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c-hinds.bsky.social
Advocate. Policy Researcher. Lawyer. Fellow @tcfdotorg.bsky.social. All views my own.
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Young New Yorkers: This is your chance to ask mayoral candidates the questions that matter. Join Next100 and the @tcfdotorg.bsky.social for the Youth in Focus Forum on April 17 from 6-8 pm on Zoom and make your voice heard. RSVP here: youthinfocus.eventbrite.com #NYCYouthForum

Have no doubt about it, the administration's EO to dismantle the department of education will harm the most vulnerable students and communities. There is a reason for a federal civil rights education agency.

I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...

Quick thread on the now-joined fight to save the Department of Education from closure. (Which, again, has been ongoing for months...but it looks like more progressives are finally facing it now that there's an impending EO to force the argument.)

Recent polling from @newamerica.org found that 55% of Americans oppose closing the Department of Education. They're right to oppose its closure--closing or dismantling ED will negatively impact millions of students and families. We shared how on @tcfdotorg.bsky.social. tcf.org/content/comm...

However much carceral reality TV shows create awareness around prison conditions, they do so in a way that reinforces the need for prisons rather than advocating for solutions to address the root causes of incarceration, writes Vidal Guzman of the #AIRS campaign. inquest.org/punishment-tv/