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@aram kinda happens when the point they made about #education now doesn’t need the apparatus to sustain itself, because the morals were being forcefed back then and they are the status quo now
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Print exposure impacts grammatical knowledge more than years of schooling. Tan Arda Gedik examines how literacy is a stronger predictor of linguistic abilities than formal education in Turkish speakers. Conventional metrics may not apply universally. 
https://doi.org/10.25189/2675-4916.2025.V6.N2.ID785
#linguistics #literacy #education
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School vouchers sure are good for someone — but it’s not necessarily kids. Here’s @TexasObserver on how in the Lone Star state, the push for school choice could provide a huge payday for private contractors. These certified educational assistance organizations (CEAO) will act as middlemen between the state, parents and private schools — for a fee, of course.
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/
The Texas Observer · How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in TexasThe Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.
Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored
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Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated dangerous conditions inside Alaska’s deteriorating public schools.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-deterioriating-public-schools-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaInside the Schools Alaska Ignored
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Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.
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The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that Salvador Cavazos, who oversees fewer than 1,000 students, is among the most well-paid superintendents in the country.
https://www.propublica.org/article/salvador-cavazos-valere-pay-pushback?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaTexas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.
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Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
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The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaParents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
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I want to believe University adminstrations in #Australia are poaching US academics.
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
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Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
ProPublicaMassive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
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Today NASA is closing their Office of the Chief Scientist and Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy and also their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility branch.
It's a great time to remind your learning community of the incredible achievements of the Black women mathematicians in the 1960's space program that successfully put a man on the Moon. Yes, we're talking about Disney's Hidden Figures.
We offer a Hidden Figures discussion guide that's great for public screenings and low-key classroom use. We also offer classroom-ready lesson plans, across the curriculum, for grades 9-12.
Like all our materials, these guides are free for everyone. Get yours now.
https://journeysinfilm.org/product/hidden-figures/
#NASA #CurrentEvents #WomensHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #DEI #USPol #Education #Homeschooling #Histodons @stemed @education @edutooters @film
Journeys in FilmHidden Figures | Journeys in FilmHidden Figures Movie discussion guide and lessons for teaching U.S. History, STEM, Black History. This guides supports UN SDGs.
At tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.
Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaShe’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.
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People with #disabilities and their parents who voted for Trump are about to get what they wished for. Before the Department of #Education existed, only 1 in 5 children with disabilities attended school. Today, over 15% of students receive special education. The department administors federal funding ($15 billion in (2024) to ensure states support these students. https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/cutting-the-us-department-of-education-harms-millions-of-students-with-disabilities/
New AmericaCutting the U.S. Department of Education Harms Millions of Students with DisabilitiesThe U.S. Department of Education plays a key role in protecting and supporting students with disabilities.
Do not, I repeat do not, send your kids to study in the US.
Not only do the outrageous fees you pay as an “alien” (their term, not mine) keep their universities afloat, but your kid could be arbitrarily detained by their gestapo for demonstrating a conscience.
#US #USA #academicBoycott #education #fascism #ICE https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news/114134055172837268
kolektiva.socialIt's Going Down (@igd_news@kolektiva.social)"On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents entered a student residential building at Columbia University in uptown New York and detained Mahmoud Khalil, one of the lead negotiators on behalf of pro-Palestine protesters at 2024’s Gaza solidarity encampment. In a sweeping attack on the First Amendment, the Trump administration said this week it would begin revoking visas of “Hamas sympathizers,” specifically citing Columbia University students. The detention followed a two-day targeted online campaign against Khalil by pro-Israel groups and individuals, including Columbia’s high-profile pro-Israel professor, Shai Davidai.
Khalil, an Algerian citizen of Palestinian origin and an American green-card holder, was detained by DHS officials around half past eight as he was entering the Columbia residential building he lives in.
After refusing to sign the nondisclosure agreement, Khalil reportedly said the university put a hold on his transcript and threatened to block him from graduating. But when he appealed the decision through a lawyer, he said, they eventually backed down."
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detains-columbia-university-student-gaza
Hey folks, I'm adding this pinned post on advice from @FediTips
(whom I recommend you follow)
My interests are #HigherEd, #education in general, #SciFi, how people network through #SocialMedia (less the biz/marketing stuff, though I make exceptions).
I'm more active on Bluesky, tbh. I'm @ harmonygritz.bsky.social. You'll find my longtime "rainbow" profile image from Twitter/X there.
I will tell you what could be the next great school of thought. A commingling of:
- #ecology
- Space and Place
- Behavioral Studies
I would even say such a commingling would supersede what has been my primary preoccupation, #ViolenceStudies. The above could rise above that and lead the way.
I am giving it to you free of charge. It would be the new #ontology.
@academicchatter
An updated #Introduction for 2025:
I’m a mom, #cat whisperer, #maker, avid #reader, #gamer, and #dice goblin. I’m a #chemistry #professor and #education #researcher. I love #traveling, #cooking, #photography, #tattoos and #3Dprinting. Ich spreche und lese etwas Deutsch. I use #Mac and #Linux machines and bought a mechanical keyboard for my birthday. I love #DnD and my #SteamDeck. #Masotodon is my primary social media and I love it here.
I contain multitudes. So do you.
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
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On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
https://www.propublica.org/article/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaThis Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
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Rather, the #ExecutiveOrder calls on #Trump’s #Education Secy Linda McMahon [former professional wrestling promoter
] to “take all necessary steps” to facilitate the closure of the dept “to the maximum extent appropriate & permitted by law.”
Officials including McMahon have suggested that might include trying to shift some of the agency’s functions to other parts of government, but that also would face #legal hurdles, as the agency’s major programs are assigned, by #law, to the Education Dept.
#Trump to sign #ExecutiveOrder Thurs closing #Education Dept.
Trump to issue an EO Thurs directing his newly confirmed education secy to close the dept she now leads, 2 people familiar said.
A draft of the executive order that circulated on Wed recognizes that Trump does not have the #power to shutter the Education Dept. It would take an act of #Congress & 60 yes votes in the #Senate, which is unlikely given #Republicans hold only 53 seats.
#law #idiocracy #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/05/trump-close-education-department-executive-order/
The Washington Post · Draft executive order set for Thursday calls for closing Education Dept.
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Which is why the fascists want to dumb down the education system.
They want kids to believe the bullshit and never learn critical thinking skills.
They want the kids to not have elders to learn from.
We know the fascists are closely watching for any signs of mass protests.
The threat to pull all federal funding from universities and colleges shows they are getting worried.
You can help by not using the framing of "pressure on institutions" but by using "deputizing institutions".
It clarifies the role of the institutions in the ongoing struggle for democracy.
Merriam Webster is on board with this, 
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deputize
www.merriam-webster.comDefinition of DEPUTIZEDefinition of 'deputize' by Merriam-Webster