Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation @TCFdotorg. Former teacher. Passionate about school integration, universal pre-K, and smarter charters. Views are my own
New York, NY
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“Students are having a really hard time paying attention,” said @TCFdotorg’s @Ale_VazquezBaur, “They’re afraid for themselves, or maybe they’re afraid for a parent or a sibling who could at any moment be picked up and they will never see them again.” vox.com/life/478770/ice-immi…
Halley Potter retweeted
Join us in congratulating Bridges Collaborative member Kamar Samuels on his recent appointment as @DOEChancellor for NYC Schools!
On integration work, Chancellor Samuels has modeled how to "hear hard things being said about you...and then give people tools to stay there in the conversation."
Learn more: go.tcf.org/samuels
ALT Group photo of members of the Bridges Collaborative, including newly appointed NYC Schools Commissioner Kamar Samuels. The Bridges Collaborative is a national network of education leaders working to address school integration and racial justice across the country.
ALT Close-up shot of Kamar Samuels attending a Bridges Collaborative event.
Halley Potter retweeted
Our loss is New York City’s gain! 🎉🫶 Congratulations to @JulieSuLabor on her new appointment.
Welcome to A New Era, Julie Su!
As former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Julie played a central role in fighting for workers, ensuring a just day's pay for a hard day's work and saving the pensions of more than a million union workers and retirees. A lover of Queens, she's joining us as NYC's first ever Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice.
Halley Potter retweeted
I ran the DOL office that many of these ED programs are going to during the last administration. It's hard to describe how nonsensical what Trump is doing but I'll give it a stab
The Trump administration’s attempt to transfer core functions of the Dept. of Education to other agencies is an illegal bypass of Congress to achieve through fiat what they cannot win legislatively.
Millions of families would be harmed in the process:
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Halley Potter retweeted
This week, the federal government officially shut down. And while politicians in D.C. argue over who’s to blame, families at home should know the truth: this shutdown is primarily a cost-of-living fight—namely, the cost of health care. 🧵
Halley Potter retweeted
To understand how families are *really* feeling about the economy, we partnered with @MorningConsult to survey 2,000+ Americans on a wide-range of issues. Let’s dig into what we learned. 🧵
Full report: go.tcf.org/TrumpEconomy
ALT The hidden costs of Trump's economy.
Halley Potter retweeted
Trump is waging a war on working class families with reckless tariffs, illegal interference with federal programs, and cuts to healthcare, education, and food services. We asked families how they’re surviving, and what they want from government.
This morning, we released an alarming new report detailing the depths of Americans’ financial distress, based on a June survey of 2,000 voters with @MorningConsult.
TCF President Julie Margetta Morgan (@jmargetta) explains in a new op-ed in @RollingStone.
rollingstone.com/politics/po…
Halley Potter retweeted
EVENT (Thu, 7/31): Join us to dig into new polling findings that reveal families are struggling financially—a lot. TrumpsEconomy.eventbrite.com
Halley Potter retweeted
Big news from @TCFdotorg: @AngelaHanks is joining The Century Foundation as our Chief of Policy Programs. We are so lucky to have such a talented, savvy expert leading our policy teams! tcf.org/content/about-tcf/an…
Halley Potter retweeted
Tomorrow marks 71 years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board, the landmark case where a unanimous court overruled the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
Follow @TCFdotorg as we uplift the latest research on race and education in America. tcf.org/content/commentary/7…
Halley Potter retweeted
When you don’t have much, what you do have is precious; foster kids shouldn’t be forced the cary their belongings in trash bags between placements. S.3781 would provide them actual luggage—which is the literal least we owe our foster youth.
ALT Sen. Jabari Brisport holding a trash bag
Halley Potter retweeted
“This is about representation. We don’t have enough people with disabilities, and we don’t have enough young moms in the halls of power.
This is about the missing voices of millions of Americans who don’t have representation in our own government.” -@SenDuckworth
Halley Potter retweeted
@TCFdotorg highlighted The New E3 School as 1 of 20 exemplary programs nationwide using different funding models to ensure equitable access. Our STREAMin3 model, developed in our school & in partnership with @UVA, is in over 5,000 classrooms.
Read more: brnw.ch/21wPft8
Halley Potter retweeted
20 different examples of #EarlyChildhood programs that use blending and braiding funding as a tool for diverse enrollment. @TCFdotorg @trustfrlearning tcf.org/content/report/early…
Halley Potter retweeted
Our partner A. Sophie Rogers School was recently featured in a report from The Century Foundation on early childhood programs that use blending and braiding funding as a tool for diverse enrollment.
You can find the report at the link below. @TCFdotorg
tcf.org/content/report/early…
Halley Potter retweeted
Funding early childhood education is tricky: most public programs serve low-income families, while most private tuition is too low to support fair compensation yet still too high for most families.
"Blending and braiding funding" can help bridge the gap.
Our partner A. Sophie Rogers School was recently featured in a report from The Century Foundation on early childhood programs that use blending and braiding funding as a tool for diverse enrollment.
You can find the report at the link below. @TCFdotorg
tcf.org/content/report/early…
Halley Potter retweeted
“Youth in supportive housing never had a seat at the table, so we gave them one “ When housing with 'support' is a health hazard, it’s not support—it’s a crisis. NYC’s foster youth are fighting just to live in humane conditions and are often hurt by the people we pay to help them.
“My caseworker told me I need to start living in the real world” “The staff made me feel invisible, inferior, the staff made me feel small”
@Policy_Chey has brought their unheard voices to the forefront, challenging NYC to make quality housing a reality. Youth deserve support that respects their dignity and humanity. Learn more here: shorturl.at/jQOfP
Halley Potter retweeted
Kids losing free meals. Students pushed out of public schools. Children and pregnant women losing access to child care and prenatal care. These are just some of the implications for NYC schools if Project 2025 comes to pass, from senior fellow @HalPott
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Halley Potter retweeted
.@TCFdotorg’s report underscores what I hear around Virginia—child care is unaffordable for many and providers are struggling to keep their doors open. This issue transcends parties and state lines. I'll keep working to pass my bill with @SenKatieBritt to address this.
NEW REPORT: A year after the child care cliff, prices are rising and families are struggling. Child care costs have increased 220 percent since the 1990s, and our report reinforces the need for investments in child care to lower costs for working families. tcf.org/content/report/child…
Halley Potter retweeted
NEW REPORT: A year after the child care cliff, prices are rising and families are struggling. Child care costs have increased 220 percent since the 1990s, and our report reinforces the need for investments in child care to lower costs for working families. tcf.org/content/report/child…