The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent, in our magazine.
Read more from the May / June 2025 issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/may-june-2025/
#education #religion #schools #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #comics
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The #Trump admin has *declined* to release nearly $7 billion in federal #funding for #schools that helps pay for after-school & summer programs, support for #students learning English, #teacher training & other services.
The money, which was already allocated by #Congress, was expected to be released by Tuesday. But in an email on Monday, the Trump *#Education* Department notified #state education agencies that the money would not be available.
#law #policy #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/us/trump-education-funds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The courage of a 6th grade teacher can have a big impact!
#courage #resistance #diversity #DEI #schools
Just out from @josephinelee and Joelle DiPaolo: After three decades of fighting back against #vouchers, the governor enlisted the help of the president to destroy the last vestiges of Republican resistance this week. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-trump-house-vouchers-pass/
#education #schools #Trump #GregAbbott #politics #USpol #news #TXlege #Texas #Republicans #democracy
#Idaho Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.
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Idaho #students with disabilities have worse outcomes than many of their peers in other states, according to federal data.
#Parents say it can take months to evaluate students, and in some cases #schools have refused to provide needed services.
#News #Government #Education #Kids
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints
Sunday & 3 links were added to this searchable & translatable collection of links to #freeaccess #edu content👇🏻
https://saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com
Today about #result #reports (fake or real) in a world of #competition & what result might be for #students & #schools - good or bad?
Thanks to authors, Becky Allen, Larry Cuban & Pedro De Bruyckere❣️
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
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Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Public #Schools #Teaching #Family #Children
NEW: A School Bus Killed a 5-Year-Old. The Crash Is Among Dozens Missing From the Bus Company’s Federal Safety Record.
A national system tracks serious bus crashes so regulators can keep roads safe. But the process fails to identify most of a major company’s fatal collisions, WBUR and ProPublica found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/boston-school-bus-crash-record-lens-joseph-transdev
#news #kids #schools #education #transportation #safety #government
NEW: Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings
Tennessee lawmakers voted to change a controversial law so school officials will now only have to report threats they deem “credible.” It comes after an investigation by ProPublica and WPLN that showed children were wrongly ensnared by the legislation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-changed
#news #kids #schools #police #criminaljustice #parents #Tennessee
It’s Sunday & 1 link was added in this #educational link collection - to a brand new blog about that something that has been very debated lately.
https://saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com
Thanks Matt Evans, @head_teach, for putting words to something I think many can relate to❣️
Enjoy reading & please RT/spread further in your own networks elsewhere.
#Education #motivation @EduTooters #schools #TeachersOfMastadon #schoolpolitics #leadership #goals #resources & #results #exclusion #inclusion
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