Benjamin Gies

Policy Advisor @FLPadvisors 🇺🇸@VUPeabody Alumnus @JamesMadisonFdn Alumnus 📜 @jcpsky Former BOE 📍KY 🏇📍DC 🏛️

[Benjamin Gies @gies_benjamin]

@maxwellwise @aneigh @Jake_Staton7 Good seeing you!

[House Committee on Education & Workforce @EdWorkforceCmte]

Summer is here and so is @SLOTUS' Summer Reading Challenge! This summer is the perfect time to inspire a love of reading and learning in a new generation of students—one page at a time. #2ndLadySummerReads

[Kentucky Derby @KentuckyDerby]

Congratulations to Sovereignty and all of his connections. 🏆

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere set out on a midnight ride that would help ignite the American Revolution.

Two hundred and fifty years later, we remember his courage—and the enduring spirit of liberty that defines our nation.

[Benjamin Gies @gies_benjamin]

@JDVance God bless & protect you & your family. Happy Easter!

[Benjamin Gies @gies_benjamin]

@JRAforKY 🤣

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1732, George Washington was born! His name is synonymous with American independence, due to his leadership during the Revolutionary War, and as America’s first president after.

In honor of his 293rd birthday, here are 18 facts about him you might not know! 🧵

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

WATCH: President Bush on the importance of reading and what it will take to reignite a national focus on educational excellence via @BPC_Bipartisan

cc: @TheBushCenter @MargaretEdu @Kress_Sandy

[White House History @WhiteHouseHstry]

Happy birthday to our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865), born on this day in 1809. https://t.co/uixvMVOGZU

[Julia Link Roberts @jlrgifted]

Forbes published this article on the proposed legislation on advanced coursework. Please let your Kentucky legislators know of your support for HB 190. @wku @WKUCEBS @NAGCGIFTED @GattonAcademy @GiftedStudies
https://t.co/mrdMa6aYC5

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

ED is reversing burdensome reporting requirements for career and technical education (CTE) programs – because time filling out paperwork can be better spent equipping the American workforce to rebuild our economy. https://t.co/eiwOhN090o #CTEMonth

[George @BehizyTweets]

BREAKING: The President of Panama just terminated Panama's agreement with China immediately after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"I believe that this visit opens a way to build a new stage of relations, that is how I see it, that is how I felt it on the part of Secretary Marco Rubio and at the same time try as far as possible to increase US investments in Panama."

It seems the Panamanians are doing everything they can to please President Trump & maintain control of the Canal.

[Benjamin Gies @gies_benjamin]

The #MississippiMiracle continues in early literacy gains following the state’s first-in-the-nation pivot to Science of Reading-based approaches to early literacy. 👀

[Toren Ballard @TorenBallard]

The "Nation's Report Card" for 2024 is out today and... wow.

Mississippi 4th graders now outperform the national average in reading proficiency. The only state with a statistically higher average score in 4th grade reading is Massachusetts.

[Marguerite Roza @MargueriteRoza]

NAEP truth bomb:

After spending billions in recovery funds, some states deliver progress in key metrics of 4th reading & 8th math: LA MS TN KY WV DC

Others saw continued declines in both: AZ CA FL MA OR TX WA

We cover it in our newsletter today:
https://t.co/QVdKe5xTJ7

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

The U.S. Department of Education's statement on the 2024 @NAEP_NCES scores: https://t.co/iDcZZZVhxS

[NAEP, The Nation's Report Card @NAEP_NCES]

Now Available: The 2024 Nation's Report Card, including national, state, and district-level results for 4th- and 8th-graders in math and reading.

🧮Math: https://t.co/PNHnm2zSEb
📚Reading: https://t.co/RYJGfnqKL4

#EdData

[CSPAN @cspan]

Trump Administration Rescinds Order on Federal Aid Freeze

[Benjamin Gies @gies_benjamin]

@JDVance 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

Imagine being this woman, Beverly Aiken. Growing up poor in an abusive home and a dying Rust Belt city, little stability and even less opportunity. You have a couple kids at a young age, but it’s not easy being a single mom in Middletown, Ohio, so you send JD and Lindsay to live with grandma. She’s tough, but it’s better than having them watch you struggle through your own battles with addiction.

JD’s a good kid, though, and a sharp one too. Despite the odds, he sticks with school, and he gets good grades. Since college isn’t in the cards for a poor kid from Middletown, he joins the Marine Corps. You’re probably really proud to see him in his dress blues. You’re probably also proud when he gets out and uses the GI Bill to become the first person in your family to get a college degree.

Ohio State’s a good school, but JD’s not done. In fact, he’s just getting started. He heads out east, to go to Yale Law School. They say it’s one of the best programs in the country. He meets a beautiful young woman there, graduates, and gets a job as a lawyer. He’s gone from Middletown, Ohio, to some of the most prestigious companies in the world. You probably never imagined that possibility when he first shipped out to Parris Island. The pride you must feel for him.

You realize this kid of yours is going places, and it inspires you to get clean. For real this time.

But JD’s still not done. He writes a best-selling book; you start seeing him on TV every day. People are whispering about a future in politics—he’s the voice of the forgotten working class, the rare bridge between the blue-collar world you grew up in and the white-collar world he inhabits now. He runs for the US Senate, and, with the support of Donald Trump, pulls off a victory. He’s still just in his 30s.

Two more years go by, and Donald Trump needs a running mate. Not just a running mate, but a political heir. He wants that person to be your son. You watch as Trump comes half an inch away from dying on a stage; you watch as he and your son pull off a resounding victory. It’s all surreal.

And now you’re standing in the middle of the Capitol rotunda. You just reached 10 years of sobriety. Your son is standing there, hand on a Bible, getting sworn in to be the secondmost powerful person in the America. He’s up there with his wife and their three beautiful kids—and with you.

You’ve got to be pretty damn proud of him.

But you deserve to be proud for yourself as well. You’ve got a country full of people proud of both of you.

Only in America.

[House Republicans @HouseGOP]

Introducing @RepWalberg as the Chairman of the @EdWorkforceCmte for the 119th Congress.

Congratulations, Chairman Walberg!