Levi Bohanan

P-12 Education & Childcare Policy. Former Obama & Biden appointee at @usedgov & policy entrepreneur @TheNext100. he/him.

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

@Ale_VazquezBaur @ObamaFoundation @TheNext100 @TCFdotorg 😍🔥

[Zac Petkanas @Zac_Petkanas]

To recap, this MAGA Supreme Court has:

1. Allowed states to criminalize abortion even in cases of rape, incest

2. Allowed businesses to discriminate against gay people

3. Cost 26 million Americans $10k+ overnight

4. Denied higher education opportunities to people of color

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Read Michelle Obama's full statement on the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision:

"Back in college, I was one of the few Black students on my campus, and I was proud of getting into such a respected school. I knew I'd worked hard for it. But still, I sometimes wondered if people thought I got there because of affirmative action. It was a shadow that students like me couldn’t shake, whether those doubts came from the outside or inside our own minds.

"But the fact is this: I belonged. And semester after semester, decade after decade, for more than half a century, countless students like me showed they belonged, too. It wasn't just the kids of color who benefitted, either. Every student who heard a perspective they might not have encountered, who had an assumption challenged, who had their minds and their hearts opened gained a lot as well. It wasn't perfect, but there's no doubt that it helped offer new ladders of opportunity for those who, throughout our history, have too often been denied a chance to show how fast they can climb.

"Of course, students on my campus and countless others across the country were — and continue to be — granted special consideration for admissions. Some have parents who graduated from the same school. Others have families who can afford coaches to help them run faster or hit a ball harder. Others go to high schools with lavish resources for tutors and extensive standardized test prep that help them score higher on college entrance exams. We don't usually question if those students belong. So often, we just accept that money, power, and privilege are perfectly justifiable forms of affirmative action, while kids growing up like I did are expected to compete when the ground is anything but level.

"So today, my heart breaks for any young person out there who's wondering what their future holds — and what kinds of chances will be open to them. And while I know the strength and grit that lies inside kids who have always had to sweat a little more to climb the same ladders, I hope and I pray that the rest of us are willing to sweat a little, too.

"Today is a reminder that we've got to do the work not just to enact policies that reflect our values of equity and fairness, but to truly make those values real in all of our schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods."

[Dr. John B. King, Jr. @JohnBKing]

Important new report from ⁦⁦@TCFdotorg⁩ sounds alarm that more than 3 million children could lose access to child care when federal relief funds run out. https://t.co/hw8hezRxo1

[Advocates for Children of New York @AFCNewYork]

More than 300 children are waiting for seats in their legally mandated preschool special education classes and more than 10,000 are waiting for their mandated preschool services to start. @NYCMayor @NYCCouncil @NYCSpeakerAdams @RitaJosephNYC @JustinBrannan https://t.co/9KHmXN3IjN

[Halley Potter @HalPott]

Incredibly frustrating to see @NYCMayor underfunding the city's preschoolers and their families. We need more outreach for 3K and 4K, not less funding. https://t.co/R4o9nXUjmA

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I have yet to hear a real explanation from any official hesitating to condemn the killing of Jordan Neely about what makes condemning this violence so “complicated.”

Killing is wrong. Killing the poor is wrong. Killing the mentally ill is wrong. Why is that so hard to say?

[No Scam Zone & Scam Tackle Official 🛡️ @Scam_tackle]

Horrendously bad policy. The @ericadamsfornyc administration needs to fix this.

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

@SalmaNasser 🔥🔥🔥

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

@SalmaNasser 😍😍😍

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

@StageLeft_NYC @jamiedumont @dancinbway @fabulousinvalid 😍😍😍

[Secretary Miguel Cardona @SecCardona]

Today, @TheJusticeDept will defend the Biden Administration’s debt relief plan in the Supreme Court. The plan will provide critical relief to over 40 million borrowers most at risk of delinquency or default from the pandemic when the student loan pause ends.

[Matt Barnum @matt_barnum]

NEW: 50 years ago the Supreme Court ruled that there is no right in the Constitution to an education or to equal school funding.

I've spent months examining the dubious and disturbing social science that was used to justify the decision.

https://t.co/hiWhyh7sLs

[SchoolHouse Connection @SchoolHouseConn]

🚨New from @SchoolHouseConn & @Umich Poverty Solutions🚨 Child and Youth #Homelessness Data Profiles are out! Find data in your community, county, AND Congressional districts here: https://t.co/ZymJlNJYdX. 🧵

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

Today, @SchoolHouseConn and @UMich Poverty Solutions released new Child and Youth Homelessness Data Profiles with two analyses revealing disparities in #homeless education funding- at all levels. Check out the data & their findings here: https://t.co/ip4FRHeaRa

[Kendra Hurley @kendrahurleynyc]

What do many models of high quality child care have in common? Direct government funding. For @TheAtlantic, I explain why it's beyond time for the U.S. to resurrect its long lost goal of public child care. https://t.co/9UdiWuBbMv

[ScreenGeek @RealScreenGeek]

‘The Passion Of The Christ’ Sequel Reportedly Begins Filming This Spring: https://t.co/0jCkZ0wypS

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

@treeaston well???

[Levi Bohanan @LeviBohanan]

Happy holidays from the FY 23 Omnibus bill! Huge news for public education, including:

🧑‍🏫 $18.3B for grants to schools
👶 $8B in child care grants for low-income families to access high quality programs (a HUGE increase of 30%‼️)
🏠 $129M for students experiencing homelessness

[Dana Goldstein @DanaGoldstein]

1. A year ago, the U.S. came within 1 Senate vote of establishing universal child care. Since then, millions of parents have struggled to secure care, while big chain care companies, backed by Wall Street, thrive https://t.co/W0HANvUceL