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Another angle on the Massachusetts/Mississippi comparison - Mass schools are generally better funded (with respect to need and cost) and much higher performing - but there's still huge inequity in Mass.

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
schoolfinance101.com/2026/02/11/o... blogged it so it's easier to find/reference.
On Miracles in Mississippi
Here’s a quick summary of a thread I recently posted on both BlueSky and X. Storytime – for those who want to push some “southern” miracle in public schooling – using …
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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
and... NOT EVEN CLOSE

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Additionally, unlike FL or AZ, MS has maintained effort to fund its schools and has actually surpassed FL (and AZ) on labor cost adjusted per pupil spending:

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Unlike FL or AZ, MS does not have universal vouchers (but does have large private enrollment share), and has very few kids in charter schools:

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Storytime - for those who seem to want to push some "southern" miracle in public schooling - using Mississippi as their exemplar, but implying "red state" strategies are the policy solution - First - Mississippi doesn't catch Mass or NJ - but states like AZ & FL fall to or below Mississippi:

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
report from St Paul: "Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene"
Nina's Coffee Cafe, Western Avenue North, Saint Paul, MN, USA Description: Very bad car accident involving ice agent who left the scene

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
And yes - I think generally, elites, perhaps especially tech bros, think they should be able to make unilateral decisions about who wins, loses, keeps their job, goes to jail, gets deported, etc... simply because they think they are the only smart ones who can make those decisions well.

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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 1d
Due process in employment and in relation to tenure seems to cause significant confusion among the ill-informed (oft intentionally, so they can make their bogus arguments). We clearly need to do better at explaining due process in its various forms and why it matters.

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