Manuela Ekowo

Policy Analyst @NewAmerica. Columnist @EdSurge. “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”

[Manuela Ekowo @ekowohighered]

Without #DataEthics, predictive analytics could be used to curtail academic success rather than help ensure it https://t.co/1gdBlsRYr7

[Manuela Ekowo @ekowohighered]

.@MehrsaBaradaran: you cannot save your way to wealth creation. You cannot save your way out of poverty. #ColorOfMoney

[New America FCSP Legacy @NewAmFCSPLegacy]

"yes, but we subsidize the rich to a much greater extent than we do the poor." @MehrsaBaradaran #ColorOfMoney https://t.co/CwI7mcmVyv

[New America FCSP Legacy @NewAmFCSPLegacy]

I see two fronts in this conversation 1) educating people 2) structural changes, what's the balance? @gillianbwhite #colorofmoney

[New America FCSP Legacy @NewAmFCSPLegacy]

Taxes are apportioned to people's income, but fines and fees aren't, why not? @AnneStuhldreher #colorofmoney

[Angela Hanks @AngelaHanks]

.@MehrsaBaradaran: Black poverty is the only kind of structural poverty government created #ColorofMoney

[Angela Hanks @AngelaHanks]

.@MehrsaBaradaran: we still live in the shadow of Jim Crow, we just don't call it that anymore #ColorOfMoney

[Manuela Ekowo @ekowohighered]

Rhode Island OER Celebrates First Birthday with Savings of $870K -- Campus Technology https://t.co/bygxQYzNSu

[eCampus News @ecampusnews]

University of OK uses predictive analytics to skyrocket #enrollment #highered #universities #education https://t.co/iZTKEMl0CW

[NPR @NPR]

"Not to brag, but we are very good-looking," says 19-year-old Uighur model Xahriyar Abdukerimabliz. https://t.co/4bk3sc0u64

[EdSurge HigherEd @HigherEdSurge]

As the University of South Africa Considers Predictive Analytics, Ethical Hoops Emerge by @ekowohighered https://t.co/TWLN4Rdn24

[Manuela Ekowo @ekowohighered]

“La verdad, aunque severa, es amiga verdadera.”
Truth, although severe, is a true friend.
—Esmeralda Santiago, When I Was Puerto Rican

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Can we agree that the next President should be a person with a demonstrated interest in public service?

[zellie @zellieimani]

We don't want to be exploited less; we don't want to be exploited at all. We don't want more freedom; we want Freedom. Period.

[zellie @zellieimani]

We cannot create a better society without understanding what is wrong with the present one.

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

3:57PM—Trump says "we must all be united" in helping Puerto Rico.

4:37PM—Trump attacks the Mayor of San Juan.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

He didn't hold a high level meeting on the storm response until Tuesday - SIX DAYS after landfall. This is disaster mgmt malpractice. 8/

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Cholera. In a US territory. Among US citizens. In the 21st century. Heckuva job, Trumpie.