Christi Martin (@martinpolicy) 's Twitter Profile
Christi Martin

@martinpolicy

I help parents, educators, civic leaders, legislators, and philanthropists forge new opportunities for disadvantaged students to beat the odds.

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Jill Barshay (@jillbarshay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Documenting the destruction. As I combed through the rubble at the Education Dept., I discovered that one of the killed statistical reports was about homeschooling, a rapidly growing education option. School choice advocates aren't pleased. hechingerreport.org/proof-points-h…

Joe Lonsdale (@jtlonsdale) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hrmm. Guys, I’m not involved in our trade policy, and I get where some of this is coming from - let’s build more at home! But Ethiopia and Madagascar aren’t going to suddenly start buying billions of dollars of goods from us, and I’m not sure it helps us to punish them for it?

Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell have introduced legislation that would require tariffs to be approved by Congress within 60 days, or the tariffs will expire.

Bill Ackman (@billackman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just figured out why Howard Lutnick is indifferent to the stock market and the economy crashing. He and Cantor are long bonds. He profits when our economy implodes. It’s a bad idea to pick a Secretary of Commerce whose firm is levered long fixed income. It’s an irreconcilable

Karen Vaites (@karenvaites) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’m at ASU+GSV, and it might be the only education community where most attendees haven’t listened to Sold a Story. Dear Everyone, this is a Must-Listen! I’ve already sent it to four people after Day 1.

I’m at <a href="/asugsvsummit/">ASU+GSV</a>, and it might be the only education community where most attendees haven’t listened to Sold a Story. 

Dear Everyone, this is a Must-Listen!

I’ve already sent it to four people after Day 1.
Jill Barshay (@jillbarshay) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I learned this morning that Ed Sec'y Linda McMahon assured Governor Jared Polis Jared Polis, chair of the National Governors Association, that there would be no changes to NAEP. But my reporting shows otherwise. hechingerreport.org/proof-points-n…

Preston Cooper (@prestoncooper93) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New NBER paper shows ROI is negative for many popular graduate degrees and relatively small for others. Outside of med/law school and a handful of specialized master's degrees, grad school is a risky bet.

New NBER paper shows ROI is negative for many popular graduate degrees and relatively small for others.

Outside of med/law school and a handful of specialized master's degrees, grad school is a risky bet.
MDRC (@mdrc_news) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How to Improve College Completion Rates for Underserved Students: A Conversation with Emily Dow MHEC and MDRC's Elena Serna-Wallender mdrc.org/work/podcast/h…

The Wall Street Journal (@wsj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Breaking: Consumer sentiment has tanked and the 1-year inflation outlook is at its highest since 1981, a closely watched University of Michigan survey shows on.wsj.com/4jxkmNp

WIRED (@wired) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The letters and press releases were a crucial communications tool for SSA employees. It could also impact people receiving benefits. ā€œDo they really expect senior citizens will join this platform?ā€ asked one current employee. wired.com/story/social-s…

Marguerite Roza (@margueriteroza) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Financial outlook for K12 is getting messy: ESSER clawback = real $ for some Resisting DEI, Title IX changes risks fed $ Medicaid may be trimmed Fewer immigrant kids =less $ for some And a new one: Recession risk now >50% in 2025 (per Polymarkt) would squeeze $400B in state $.

Texas Public Charter Schools (@tpcsanews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s official – SB 1750 passes the Texas Senate by a vote of 26-5! We're thankful to senators for their strong bipartisan support of public charter school facilities funding. ALL public school students deserve fairness! 🌟 #txed #txlege #TXCharterswork

It’s official – SB 1750 passes the Texas Senate by a vote of 26-5! 

We're thankful to senators for their strong bipartisan support of public charter school facilities funding. 

ALL public school students deserve fairness! 🌟

#txed #txlege #TXCharterswork
Jonah Goldberg (@jonahdispatch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So if this is true, it underscores why Habeas/due process is so important. Again, if the president is actually misleading the public with false evidence, we need courts to ensure the rule of law. mediaite.com/trump/trump-to…

Karen Vaites (@karenvaites) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The average low-income California fourth grader isĀ aĀ full year behind their counterpart in Mississippi." I’m glad to see Claude Goldenberg saying it plainly. Megan Potente berrinchuda montoya Decoding Dyslexia CA Megan Bacigalupi

Parker Baxter (@parker_baxter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Is there rigorous empirical research on effects of Denver's portfolio district strategy on individual student learning, including for students who attended schools closed under the strategy and students historically left behind? Yes. Is this story what the strategy predicts? Yes.