Chris Yarrell
@chrisyarrell.bsky.social
Education attorney | formerly: @CityYear, @NYCSchools, @NYCMayorsOffice | writing on education & civil rights | cat person
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Chris Yarrell
@chrisyarrell.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Agreed. I recently had the opportunity to offer a few ideas on the topic for Education Week. Link below:
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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"State funding diverted to private school vouchers increased from 12% for the 2021 school year to 24% for the 2025 school year, according to data from the Florida Policy Institute."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
Private school vouchers in Florida redirecting funding away from public schools
Florida’s expansion of vouchers for families who want to enroll their children in private schools is leading to tighter budgets at public schools across the state.
www.wlrn.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"State funding diverted to private school vouchers increased from 12% for the 2021 school year to 24% for the 2025 school year, according to data from the Florida Policy Institute."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
Meanwhile, "Florida ranks 50th in the nation in average teacher pay, at $54,875."
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
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Today in Feature, Not Bug:
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Today in Feature, Not Bug:
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
"As it stands now, there is a lot we won’t know, measure or trust in the future of education.
The deeper irony is that the cuts did not simply weaken the field of education research, they compromised the country’s ability to see its own school system clearly."
Fifty years of IDEA--and we're still fighting to keep its core protections intact.
I wrote about what's at stake when those protections are weakened or dismantled:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stud...
I wrote about what's at stake when those protections are weakened or dismantled:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stud...
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fifty years of IDEA--and we're still fighting to keep its core protections intact.
I wrote about what's at stake when those protections are weakened or dismantled:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stud...
I wrote about what's at stake when those protections are weakened or dismantled:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stud...
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lol to me for forgetting to post the actual LINK:
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
lol to me for forgetting to post the actual LINK:
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It was only a matter of time after SCOTUS split 4-4 on the constitutionality of religious charter schools in May until we got the next test case. Per this story, there are actually two cases in the works.
Barrett likely the deciding vote, so 1st Amend. church-public school separation in jeopardy.
Barrett likely the deciding vote, so 1st Amend. church-public school separation in jeopardy.
More Challenges To Church-State Wall Coming To Schools via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...
More Challenges To Church-State Wall Coming To Schools
Two schools are poised to challenge the notion that a public charter school must be non-sectarian.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It was only a matter of time after SCOTUS split 4-4 on the constitutionality of religious charter schools in May until we got the next test case. Per this story, there are actually two cases in the works.
Barrett likely the deciding vote, so 1st Amend. church-public school separation in jeopardy.
Barrett likely the deciding vote, so 1st Amend. church-public school separation in jeopardy.
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Maybe the 14th Amdt used "all persons ... subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to mean something different for babies?
Different precise words!
Different age groups!
Who can say really
Different precise words!
Different age groups!
Who can say really
Plyler v Doe (S.Ct. 1982) held that the 14th Amdt EPC applies to "any person within its jurisdiction" regardless of immigration status: "That a person's initial entry into...the United States was unlawful...cannot negate the simple fact of his presence within the State's territorial perimeter."
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Maybe the 14th Amdt used "all persons ... subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to mean something different for babies?
Different precise words!
Different age groups!
Who can say really
Different precise words!
Different age groups!
Who can say really
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I'm starting a series at my newsletter where I spelunk NYC school finance. I haven't looked into these byztantine flows before, but now that Zohran is taking power I want to understand more deeply.
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Education 040
Quick Links Mia on the It Could Happen Here podcast featured my Baffler essay on the municipal bond market in a recent episode. Check it out.New fancy...
buttondown.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm starting a series at my newsletter where I spelunk NYC school finance. I haven't looked into these byztantine flows before, but now that Zohran is taking power I want to understand more deeply.
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Amid all of the Thanksgiving prep, I must ask:
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
(I’ll show myself out.)
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
(I’ll show myself out.)
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Amid all of the Thanksgiving prep, I must ask:
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
(I’ll show myself out.)
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin Pi.
(I’ll show myself out.)
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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thee Adam Serwer really enjoyed The Originalism Trap 🥹🥹 cryin in the club
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
thee Adam Serwer really enjoyed The Originalism Trap 🥹🥹 cryin in the club
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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virginialawreview.org/articles/ret... our latest is out! @ariezra.bsky.social and I on “Rethinking Youth Privacy”
Rethinking Youth Privacy - Virginia Law Review
Congress and state legislatures are showing renewed interest in youth privacy, proposing myriad new laws to address data extraction, addiction, manipulation, and more. Almost all of their proposals, a...
virginialawreview.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
virginialawreview.org/articles/ret... our latest is out! @ariezra.bsky.social and I on “Rethinking Youth Privacy”
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Alice was the first person to ever encourage my creative writing. She was a thoughtful editor and a beloved mentor. I learned so much about activism just by watching her move through the world. May her memory be a blessing to us all.
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Alice was the first person to ever encourage my creative writing. She was a thoughtful editor and a beloved mentor. I learned so much about activism just by watching her move through the world. May her memory be a blessing to us all.
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Rest in power, Alice Wong. Thank you for the beautiful wisdom, courage, and vision you brought to this world.
💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Rest in power, Alice Wong. Thank you for the beautiful wisdom, courage, and vision you brought to this world.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
What Happens When an Empire Falls? This Novel Has Some Ideas.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
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It’s a rainy morning in California, but our future is bright! ☀️
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s a rainy morning in California, but our future is bright! ☀️
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
We are reveling in this incredible win for academic freedom and higher education.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
After reading this wonderful piece, I kept thinking of a favorite Baldwin line: “The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.”
Prof. Citron has long been one of those rare few—and we’re all the better for it.
Prof. Citron has long been one of those rare few—and we’re all the better for it.
Beyond touched. Thank you @iapp.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/25-lea...
25 leaders, 25 moments at 25 years: Danielle Citron
Whenever her name is mentioned, the immediate reaction is always one of admiration. An inspiring, remarkable, thoughtful leader and mentor to many, Danielle K.
www.linkedin.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
After reading this wonderful piece, I kept thinking of a favorite Baldwin line: “The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.”
Prof. Citron has long been one of those rare few—and we’re all the better for it.
Prof. Citron has long been one of those rare few—and we’re all the better for it.
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I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I wrote about the supposed conservative "civil war" over antisemitism as more of a lovers' spat for @liberalcurrents.
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NEWS! The ABA Admin Law Conference is FREE this year, in light of the shutdown. Great for admin law practitioners, academics, and students. It'll be Nov. 21 but you'll also be able to access recordings for 30 days afterwards.
6 FREE hours of CLE (approvals pending), including 3 ethics hours:
6 FREE hours of CLE (approvals pending), including 3 ethics hours:
2025 Administrative Law Fall Conference
events.americanbar.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
NEWS! The ABA Admin Law Conference is FREE this year, in light of the shutdown. Great for admin law practitioners, academics, and students. It'll be Nov. 21 but you'll also be able to access recordings for 30 days afterwards.
6 FREE hours of CLE (approvals pending), including 3 ethics hours:
6 FREE hours of CLE (approvals pending), including 3 ethics hours:
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Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Nov. 13, 1957 | Texas Officials Threaten and Jail NAACP Officers for Not Disclosing Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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New from me today! An article at @lpeblog.bsky.social, about Trump's tariffs, Magna Carta, and why opponents of democracy always try to undermine the tax system.
lpeproject.org/blog/the-lon...
Also, I got to write this one sentence:
lpeproject.org/blog/the-lon...
Also, I got to write this one sentence:
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
New from me today! An article at @lpeblog.bsky.social, about Trump's tariffs, Magna Carta, and why opponents of democracy always try to undermine the tax system.
lpeproject.org/blog/the-lon...
Also, I got to write this one sentence:
lpeproject.org/blog/the-lon...
Also, I got to write this one sentence: