No one can rival Donald Trump’s prolific Twitter (ab)use, but ed reformers know that Mike Petrilli does his darndest, much to the dismay of everyone’s notifications. And sometimes Fordham’s president even sounds an awful lot like America’s president. So here’s a sampling of some real, Trumpy tweets from a really Trumpy year.
It's OK for Hillary to use her BULLY pulpit to combat BULLYing, but a federal anti-BULLYing law? How about a pledge to stop BULLYing states?
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) October 27, 2016
Make education politics great again! Eliminate 'off-cycle' school board elections https://t.co/8bIVwU3Jnq @BrookingsEd @MichaelHartney
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) February 26, 2016
Hmm. @BetsyDeVos started the American Federation for CHILDREN. @EdProgress is now teaming up with the American Federation for Teachers. Sad! https://t.co/hNhMkkDF1o
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) January 13, 2017
there's harm in both scenarios. Having bad schools fester hurt the OH charthttps://twitter.com/MichaelPetrilli/status/955980950118240257er sector bigly
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) February 9, 2017
Hmm. We need to change the real world in order for personalized learning to flourish? Good luck with that https://t.co/YBhKoXf83R @EdSurge pic.twitter.com/hE1GrxAY9Q
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) June 19, 2017
OII is the scrappy little charter school of the Department of Education. This is like subsuming it within a dysfunctional district bureaucracy. Sad! @PoliticsK12
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) January 24, 2018
Rather than accept that their condescension helped Trump win, now the left wants to blame fake news. Which is...condescending! @smarick
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) November 18, 2016
I think you meant to say, "Wow, awesome jacket Mike!"
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) June 3, 2017
Yup, it's mucked up with a bunch of crazy compliance stuff. Which my authorizing staff spent most of the weekend dealing with. Let's fix!
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) May 1, 2017
I never thought you'd be in favor of extreme vetting Paige! JK JK
— Michael Petrilli (@MichaelPetrilli) April 14, 2017
