Jacob Waters

strategy & comms guy; progressive; former teacher; love for #phled; pragmatist; sarcasm generator; sixers & phils fan. opinions my own.

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

Excited to share the new @TNTP report on the diversity--or lack thereof--of teacher prep programs. A brief thread: @dropoutnation @selmekki @Mr_Ankrum @ConorPWilliams @citizenstewart @ericlerum @TravisJBristol @EquityAndy @kforbriger @Josh__McCarty https://t.co/ycdYZTHO1b

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

almost never post here, but my new record is out on all streaming services. hope you enjoy! https://t.co/4az2V0hWIG

[Ryan W Briggs @rw_briggs]

Hearing an interested party has come forward with an alternate use for the Fashion District

[Marnie Kaplan @MarnieKaplan]

I have spent my entire professional career focused on making this country better for children. It pains me to exist in a world where the next generation will not have it easier.

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

As a Jew, I tend to vote against the person with the support of the neo-Nazis

[Sam Adler-Bell @SamAdlerBell]

Shana Tova, even to the haters and losers

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

My lukewarm take is that we should remove debates from the election cycle. Coming up with clever quips is not a required skill for serving in elective office. If anything, debates reward slickness over substance, and contribute to damaging horse-race politics. Get rid of them!

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

Cold marketing emails are annoying enough, but I've started getting cold marketing calendar invites for meetings! Even though they're easy to delete/ignore, it feels like an invasion of privacy. My time does not belong to you, random dude who thinks I should start a podcast!

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

Congrats to my former @TNTP colleagues for a great new report on schools that are successfully catching kids up. As tempting as it is to look for "silver bullets," the best schools are the ones that do the basics well. https://t.co/fDYWEw8laE

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

Fiscal conservatism = spending $6 million on a book that is in the public domain

[Dylan Brown @dylantbrown]

Just announced @RyanWaltersSupt is asking for $3 million for Bibles in the classroom from this years budget…the OSDE meeting has begun @kfor

[David Dayen @ddayen]

The ultimate Eric Adams thing is that the feds have this message

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

@jbmcgee @ua_edreform awesome--congrats!

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

@civic_grit The Pat's building is currently under construction and so they set up a permanent food truck across the street (right at Passyunk and Wharton) within the past week or so. Maybe related to that? (to be clear, not justifying what they're doing at all)

[Matt Barnum @matt_barnum]

New: I look at the nascent movement to revive school integration through state courts.
Advocates say they've learned from the successes and failures of the prior era of desegregation "busing." https://t.co/U18l56CVAU

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

@citizenstewart would also be interested to see how cyber charters fit in to this--in PA, for instance, they serve a ton of kids and performance tends to be abysmal.

[Eliza Shapiro @elizashapiro]

Just insane how much the number of homeless students in one of the richest cities in the world has gone up in the last few years, really an indictment of multiple mayoral admins and pretty much everything else https://t.co/ig4kSn8l1l

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

For the record, I am a big fan of the @BWWings “bourbon bbq wings” song

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

@KristalKstar Hi Kristal! Just wanted to see if you saw my email with the embargo offer.

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

@chadibenedetto Hi Chase! Just wanted to see if you happened to see my email. Apologies for my nagging, but I think it's a great story idea for you.

[Jacob Waters @jacobwaters]

@GabeHauari hi Gabe, did you receive my email by chance?