I live here in the 10th congressional district - Blake has dedicated his life to serving the community here in Central PA, from the Harrisburg Police Department to the Boys & Girls Club, and would be a fantastic candidate if he chooses to run.

Another baseball stadium crossed off our list! Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants and the original #24 that inspired my favorite #24.

I was a big fan of those acting secretaries, personally! 😝

I got to work remotely today from the amazing Seattle Public Library (Seattle Public Library). I could get used to this!

Home, sweet home.

Katie and I enjoyed spending the day volunteering as silent witness peacekeepers at the Harrisburg Pride Festival today! 🌈

NEWS: Legislative leaders will NOT appeal the Feb. 7th decision finding that Pennsylvania's public school funding system is unconstitutional.

The decision is now final. It's time to build a system that provides for quality public schools in every community, regardless of wealth

Thank you Dr. Michele Hartzell and the North East School District for inviting me to join you for your leadership retreat in Pittsburgh this week! What an amazing, compassionate group of school leaders.

Last night, I was honored to be appointed by Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams and Harrisburg City Council to serve a 5-year term as a board member of the Harrisburg Housing Authority. Looking forward to getting to work on behalf of all our neighbors here in the city who need a…

Two very different passions of mine collide!

Folks who work with me on education-related issues know that I take every opportunity I can to talk about structured literacy and the science of reading - it was a big priority of mine as Secretary of Education.

But on Wednesday…

It was so nice to spend time today with Donna-Marie Cole, Ph.D., Juliet Curci, Laura Boyce, Amy Morton, and members of Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC), Teach Plus PA, National Center on Education & the Economy - NCEE, and many more - teachers, students, and parents from all over Pennsylvania trying to improve our education system. They were…

Really proud of my friend, Ethan Smith, who is starting his own polling firm (@upswingRS) after nearly a decade of success across the country. (Slick website and logo!)

Just wrapped up an awesome few days with old friends at the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) conference. Thanks so much to Ed Albert and the hundreds of member school districts for all your amazing work and advocacy!