Thomas J. Mertz

Education Activist, School Board Member, Historian, Father....

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

@olskool888 from a I974 Greil Marcus column posted this week here https://t.co/AkyoWneFB1

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

@GoMikeJGo There is something attractive about rewarding defense, and all round play, but not attractive enough for me to say HoF, yet. Maybe at 3 rings?

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend.

In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million.

The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit.

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

@Bucks @GoMikeJGo I find myself thinking they could run the table till the playoffs. They "could," but the odds are small.

[Pastors for Oklahoma Kids @pastors4OKkids]

After 30 years, here's what we've learned: "Vouchers haven’t solved the success gaps in education...Whatever is needed to… start up booming academic achievement, vouchers aren’t it.” #OklaEd https://t.co/yhTJNmyryq

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

Overall, Yass has spent at least $43.5 million on state politics, including the governorship, legislative seats and the statewide judiciary since 2019 (Numbers in this story don't include $7.5 million spent since it published.)
https://t.co/67zWmXSQxC

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

Time to Sue to Rid Wisconsin of Harmful School Voucher System – Minocqua Brewing Company Merch https://t.co/p7BbkGfahD

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

@holbein1 Damn.

[The Capital Times @CapTimes]

The Madison School District, which has a track record of stonewalling, says it doesn't have staff to comply with open records requests. https://t.co/znkiICmKJu

[Patrick Marley @patrickdmarley]

Here are some of the other issues the new Wisconsin Supreme Court majority could take up:

https://t.co/OOnidzhvwA

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

@patrickdmarley @holbein1 Add school funding.

[Bruce D. Baker @SchlFinance101]

Most uses of poverty measures in ed policy aren't about identifying each specific child with a poverty related need. They are about capturing variation in econ conditions across schools. Meaningful variation that is predictive of some risk of lower/worse outcomes.

[Peter Greene @palan57]

Ruling just came down on this case. PA's educational funding system has been ruled unconstitutional

[Bruce D. Baker @SchlFinance101]

We knew someone would go there, with insufficient and unconvincing evidence and well, there it is. No. Just no!

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

Education too.

[Robert Godfrey @holbein1]

Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences https://t.co/vrGaJKZSvR

[Dan Shafer @DanRShafer]

.@CNalysis has updated projections for Wisconsin state legislative seats. Almost all projections favor Republicans.

They are now giving Republicans a 49% chance of gaining a supermajority in the State Assembly.
https://t.co/EL6GUpqQnv

[Chan is reading @eduphilia]

Why state testing data shared with Madison School Board disappeared https://t.co/7ldqzHUIfj via @CapTimes

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

Sad, although I know of at least one State Senator who pays attention.

[Scott Resnick @sjresnick]

When does this become a four-alarm fire for Madison? Spoke to half a dozen elected leaders in the last two weeks and no one has our public schools on their radar screen.

[Thomas J. Mertz @tjmertz]

@sjresnick Sad, although I know of at least one State Senator who pays attention.

[Bruce D. Baker @SchlFinance101]

Can't reiterate this enough!