Jonathan Collins
@jonathanecollins.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Education Teachers College, Columbia • 🏀 Supremacist • ✍🏾 Phi Delta Kappan
If you haven’t heard about what’s going with the DNC autopsy report, you need to tap in. I got the chance to break it down on KBLA’s A More Perfect Union, hosted by the brilliant @drniiquartelai. Check out the full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/2jdI...
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“It’s like getting dirty and changing clothes and expecting to smell good without taking a bath. That’s what you’re doing when you change your governance structure.” - @jonathanecollins.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/23/p...
Mayoral control is dead. Long live mayoral control?
Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also e...
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How do administrative designs shape access to democracy? We analyze U.S. school district websites and meetings to show how bureaucracy and group mobilization facilitate access to school board info and the democratic process. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jonathanecollins.bsky.social
Administrative Designs and Access to Political Arenas in Public Education
What administrative and political features render spaces of political action publicly accessible? Drawing on Schattschneider's core elements of visibility and scope, we offer a framework to identify ...
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The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI. apnews.com/article/blac...
NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans
The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward corporations that haven’t pulled back from diversity programs under conservative pressure.
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I just wish somebody from the future would’ve come back and told us that electing the first black president would lead to… *waves hands wildly*
Hear/read more on this topic from @jonathanecollins.bsky.social www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...
Can School Boards Survive the “Parents’ Rights” Movement?
With the 2024 U.S. election on the horizon, TC’s Jonathan Collins and Jeffrey Henig discuss America’s fiery landscape of politics and education
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Honored to be quoted in this thoughtful piece on what the Trump cabinet selections mean for communities of color.
HealthBegins@healthbegins.bsky.social · 2y ago“Communities of color will face significant harm at the hands of these appointees.” The damage Trump’s Cabinet picks could do to communities of color https://buff.ly/4istJOA via @theemancipator.bsky.social CC: @jonathanecollins.bsky.social
As education becomes more politicized, we’re seeing efforts to shift school boards to partisan elections. Is this a bad idea? In my latest @pdkintl column, I dig into this question at length (and gush over my favorite Kendrick Lamar album). Check it out: kappanonline.org/should-schoo...
Should school board elections be partisan? - Kappan Online
School board politics could benefit from being a more vibrant space, but we should be careful with empowering political parties.
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This from @jonathanecollins.bsky.social looks great. Folks support teaching core ideas from Critial Race Theory—that racism is structural (and bad)—but oppose teaching “CRT” because policy makers tarnished the brand. This has broad implications beyond the case. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
They only hate the term: policy branding and the politics of critical race theory | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core
They only hate the term: policy branding and the politics of critical race theory
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The folks Kamala would’ve nominated must be rolling over in their competence right now.
Why do we have to be serious if the Trump Administration refuses to be?
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y agoTrump transition co-chair Linda McMahon is expected to be named as secretary of the Department of Education, CNN reports
But the CRT that wasn’t even being taught in schools was indoctrination?!
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y agoTexas’ education board advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in K-5th grades, the latest GOP-led effort to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms
It took over 60 years to get justice, and the $6 million is still but a fraction of the equity they would’ve generated.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y agoPalm Springs, California, will pay $5.9 million to compensate Black and Latino families whose homes were burned and destroyed in the 1960s
And they only hate that because they are told to.
Jonathan Collins@jonathanecollins.bsky.social · 2y agoHappy to share my latest peer-reviewed publication, “They Only Hate the Term.” Here, I conduct multiple survey experiments to show that the use of the term “critical race theory” generates a > 20% drop in support for teaching kids about race in K-12 classrooms.
Wrote a Bluesky guide for my fellow newbies doing an X exodus. If nothing else, click to watch the amazing gif our visuals department made: www.huffpost.com/entry/bluesk...
Bye, Elon — Bluesky Is Gaining Popularity Postelection. Here's What You Need To Know.
The competitor to X, formerly called Twitter, just reached 16 million users this week.
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Happy to share my latest peer-reviewed publication, “They Only Hate the Term.” Here, I conduct multiple survey experiments to show that the use of the term “critical race theory” generates a > 20% drop in support for teaching kids about race in K-12 classrooms.
Journal of Public Policy@jpublicpolicy.bsky.social · 2y agoA new interesting article by @jonathanecollins.bsky.social is now available on our FirstView page. It is entitled “They only hate the term: policy branding and the politics of critical race theory”. Enjoy it here: t.ly/y8ArC
Nicknaming a man “little Marco” only to make him leader of the foreign service is 2 parts scary, 1 part hilarious.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y agoTrump reportedly expected to name Marco Rubio as Secretary of State
(Related @haveyouheard.bsky.social episode with @jonathanecollins.bsky.social on.soundcloud.com/jK3Up )
#167 Public Education Needs More Democracy, Not Less
Everybody loves to hate on school boards these days. But as education policy scholar Jonathan Collins reminds us, these beleaguered bodies are actually the most accessible entry points to democracy th
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You want to know why voters pushed out Republican 'culture war' school board candidates? It's because most of them have been committed to counterproductive politics that hurts kids and wastes A LOT of money: 6abc.com/central-buck...
Superintendent with Central Bucks School District resigns with 6-figure severance package
Abram Lucabaugh is expected to receive a payout of more than $700,000.
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Come study with @jonathanecollins.bsky.social and me at Teachers College! Learn about becoming a student in our Politics & Education graduate program at this open house. Please share with interested students. apply.tc.edu/register/Pol...
