Derek Scott

Happy husband, dad, programmer, liberal scum, Cubs/Hoosiers/Colts fan.

[Derek Scott @twslart]

We have the resources to sustain and grow real K-12 per-pupil funding. We just won't deploy them. #nced #ncpol #ncga https://t.co/rxIjq3pc96

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@KrisNordstrom @cprnc Rookie mistake. But it’s all a smokescreen anyway; they know they cut staffing allotments and are just hoping in any given year that temp Covid relief or increased retirement outlay will make it less obvious that they gutted schools a decade ago for their first big tax cut.

[Caffeinatedrage @ragecaffeinated]

https://t.co/XzOfoT2fW9

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

I also think it’s probably unconstitutional but at least stupid and definitely unpopular to let the shittiest busybody in your neighborhood pick what books a teenager can read. @ThePlumLineGS is right. The normal person backlash is underrated, underreported, and growing.

[Bruce D. Baker @SchlFinance101]

@jerseyjazzman @joshcowenMSU @jessgartner 1. Goal of allocation formulas (state aid formulas or district allocation to schools) is to provide resources sufficient for all children to achieve common (ideally adequate) educational outcomes.

[Derek Scott @twslart]

This was a terrific event! @wileynickel was detained by Congressional duties but joined via Zoom. @HuntforNC delivered a magnificent speech here in NC. Just a great time with fantastic, hardworking advocates. It’s never a bad time to support public schools or @PS1NC!

[Public Schools First NC @PS1NC]

Join us for a conversation with Congressman @wileynickel and NC Senator @HuntforNC about the critical challenges facing our public schools and how we can all work together to keep public education strong.

Purchase tickets now! https://t.co/dVBI43ZZW6

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@educatedpolicy It was so great to see you!

[Jess Gartner @jessgartner]

The reason it’s important for teachers and legislators to internalize this fact is because the proposal is SO common yet perpetually a mathematical impossibility. Continuing to point to admin salaries as a plausible solution to teacher pay is a trust-eroding distraction.

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@Vickitkd In 2021-22, 35% of all private school students in NC attended in either Wake or Mecklenburg counties. Ten counties had zero private schools. Another ten had exactly one.

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@wch33 @DrJuneAtkinson @ThomTillis Sen. Tillis is a great reminder that the folks who think The Market will provide all the accountability we’ll ever need for schools think the same thing about public health regulations in the food service industry and predatory for-profit colleges—views which are quite unpopular!

[Dr. Jordan Lukins @jmlukins]

Feeling inspired by @JustinParmenter’s work to identify the discriminatory practices of NC private schools receiving taxpayer $ via vouchers.

Let's look at how their policies discriminate against students on the basis of disability, shall we? #nced #ncga

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@KrisNordstrom @donaldbryson Maybe not “weird” so much as…

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@MrsCleaverinnit @donaldbryson Also worth noting, from the author’s CV:

[Bill Harrison @wch33]

Thanks for sharing @EarlVaughanJr Quick read for those who support public education. Appreciate my colleagues/friends who put this together and signed on as endorsers.

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@MrsCleaverinnit @donaldbryson Also worth noting, from the author’s CV:

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@MrsCleaverinnit @donaldbryson Actually so much worse than that. The statistically significant finding appears to be concentrated in just 29 voucher recipients attending schools that already use a form of the IBTS.

[Justin Karr Conley @JustinConley]

Don’t know why the fuck anyone would listen to Thom “I cut public education by HALF A BILLION DOLLARS as NC House Speaker” Tillis when it comes to education funding.

[Kim Mackey @educatedpolicy]

We’re experiencing the effects of what was set in motion 10 years ago. A primer for understanding the #StateOfEmergency for #nced…
https://t.co/HpJZidntKT
@DianeRavitch

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@RaSekel @nckhui Probably worth mentioning that there were some folks (one is, uh, on the Wake board now) going on and on last fall about an alleged 20-year decline in test scores because they didn’t understand this.

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@RaSekel @nckhui Yes. Typically associated with aligning to some new standard. This is from NCDPI’s annual Green Book: https://t.co/auJQe9PCkc

[Derek Scott @twslart]

@AnalyticsEqv Destroying public education and lying about it with a smirk is Tillis’s legacy as Speaker. He’s probably feeling nostalgic.