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mrobmsu.bsky.social
Music Education Professor, Michigan State Board of Education member, public education activist, education policy scholar
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If you don’t want someone else’s sexuality to be “forced” on you, then don’t post any pics of your opposite sex partners or spouse, or your “family photos”. This is a Pride Month post.

@grahamcouch.bsky.social How is J Batt’s nickname not going to be “Battman”?

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The Michigan State Board of Education today passed a resolution on smaller class sizes--major points include: • priority should be given to funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to allow high poverty schools to hire more teachers to lower the student to teacher ratio in K-3 classrooms;

Cut what it takes for schools to be successful, then use declining test scores as a rationale to cut even more. It's a recipe for disaster. #SupportPublicSchools @mrobmsu.bsky.social

Somewhere there’s a shark being jumped…

Our neighbor to the North is lead by a brilliant economist, who is tough, but fair and decent. Our neighbor to the South is lead by a brilliant engineer, who is tough, but fair and decent. We are run by a total ignoramus who is flawed in every way a human being can be & is destroying our country.

"The vast majority of American parents—and voters—believe that the schools their children attend are doing a good job, and want them funded by their tax dollars. And they want those schools, and their kids’ education to continue to be of high quality." ~Mitchell Robinson @mrobmsu.bsky.social

"The vast majority of American parents—and voters—believe that the schools their children attend are doing a good job, and want them funded by their tax dollars. And they want those schools, and their kids’ education to continue to be of high quality." ~Mitchell Robinson @mrobmsu.bsky.social

Imagine the biggest problem in your life being about which bathroom a total stranger uses. Imagine pretending random people you'll never meet are somehow victimizing you with their existence. Imagine being that hard up for troubles that you have to invent them just so you can play the victim.

Them: Enjoy your weekend Us: Standing side-by-side, educators, students, parents, community, pouring into & fighting for our children. #TogetherWeLearn #TogetherWeRise #ProtectOurScools #PeopleforPublicEducationRally #Rodeo #BootsOntheGround #SaginawACTSOCompetition #BayCity #Saginaw #Lansing

The People for Public Education rally at the State Capitol in Lansing was such a great event! And always so much fun to share the stage with my fellow State Board of Education colleague, Dr. Pamela Pugh!

I ran for the SBE because I was sick and tired of the attacks on public education—attacks on our children, our teachers, and our schools.

Looking forward to this event tomorrow--please join us! www.facebook.com/events/13310...

Look, I’ve never bought in to the whole “American exceptionalism” thing, but if we’re so exceptional we should be able to get an extrajudicially extradited prisoner back from El Salvador, and maybe try him for the crimes he supposedly committed in court, like our laws require.

Michigan State faculty passed a resolution urging the university to form a mutual defense pact with Big Ten schools to fight back against Trump’s attacks on higher ed. Shared defense fund. United front. No backing down.

This administration is eliminating the Department of Education, cutting school lunch programs, and extraditing immigrants to brutal prisons in foreign countries. A democracy is judged by how it treats children and prisoners—the most vulnerable among us.

Um…

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

A massive testing and research effort with no scientists or researchers?

It's not even just Mein Kampf that they're keeping while getting rid of books about the Holocaust and Jim Crow. The Camp of the Saints -- the racist dystopian fantasy about zombie-like dark-skinned migrants wiping out Western civilization -- is also sitting there on Naval Academy bookshelves.

4th circuit unanimously finds US gov MUST return Salvadoran national it improperly removed. That last sentence…oooph.

Thank you Dr. Pamela Pugh for your leadership and courage, and for always defending and protecting our children and teachers.

The administration has now cut grants that supply healthy meals for school children, and replaced them with Hunger Games style competitions that pit school districts against one another. We are better than this. At least some of us are.

The Network for Public Education Conference in Columbus, OH this weekend was one of the very best I’ve ever attended. And meeting Gov. Tim Walz was just the cherry on top of the sundae! He gave a great speech—equal parts inspiring, motivating, and hilarious. I’m refreshed and ready for the fight!

Our amazing @dianeravitch.bsky.social opening #NPE2025Columbus this a.m.

@mrobmsu.bsky.social "We are the heros that we are waiting for, push back" #SmallActsofSubversion @npeaction.bsky.social #NPE2025Columbus #PublicEducation

Understanding the attacks on public education…

I’ll be kicking off this event tonight with opening remarks alongside @dianeravitch.bsky.social And then @governorwalz.mn.gov will be giving us a hell of a send-off on Sunday! @npeaction.bsky.social

🚨Let’s talk election integrity in MI—because Republicans are spreading lies. 🚨 An audit released today found just 15 noncitizen votes—only 0.00026% of total ballots—the lowest in any recent state audit. Despite this, R’s keep lying. We rank 2nd in the nation in MIT’s Elections Performance Index.

State School Boards: Policy & Power in the Fight Against Privatization & for Public Schools featuring state school board members from OH, CO, & MI Join us to listen to their stories & suggestions networkforpubliceduc... #NPE2025Columbus

Join the Southern Ed Foundation, Education Law Center & Advancement Project as they lay out how private school vouchers are causing the loss of neighborhood schools. Register today networkforpubliceduc... #NPEColumbus2025

Wow!! Look at this workshop that will be presenting at the #NPEColumbus2025 conference. Vouchers Hurt Ohio steering committee and their legal team will present the 5 Counts of the lawsuit against vouchers in Ohio. Register now! networkforpubliceduc...