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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Hechinger Report: Education Department restarts online library ERIC. “The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it would continue to operate its online library, known as ERIC, after allowing it to lapse last week. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had sought significant cuts to the document repository that is used by 14 million people a year, and allowed funding to […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/hechinger-report-education-department-restarts-online-library-eric/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/hechinger-report-education-department-restarts-online-library-eric/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Data Rescue Project: ERICA to the Rescue!. “Several volunteers and partners of the Data Rescue Project (DRP) have been working tirelessly for the last few weeks to back up the ERIC catalog and full-text PDFs. A DRP volunteer going by the username of crizzo has single-handedly submitted the links to 500,000 PDFs to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. To ensure continued access to the […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/data-rescue-project-erica-to-the-rescue/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/data-rescue-project-erica-to-the-rescue/</a></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/TheGremlinZoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGremlinZoo</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DepartmentofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofEducation</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> </p><p>From CNN.com: Department of Education policy targeting DEI and other race-related school programs is likely unconstitutional, judge rules</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/politics/education-dei-policy-blocked?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/24/politics/ed</span><span class="invisible">ucation-dei-policy-blocked?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
Preston Maness ☭<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span> </p><p>>In Beaumont ISD, law enforcement referrals disproportionately affect Black students. OCR data for the 2021-22 school year shows Black students comprised 75 percent of students arrested by school law enforcement, even though they made up 60 percent of the student population that year. TEA records show Black students made up 60 percent of the district’s student population in the 2023-24 school year, but they accounted for 85 percent of students who received out-of-school suspensions and were moved from schools into the disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP), where students receive online education under surveillance and which criminal justice advocates refer to as a step in the school-to-prison pipeline. <br>><br>>Statewide, Black students made up less than 13 percent of all students enrolled in public schools in 2023-24. But TEA data for that year reveals that Black students accounted for 31 percent of students who received out-of-school suspensions and 22 percent of students sent to DAEP. </p><p>"Online education under surveillance?" That sounds awful, especially if your internet connection is spotty.</p><p>>Relying on local law enforcement and school districts to enforce federal, state, or local policies without oversight is challenging, Hairston said. “Generally, districts don’t have much, in my experience, willingness to stand up against the culture of school policing and the abuse that so many Black and brown children face at the hands of school police officers,” he told the Observer.<br>><br>>According to Texas Education Agency spokesperson Jake Kobersky, the agency does not investigate complaints of racial discrimination that might violate the Civil Rights Act, adding that “Such complaints are referred to the USDOE Office of Civil Rights.” </p><p>That's basically an admission that, so long as the federal Department of Education is under Trump's control, the states can let their racism fly unfettered.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/doe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doe</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NAACP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAACP</span></a> Sues <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> Over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> Rollbacks: Here's What To Know </p><p>The nation's oldest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> group says the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs is unconstitutional and disproportionately harms <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStudents</span></a>.</p><p>April 19, 2025</p><p>"The NAACP is suing the U.S. Department of Education over recent efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. In a federal complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the organization alleges that the Department of Education’s recent directives are unconstitutional and discriminatory—particularly for Black students.</p><p>"The complaint faults the administration for targeting programs that offer '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/truthful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truthful</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusive</span></a> curricula,' as well as policies that expand access to selective educational opportunities for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAmericans</span></a> and foster belonging while addressing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> in schools.</p><p>"The NAACP argues that the Department’s recent actions 'advance a misinterpretation' of federal civil rights laws and Supreme Court precedent—actions that, according to the group, violate its members’ rights to equal protection and to be free from viewpoint discrimination under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a>.</p><p>"NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the move, stating that the administration is 'effectively sanctioning' the very discrimination that U.S. civil rights laws were designed to prevent</p><p>" 'The Department of Education, tasked with a responsibility to protect the civil rights of all children, has instead claimed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> doesn’t exist — effectively sanctioning the very discrimination that our civil rights laws were designed to prevent while children of color consistently attend <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/segregated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>segregated</span></a>, chronically underfunded schools where they receive less educational opportunities and more discipline,' said Johnson."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.essence.com/news/naacp-sues-department-of-education-over-dei/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">essence.com/news/naacp-sues-de</span><span class="invisible">partment-of-education-over-dei/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsARacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARacist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>KQED: A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies is Under Threat. “Initially, ERIC was spared from the department’s mass contract cancellations in February. But according to Erin Pollard Young, the sole Education Department employee who managed ERIC until her job was eliminated in March, the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE has since refused to approve disbursement of […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/22/kqed-a-treasure-trove-of-education-reports-and-studies-is-under-threat/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/22/kqed-a-treasure-trove-of-education-reports-and-studies-is-under-threat/</a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>TRUMP'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS GOING TO PUT A STOP TO THIS<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/departmentofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>departmentofeducation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/educationdepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educationdepartment</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>National Press Foundation: Data Helps Tell Education Stories, and Journalists Need to Find the Best Sources. “Rachel Rush-Marlowe, the founder and executive director of the education policy think tank ResearchEd and a former Education Department employee, spoke with NPF’s Widening the Pipeline fellows about how to access education data and accurately represent what the statistics […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/15/national-press-foundation-data-helps-tell-education-stories-and-journalists-need-to-find-the-best-sources/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/15/national-press-foundation-data-helps-tell-education-stories-and-journalists-need-to-find-the-best-sources/</a></p>
RTE News Headlines<p>[13:25] Teachers to raise concerns over Senior Cycle reform</p><p> Second level teacher trade unions will meet Department of Education officials this afternoon for the first of a series of meetings to discuss their concerns around Senior Cycle reform.</p><p> <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0415/1507772-senior-cycle-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0415/</span><span class="invisible">1507772-senior-cycle-reform/</span></a><br> <br> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Second" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Second</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DepartmentofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/thisafternoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thisafternoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/first" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>first</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> professors sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration over funding cut threats</p><p>by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WBUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WBUR</span></a></p><p>"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> discrimination on campus.</p><p>"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.</p><p>"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a>, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.</p><p>"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.</p><p>" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'</p><p>"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inquiry</span></a> at Harvard.'</p><p>"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> and students that engaged in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harva</span><span class="invisible">rd-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
Barbara Monaco<p>This flew under the radar while the media were focused on tariffs. US Department of Education on Friday abruptly canceled all funds for public school student counseling and tutoring. Schools throughout the country are ending these services.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/departmentofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>departmentofeducation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TrumpChaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpChaos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.timesunion.com/education/article/u-s-education-department-cancels-tutoring-20256377.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timesunion.com/education/artic</span><span class="invisible">le/u-s-education-department-cancels-tutoring-20256377.php</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>SCHOOLS MUST BE MAGA OR LOSE FUNDING<br>Mastodon</p><p>The job of the MUSK-Trump Department of Education is to withhold money from schools.</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/departmentofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>departmentofeducation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>
MJ Muse<p>New Oklahoma curriculum would include the Bible, Jesus and 2020 election 'discrepancies'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ExposeMAGALies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExposeMAGALies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OklahomaFascistState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OklahomaFascistState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DepartmentofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofEducation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BookBanBusters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanBusters</span></a> <a href="https://www.alternet.org/oklahoma-curriculum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/oklahoma-curricul</span><span class="invisible">um/</span></a></p>
ITSEC News<p>How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack - “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibitin... <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/americansunitedforseparationofchurchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americansunitedforseparationofchurchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u</span></a>.s.agencyforinternationaldevelopment <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u</span></a>.s.immigrationandcustomsenforcement <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nationalsecurityadvisormichaelwaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurityadvisormichaelwaltz</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u</span></a>.s.districtcourtjudgeroycelamberth <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u</span></a>.s.supremecourtjusticejohnroberts <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/departmentofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>departmentofeducation</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration targets <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> again, this time on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> policy in schools </p><p>The U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a>. which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.<br> <br>by Eric Russell, March 28, 2025</p><p>"The Trump administration is once again targeting Maine over its policies on transgender youth.</p><p>"The U.S. Department of Education – an agency the president is trying to abolish – announced Friday it has initiated an investigation into Maine’s Department of Education over allegations that school districts in the state are violating the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FERPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FERPA</span></a>).</p><p>"Specifically, the federal agency says school districts are allowing officials to create 'gender plans' that support a transgender student’s identity but then not making those plans available to parents. </p><p>"A similar investigation was launched in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> this week.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Schools in Maine have been caught in a legal gray area between respecting student privacy and parents’ rights to be informed when it comes to children’s expression of gender identity while at school. Many youth live in families whose members might not be supportive of their gender identity.</p><p>"The Trump administration already has been investigating Maine for allowing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> to compete, something that is allowed under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineHumanRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineHumanRightsAct</span></a> but defies an executive order the president signed in February. This month, the administration found that Maine violated the federal law known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> and warned that if the state didn’t make changes, it would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice and the potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in federal funding. </p><p>"The announcement from the U.S. Department of Education this week also warns that if any Maine district is found in violation of the federal privacy act, it could lose federal funding. It’s unclear how that will play out, though, because Trump is trying to eliminate the education department at the federal level. </p><p>"A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Education did not immediately respond Friday to questions about the investigation. A spokesperson for the Maine Attorney General’s Office declined to comment.</p><p>"Trump and his supporters have elevated transgender rights as the biggest battle in the country’s culture war and believe their messaging is a political winner, even beyond traditional party lines.</p><p>"In addition to his executive order barring transgender girls or women from competing in athletics, Trump signed another that says the federal government would only recognize two genders, male and female, a move some advocates said was designed to erase transgender individuals from existence.</p><p>"Many states, Maine included, have strong protections for transgender individuals."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2025/03/28/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.md/b6gpf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/b6gpf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
RTE News Headlines<p>[21:33] 13,540 unqualified teachers hired to teach in 2024 - Dept</p><p> 13,540 unqualified individuals were employed to teach in Irish schools in 2024, according to new Department of Education figures obtained by TG4's 7LÁ programme.</p><p> <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0325/1504034-dept-education-figures-teachers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/education/2025/032</span><span class="invisible">5/1504034-dept-education-figures-teachers/</span></a><br> <br> #13,540 <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> #2024 <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/DepartmentofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ozioso.online/tags/7L%C3%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7LÁ</span></a></p>
Bi Sasquatch<p>Source: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Vox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vox</span></a></span> </p><p>From the article: "Amid the upheaval, one thing is clear: Any plan to shut down the Education Department — and, indeed, the cuts and layoffs that have already happened — will disproportionately hurt students with disabilities. That includes kids who receive special education, but also those in general education classrooms who get supports or accommodations to learn, from speech therapy to sign language interpreters to counseling. Any kid who has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 plan through their school could be affected by what’s going on at the Education Department."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> Students <a href="https://c.im/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/policy/403596/what-dismantling-the-education-department-means-for-kids-with-disabilities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/policy/403596/what-dis</span><span class="invisible">mantling-the-education-department-means-for-kids-with-disabilities</span></a></p>
CubeRootOfTrue<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dice.camp/@LeviKornelsen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LeviKornelsen</span></a></span> my business requires unethical treatment of my staff. It's in the NDA. But they aren't slaves, I even pay them! They're graduate students, so I don't really have to pay them, I'm just nice</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DepartmentofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofEducation</span></a></p>
Infrogmation<p>"Yep, I wanna be SECRETARY OF EDUCATION because I'd like to bring every chile up to MY cultural level."</p><p>"Pogo" daily cartoon by Walt Kelly, 14 February 1969.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pogo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pogo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a></p>
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