Kristen Forbriger

Awarded the Jack Dugan Memorial Scholarship to two very deserving young men today. Huge thanks… instagram.com/p/BYOZsntgsmd/

Check this out: In EVERY SINGLE CITY that significantly expanded public charter schools over the past decade, ALL low-income kids (including those in district-run schools!) leapt toward state averages. The other cities? Not so much. Read on from @ppi at progressivepolicy.org/publication/se…

What a day! So excited to announce I've launched three new orgs: Agency, Agency Act + Agency PAC. Our goals: work with partners to provide strategic communications, elevate parent voice and make sure every kid has access to a high-quality public education. We have Agency! This is my life’s work. Couldn’t be more thrilled. Follow @actwithagency agencyworks.org agencyact.org agencypac.com

Exciting news for the charter movement. Congrats @starleecoleman!!

This fantastic from @Studio79

Big thanks to ⁦@NationalParents⁩ and @radiokeri⁩ for letting us ride along as they demand a more inclusive and practical parents’ bill of rights in D.C. Finally there’s real parent pushback on the fake culture wars. edpost.com/stories/parent…

coming out of my twitter grave to thank @debbieveney for this great op-ed today: usatoday.com/story/opinion/… And all my charter-supporting friends should give this episode with @citizenstewart a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/794LmG…

Pandemic or no pandemic. In-person or virtual. The scores for Black and Brown children since forever are un-acceptable. So why is it so easy for Americans to accept them? #Naep

few things get me excited enough to send a tweet these days... want to thank @NeeravKingsland for his leadership and personally giving me an amazing opportunity to work with the kickass team at City Fund... and huge congrats to my dear friend Marlon!! the74million.org/article/city-f…

@LoriArmistead @plturnbull Thank you!! I don’t plan to leave the bedroom for several days (a lot more solo parenting for mine too!!)

@kforbriger @plturnbull NOOOO! Ugh. Rest and unplug! I had what resulted in a 26 hour delay…! My 8a rebook was delayed and delayed and delayed until 4:15 takeoff. Annoying (esp for my hubby who had all three kids for four days!), but all good now!

#NCSC22 was a long-overdue opportunity to reconnect — and in many cases connect for the first time IRL! — with some of the most passionate educators and advocates in the country!

@LoriArmistead @plturnbull Nooo I just saw this! Did you get home that night?! (Ps. I have Covid)

@kforbriger and @plturnbull — I was on a three hour ground stop at DCA. We are now deplaning, in hopes of taking off in another hour or so…!

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.

I do not undersatnd how policymakers can read this, or anything else that has been written on this topic in the last few days, and not try to help. Test to stay for child care? Where is the CDC? nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/…

Why is the messaging (for vaccinated people) different than last holiday? Because of changes in externalities. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Is Amy Coney Barrett an actual human woman? She thinks women can have babies, give them up for adoption and go on about their lives? We’re not robots, if a woman has a child it affects her the rest of her life whether she gives it up for adoption or not ARGHG($5(?$’h!&&@;;:)!

WATCH: On @ErinBurnett's @OutFrontCNN, @gabecohennews notes that in @radiokeri's conversations with thousands of parents across the country, parents' key concerns aren't about critical race theory, but about challenges that kids are facing in their schools from the pandemic.

“All that ESSER money we received to help with actual social emotional support for your kids? We’ll be keeping that. Also parents: Hope your personal mental health and wellness does not involve keeping your job. Just bang out of work for yet another day!”

@Dyrnwyn @Mr_Ankrum @citizenstewart @brightbeamntwk Ditto!!

@Mr_Ankrum @citizenstewart @brightbeamntwk Ditto.

Shouts to the homie @citizenstewart CEO of @brightbeamntwk. I appreciate you bro, your work is inspiring.

1. Regardless of the outcome in VA today, everyone should familiarize themselves about hyper-politicization of school boards and the dark money groups behind it This playbook will be repeated in hundreds of races across the country in 2022 Follow along if interested.

Our latest #ParentPoll found just 21% of parents say their children’s schools have asked parents to give input on how #ARPESSER funds should be used. For lower income families, only 17% say they’ve been asked for feedback.