I changed my party registration this morning to unaffiliated. If the GOP decides to be the party of Lincoln again, I may reconsider someday.
Michael Petrilli
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Michael Petrilli
@MichaelPetrilli
President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute; an editor of Education Next; proud father.
- My only regret about leaving the GOP after Charlottesville is that I cannot leave it again after the “shit hole” comment.
- HOORAY FOR THIS We Started Grouping Students by Reading Ability vs. Grade. Here’s What Happened the74million.org/article/we-sta… @NAGCGIFTED @JonathanPlucker @ehanford @rpondiscio @MrDanielBuck
- On Tuesday my 7th grader watched movies in most of his classes. The last day of school is Thursday. Just a reminder about how much instructional time (some) schools waste. So I call BS on people who are anti-standardized tests because they eat up too much time.
- This high school graduation season represents a bittersweet milestone: The class of 2025 is the largest in American history. And if current trends continue, it will hold that record forever.
- Am about to go on @CNN @NewDay to explain why it’s terrible that schools are shutting down again. @CNNSchools
- Replying to @MichaelPetrilliLikewise, we don't educate migrant children because they are American, but because we are American.
- The view from the roof of the DC Fordham Institute office. My family and I are about to go show our support for the peaceful protesters. It’s a wonderful day in Washington DC. #BLM
- I've had a reporter ask me what @POTUS could do to get Chicago teachers back in class. I honestly don't know. A BETTER question is what @rweingarten could do. Time for America's education journalists to hold her feet to the fire. @alexanderrusso @DanaGoldstein @laurameckler
- The retired generals are defending America from our greatest threat: The president washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/… @MaxBoot
- Given lingering learning loss, the chronic absenteeism crisis, and much else, 2024 was another tough year for education reform. But if you want to find a silver lining, it's that 2024 was also the year that the country started pushing back on a bunch of bad ideas. Including...
- I'd like to see @BetsyDeVosED take a stand against her boss's racist tweets and statements. Something like: "We would never condone a ten year old telling a fellow student to 'go back' to where she came from, and we shouldn't condone it in our president... (more)
- Replying to @MichaelPetrilli- Phones in schools - Balanced literacy - Test optional college admissions policies - Algebra for none - No zeroes policies and other grading "reforms" When bad ideas recede, that's a form of progress, too. Here's to real change in 2025!
- Happy Halloween! (I'm a Quid Pro Quo, I mean a Squid Pro Go)
