Marianne Perie

Kansas families and kids will pay the real cost of gutting the U.S. Department of Education • Kansas Reflector President Trump and DOGE have declared war on the U.S. Department of Education, calling for its dismantling.

Kansas families and kids will pay the real cost of gutting the U.S. Department of Education kansasreflector.com/2025/05/08/k...

Heartbreaking.

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3 Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear

I agree with @andrewdeanho.bsky.social, it feels like our house is engulfed in flames and all we can do is watch it burn. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Thank you to @unitedairlinesual.bsky.social #1144 crew for helping me deplane quickly at ORD and make my connection! #homesweethome

For my friends and colleagues in the DC metro area who want to support the US Department of Education:

Friday Rally at ED
When: 8:00-10:00am on Friday, March 14, 2025
    8:00-9:00am - Honk-a-Thon
    9:00-10:00am - Rally
Where: US ED (memorial side)
400 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington DC

What DOGE’s recent Department of Education cuts could mean for researchers, educators Last week, the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency under billionaire Elon Musk announced nearly $900 million in cuts to the chief research arm of

Great reflections on the first round of cuts at USED from my friend @derekbriggs.bsky.social www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

Do you think DOGE understands that the Common Core of Data is different from Common Core State Standards???

“Trump White House rescinds freeze on federal grants, reversing course”

Well, that was exciting. 🙄

“Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government”

This is going to create such chaos.

Nothing work related to share, but I feel I need to get that first post up, so here’s one of my foster puppies enjoying his first snow.

May the blessings of this Thanksgiving fill your heart and home.