Brandi Simonsen

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Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...

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Inexplicable Cuts at the Dept. of Education Recently, DOGE has bragged about terminating 89 contracts worth a collective $881 million at the Institute for Education Sciences at the US Department of Education.

Educational research junkies, here is a deep dive into the contract cancellations at #IES goodscience.substack.com/p/inexplicab...

Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...

DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Can Trump Ax the Education Department Without Congress? Trump has been flexing his power through executive orders, and there's the potential for one targeting the Education Department.

Helpful reminder about process: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Education Officials Placed on Leave in Trump’s Sprawling Effort to Curb D.E.I. Some of those put on leave said they had only a minimal connection to diversity or equity efforts.

And staff in ED are also being targeted: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

My promise to you We are entering a new period in America

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Federal Judge Orders White House to Keep Money Flowing to 22 States A court in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order to block Trump’s directive to defund programs he considers to be “woke.”

Window of hope for protecting critical programs, services, and research: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/u...