<p>The Trump Administration’s War on Children<br>—</p><p>The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/how</span><span class="invisible">-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a></p>
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<p>Just weeks after creating a $50 million tax credit for private schools, Idaho has shut down a program that helped public school students pay for laptops, school supplies, tutoring and other expenses.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a></p>
<p>The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.<br>—</p><p>For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> Regulators Closed a Failing Charter <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a>. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.<br>—</p><p>Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, <a href="/tags/academic/" rel="tag">#academic</a> performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/teacher/" rel="tag">#Teacher</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/41WKSu6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/41WKSu6</a></p>
<p>Shaken <a href="/tags/baby/" rel="tag">#Baby</a> Syndrome Has Found New Life in Courts as Abusive Head Trauma. One Family Is Fighting Their Son’s Diagnosis.<br>—</p><p>Exonerations and new <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> continue to raise questions about shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that lives on under a different name: “abusive head trauma.” Critics say the name deflects scrutiny while leaving <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#parents</a> vulnerable to criminal charges.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/socialwork/" rel="tag">#SocialWork</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/40bMD53" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/40bMD53</a></p>
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<p>A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess if He Made a Threat.<br>—</p><p>The way school officials handled his case also exposes glaring contradictions in two recent state laws that aim to criminalize school threats and require schools to expel students who make them — with minimal transparency or accountability.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-assessment-expulsion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threat-assessment-expulsion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-school-threat-assessment-expulsion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a></p>
<p>Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division<br>—</p><p>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.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a></p>
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<p>Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say<br>—</p><p>“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bab</span><span class="invisible">y-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/baby/" rel="tag">#Baby</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a></p>
<p>Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.<br>—</p><p>A Republican lawmaker said ending an Idaho program that helped public school students buy laptops and other materials wasn’t linked to the creation of a private school tax credit. The state’s most prominent conservative group says it should be.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.<br>==<br>Idaho <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> with disabilities have worse outcomes than many of their peers in other states, according to federal data. </p><p><a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> say it can take months to evaluate students, and in some cases <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> have refused to provide needed services. </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#Kids</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-special-education-disabilities-complaints</span></a></p>
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<p>Faith Family Academy is one of eight Texas charter school districts on track to be shut down at the end of the year after receiving an “F” rating.</p><p>Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-charter-superintendent-pay-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-charter-superintendent-pay-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-charter-superintendent-pay-performance?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/charterschool/" rel="tag">#CharterSchool</a> <a href="/tags/superintendent/" rel="tag">#Superintendent</a></p>
<p>Cutting federal funding. Weakening civil rights protections. Injecting God into the classroom.</p><p>Here are some of the ways Trump’s Department of Education could upend public schools.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-department-of-education-changing-public-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-department-of-education-changing-public-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-department-of-education-changing-public-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/teaching/" rel="tag">#Teaching</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> & <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.letsaskyourmom.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>index</span></a></span> - Blog of tips for parenting, food, travel</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.philosophergrandma.blog/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> - Grandmother's advice for grandparents</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://antiparent.com/" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> - Parenting blog with alternative viewpoint emphasising societal support structures</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://primaryfocus.tv/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hello</span></a></span> - Advice & news about elementary schools in US</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.starkravingdadblog.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>issy</span></a></span> - Blog about homeschooling children in New Zealand</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://walkingwithdaddy.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dad</span></a></span> - Blog by father of two girls in southern England</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@thetoylibrary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thetoylibrary</span></a></span> - Irish non-profit helping families donate & borrow toys</p><p>🧵 1/2</p>
<p>"Why more parents are riding cargo bikes, skipping the minivan” - report by <br>Jacob Fenston, <a href="/tags/nationalpublicradio/" rel="tag">#NationalPublicRadio</a> - 6-minute audio with transcript</p><p>"It's such a better start to my day, that now there's truly not weather that I would rather drive in." <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/18/nx-s1-5532087/why-some-parents-are-ditching-minivans-for-cargo-bikes" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/10/18/nx-s1-5532087/why-some-parents-are-ditching-minivans-for-cargo-bikes"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/10/18/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">532087/why-some-parents-are-ditching-minivans-for-cargo-bikes</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/npr/" rel="tag">#NPR</a> <a href="/tags/cargobikes/" rel="tag">#CargoBikes</a> <a href="/tags/biketoschool/" rel="tag">#BikeToSchool</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#parents</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/bikecommuter/" rel="tag">#BikeCommuter</a></p>
<p>NEW: Powerful <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> Assembly Speaker Robin Vos had repeatedly blocked lawmakers from voting on a bipartisan bill to extend postpartum <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> coverage. </p><p>The legislation now goes to Gov. Tony Evers, who is expected to sign it into law.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-postpartum-medicaid-new-mothers-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-postpartum-medicaid-new-mothers-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-postpartum-medicaid-new-mothers-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#parents</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/mom/" rel="tag">#mom</a></p>