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"In social studies—a subject to which schools have historically given short shrift in favor of devoting time and resources to math and reading—the loss of these kinds of supplemental resources and programs may take an especially big toll." www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

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The federal government plays a pretty substantial role in helping schools ward off cyberattacks (and schools are BIG targets). How schools will manage as the federal government scales back these resources is anyone's guess. My latest with @laurainegl.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/technology/c...

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🧵My @edweek.bsky.social colleagues have been thoroughly covering the effects of the Trump administration's agenda on K-12 schools. @laurainegl.bsky.social and @ariannaprothero.bsky.social on the growing threat of cyberattacks as Trump cuts security initiatives: www.edweek.org/technology/c...

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Federal rights for #students with disabilities haven't changed. But will the Department of Health and Human Services have the capacity to take on #SpecialEducation services as it faces its own cuts? Important story by @marklieberman.bsky.social and Brooke Schultz. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

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Concerns about how kids' cellphone use, especially during school hours, is affecting their learning and mental health is a rare bipartisan issue. www.edweek.org/leadership/w...

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Maine—where the state’s Democratic governor has publicly been at odds with Trump—has become a test case for whether, and how, the administration will make good on its threats to pull K-12 funding from states and schools that disobey the president’s orders. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #Edusky

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Outbreaks of once-eradicated diseases, like measles, are becoming increasingly common and more severe as childhood vaccination rates decline. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...

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At least five states are proposing actions that would limit undocumented students’ access to a free, public education, according to an Education Week analysis. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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The office of educational technology staffers are among the hundreds of employees that were dismissed from the Education Department last week. @ariannaprothero.bsky.social and I wrote about the downstream effects that would have: www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #EduSky #EdTech

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Recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration and conservative activists could reinvigorate political pushback to social-emotional learning, with potentially long-term consequences on how schools teach the concept. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #edusky #SEL

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“President Donald Trump promises he’ll make American schools great again. He has fired nearly everyone who might objectively measure whether he succeeds.”

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Between government-slashing actions by DOGE to proposed policies like dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, teachers' and students' data could be put at risk. Three experts explain how: www.edweek.org/technology/i...

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What happens to student #privacy if ED is dismantled or disempowered? The 135+ state student data privacy laws don’t come close to covering the terrain addressed by FERPA and PPRA. @edweek.bsky.social @ariannaprothero.bsky.social @laurainegl.bsky.social www.edweek.org/technology/i...

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DOGE has slashed only a sliver of the Ed Department’s overall spending—including money earmarked for initiatives that have had bipartisan support for decades. Even so, the aftershocks are being felt immediately by people in schools. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #Edusky #education #schools #DOGE

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@edweek.bsky.social talked to three veteran teachers who have incorporated AI into their everyday practice. For them, using AI has been a big timesaver and has made a notoriously high-stress, high-responsibility job more manageable. Have you tried any of these? www.edweek.org/technology/i...

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Our new investigation in @wired.com shows the danger of Google's huge RTB security problem We easily obtained Google RTB segment data about US national security personnel from a databroker -- despite posing as a foreign company that fetes Russian troops our fake website www.wired.com/story/google...

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Trump's funding freezes affect efforts to boost pedestrian safety near schools, services for helping high school students with disabilities transition to adulthood, and mental health supports for middle schoolers... The list goes on: www.edweek.org/policy-polit... via @marklieberman.bsky.social

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The "dear colleague" letter is a sign of a DEI crackdown in schools and another example of how Trump’s Education Department is using its office for civil rights as a tool to carry out the president’s social agenda. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #edusky #schools #DEI #education #K12

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Two new @edweek.bsky.social stories on Trump administration efforts to freeze K-12 spending approved by Congress: Me on electric buses/composting/other halted projects: www.edweek.org/policy-polit... Sarah Sparks/Sarah Schwartz on eliminated teacher prep programs: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

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The grants support: - Partnerships b/t districts and nonprofits or higher ed to expand teacher prep & recruitment - Hands-on classroom training for teacher candidates - In-service PD for teachers and principals - Alternative programs for entering the profession www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

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"These guys came in with a sledgehammer and they just broke shit. … What you really need is a crew that comes in there and has more knowledge than the DOGE people that are committed to rebuilding the education R&D infrastructure." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/11/e...

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In more than two dozen states, lawmakers are considering legislation that would restrict students' use of cellphones in schools. The movement to address the cellphone challenge at the state level has grown rapidly since last year. www.edweek.org/technology/m... #edusky #schools #teahchers

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"This is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars," an AIR spokesperson told Education Week. "Many of these contracts are nearing completion and canceling them now yields the taxpayers no return on their investment." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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"We wanted to make it clear that we don't want ICE in our schools." Hundreds of Houston ISD students walked out of Houston MSTC today to protest President Donald Trump administration's immigration crackdown. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

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Programs that provide pre-K and day-care services for kids from low-income families aren't receiving federal $$—despite promises from the Trump administration that the funding freeze is no longer in effect and wouldn’t affect Head Start even if it were. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #edusky

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Almi Abeyta, the superintendent of Chelsea public schools just north of Boston, braced herself for changes in immigration policy. Despite her preparation, she still felt caught off guard. “We weren’t expecting any of this to happen so incredibly quickly,” she said. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

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Trump signed executive orders that directed agencies to look into using taxpayer dollars to fund private school tuition and that threatened to pull federal subsidies from schools that teach about race and gender in ways counter to the administration's views. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #edusky

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JUST IN: A U.S. military official told NPR on Friday that at the request of the family the Army is not going to release the name of the female crew member. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.

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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

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The Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance System is one of the largest nationally representative surveys of teens. Researchers are telling STAT News that without it they will be left in the lurch, particularly when it comes to information on LGBTQ+ populations. www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c...

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This Marty West quote captures a lot of problem. A dismal report card in math and reading hechingerreport.org/naep-test-20...

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Legal experts and immigration advocates say this is part of an effort to undermine and potentially overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plyler v. Doe that grants undocumented students the constitutional right to a free, public education. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #edusky #schools

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"So far, the first menu item to go was olive-oil Oleato coffee."

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"School districts and policy experts spent much of Tuesday struggling to determine which education-related funding streams would be frozen as a result of [Trump's] order, and wondering what the future held for the funds long-term." In short, it was chaos, folks. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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“What is more critical infrastructure than our schools?” said a parent who lost his child in the Parkland shooting. The school safety board advised federal agencies on best practices to protect students. It was nixed so DHS could "prioritize our national security." www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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If you recently saw The Brutalist and want to learn more about #Indianapolis' first (and perhaps most important?) brutalist building, I have the story for you! mirrorindy.org/butler-unive...

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Trump's rhetoric surely nudges some Rs toward his position and some Ds away (see Alyssa Barone's and my recent paper on this dynamic: doi.org/10.1162/edfp...) But I would be surprised if R support breaks 50%. "Abolish the US Dept of Ed" reads generically as anti-education to the typical person.

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Public opinion on immigration is complex. Yes, there is deep support for stricter enforcement at the border. Depending on the question wording, there is slight majority support for expanded deportations. But there is no public demand for arresting people at schools and churches.

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While Democrats are more likely to oppose abolishing the U.S. Department of Education than Republicans, a plurality of GOP voters don’t like the idea of scrapping the agency, either. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #edusky #education

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Trump’s executive actions on immigration go beyond what people are comfortable with, found a recent AP-NORC poll. While many support increased security at the border, allowing the arrest of people in the country illegally at churches and schools was highly unpopular. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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EXCLUSIVE: The Trevor Project to undergo layoffs and restructuring in major ‘transformation’ The CEO of the LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization said it is in the midst of a “perfect storm” that will result in “difficult but necessary” changes. @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the federal government can legally shut down TikTok in the U.S., delivering a stunning blow to the viral video app used by about half of Americans. www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...

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The Supreme Court upholds the law banning TikTok. I'm following the live chat by the good folks at SCOTUSblog for details rn. www.scotusblog.com

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A dozen high schoolers are suing the state of Kentucky over K-12 education adequacy. They're pushing not just for more money, but for targeted instructional investments: civics, literacy, mental health, the arts. My story on who they are and what they hope to win: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

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During the 2023-24 school year, the percentage of kindergartners exempted from one or more vaccinations rose to 3.3%, the highest ever reported, with increases in 40 states and Washington, D.C., according to the CDC. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/16/c... via @chalkbeat.org #edusky

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I wonder how research like this could shape people's views on charter schools that serve students with specific learning disabilities, an idea that has been divisive.

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