Mintaro Oba

Education writer. Ex Chief Speechwriter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. CT, TN, DC.

Also: IMF, State Dept, others. Love crosswords, puns, cats.

[Mintaro Oba @mintaro064]

I don’t think there’s anything I identify with, especially after some time off, more than Leslie Knope and her million ideas binders

[Tony Annett @tonyannett]

There’s going to be an enormous crash.

[National Assoc. of Elementary School Principals @NAESP]

Strong schools need strong support systems. S. 5046 helps safeguard key K-12 programs by preventing the transfer of vital Department of Education functions that serve students, families, and educators across the country. https://t.co/ZPqKualHSg

[Dana Goldstein @DanaGoldstein]

For a new reporting project, hoping to hear from a wide range of college and high school students about how they use A.I. for school and in their personal lives, and how they feel about it. Please share widely !

https://t.co/n8vDdMrIoO

[Mintaro Oba @mintaro064]

@MerriamWebster Honestly so impressed by the person/people running this account for consistently managing to engage so many people on social media in smart discourse about language while amplifying Merriam-Webster’s brand and content

[David Griffith @Griffith2020]

Miguel Cardona suggests school leaders should innovate https://t.co/MBFQEzS4yq #NAESP26 Says being an elementary school principal was the best job he ever had. @NAESP

[Rep. Mark Pocan @RepMarkPocan]

The Department of Education is facing attacks like never before. So I spoke with someone who ran it.
Former Secretary Miguel Cardona (@teachcardona) joins the podcast to talk about what's really at stake for students and teachers. Watch here:

https://t.co/twoUwioQc0

[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

🌅 Enjoy a beautiful evening. An almost-full moon rises later! Cool lows within a few degrees of 50 tonight. Pretty much clear skies.

Sunday: Hard to find a cloud. Lighter winds and gorgeous highs in the 70s.
🌕 The full Blue Moon rises at 9:17 p.m.

A Blue Moon is a rare second full moon in the same month. We opened May with one and close it with another — only happens every 2–3 years. Don’t miss it.

📅 May closes, June opens with excellent weather continuing. Just a slight shower chance Tuesday.

➡️ Full forecast: https://t.co/aH8SOvlwiT
📸 Photos: Jeff Reardon (moon) & Brian Paeth (monuments)
#DCwx #DMVwx #MDwx #VAwx

[Melissa Littlepage @TurnTheLP]

I have a beautiful @wmata story to tell.

My three sons take Metrobus to and from school together every day. Yesterday, one of them left his trumpet on the bus when getting off at home. Of course, tonight he has a band concert...🧵

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

BALDWIN: Why are you sending programs that support elementary schools and elementary school students to the department of labor?

LINDA McMAHON: Education should provide an opportunity for children once they have finished their education to enter the workforce

BALDWIN: We're talking about elementary students

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Over 4,000 young Americans are alive today who might not be — because of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline we built together.

The grief of losing a child is something that no parent should ever have to know.

We launched 988 in 2022. We invested in it. We fought for it. And now the data is in: an 11% drop in youth suicide. Thousands of kids who picked up the phone instead of giving up.

In my view, that’s what government is supposed to do.

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

e.g. means for example. It is always followed by a comma.
i.e. is the abbreviation for the Latin "id est" or that is (to say). It is always followed by a comma, as well.

[Jacob Wasserman @jacob_wass]

There’s not enough talk about how incredible DC’s public transit system is

[Peter Lucier @PeterLucier]

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

[talmon joseph smith @talmonsmith]

what an image

[Tim Hirschel-Burns @TimH_B]

However dumb you think the process for destroying USAID was, it was dumber.

This is from Nicholas Enrich's new book Into the Wood Chipper, describing a meeting with Trump-appointed USAID leadership *after* they had largely gutted the agency

[Blackish Press @blackishpress]

Quinta Brunson comments on what her past self would think of her now:

“I think 2014 me would be like, ‘exactly, period’. Because I was a very determined, knew where I was going. Girl, I do not like to do that thing where people pretend like I had no idea. Like, this could happen to me? no. I made every single move in my life so that this could happen to me. Didn't exactly know this, but I think that's the beauty of vision. You can feel, see something, you're working in accordance with something, and I'm a big believer in that”.

🔗 https://t.co/eH9vqAs3N8

[NASA @NASA]

@alltooriah Tell your cat the Artemis II crew said pspsps

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

Dem leaders told me I was wasting my time running in 2018 for an 85% white House seat that Trump won because I’m Asian American. I stubbornly stayed in the race against a straight White Christian male incumbent and ended up winning. Winning is more than central casting. THREAD

[Matthew Cole @mattbencole]

This is literally what my students say when they get busted using AI. “I didn’t use it to write my paper just for brainstorming, outlining, and editing.” Yeah that’s most of what writing is.