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Excited to share this work on NC's Parents' Bill of Rights in Practice! Practitioners across four districts shared how SB49 has (or hasn't) shaped their work in schools and how they see SB49 as impacting their school communities. #NCPOL epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

UNC System may require all instructors to publish syllabi, course materials next academic year The drafted regulation, obtained by The Daily Tar Heel, states the policy would go into effect come the 2026-27 academic year. Some instructors said publishing syllabi would invite outside scrutiny th...

Unnecessary and dangerous.

Violating academic freedom and intensifying risk for faculty, lecturers, and TAs is NOT the way.

Protect Academic Freedom, Our Faculty, Our Communities Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members: The UNC System is preparing to cave to political pressure from the Heritage Foundation, the Oversight Project, and the James Martin Center by ...

URGENT ACTION: the UNC System is planning to force instructors to publish their syllabi, claiming these are public records and not our intellectual property. We have a small window of time to redirect this decision.

Please sign
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

"Fifty years ago, Ed Martin helped write the law that made clear to all states and all public schools: Children with disabilities deserve better. The law, he says, was "an affirmation of the values of the country."

He hopes that's still true."

www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown “Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels.

My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/poli...

50 Years After Mandated by US Law, Special Education’s Future in Question, BU Scholar Says Wheelock’s Elizabeth Bettini on the potential impact of Department of Education cuts to students and the special ed workforce

On it's 50th birthday, special ed law is fighting for its life. On Oct 10, the Department of Ed cut hundreds of positions from OSEP, which oversees implementation of the law & investigates complaints from students who’ve been denied needed services.
www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Florida’s Public Universities Should No Longer Hire Foreign Employees, DeSantis Says The Republican governor’s directive on H-1B visas comes as President Trump has initiated his policy of charging employers a new $100,000 fee to hire people from outside the United States.

What on earth can UNC schools expect from an accreditation agency whose principal proponent espouses these kinds of destructive know-nothing policies? Don't get on a train that's heading for a fatal crash! @aaup.org
www.chronicle.com/article/flor...

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

The real news in this is the first sentence. “It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for…”

I would argue that it is very clear. I have, in fact, argued that it is very clear.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org

AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

What First Amendment?

UNC-Chapel Hill administrators have removed a student- and community-created mural depicting Palestinian resilience from Hanes Art Center. NC AAUP & UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP call on the Chancellor & Provost to restore the mural and publicly explain how the decision to remove it was made and by whom. 1/3

🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this.

What a signal that would send to the country and to the world.

If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.

UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Approve Delayed Tenure Cases The UNC-Chapel Hill Board approved 33 tenure cases following a delay that caused widespread concern among faculty.

@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social and faculty could fight tenure delays because we are organized (yes, even in a state that explicitly outlaws collective bargaining for public workers). University folks, the time to join your local AAUP chapter/ labor union is now! #AcademicSky #NCPol

NC teachers deserve better.

Proud to be part of a union that stands up for international students.

Signatures still being collected and will be published by AAUP on Tuesday.

sites.google.com/view/we-must...

Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.

Many of us won’t use AI because of the ethical costs of environmental harms, exploited laborers & stolen art that feeds it.

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social touches on something else about AI many have discovered but few have talked about: it’s also a mid technology.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

Of course I will stay in the US and fight. And yet...

And how.

Hey BlueSky! Looking to get more involved with policy and advocacy? The TED Policy Committee invites members to apply for a $1,000 sponsorship to attend the Special Education Legislative Summit in Washington DC, July 13-16, 2025.

Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25

An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it or not, our university is pleased to prese...

I want this to feel more like satire.

Ohh, Eve, thanks for the shout outs and friendship!

FANTASTIC tool.

Amazon workers in Garner rally for union The National Labor Relations Board is overseeing a six-day vote starting Monday, with votes due to be counted Saturday.

Today in NC heartening news:
#ncpol

These seem like strange bedfellows to me-- do you have a sense of why/ how PB and the Lumbee are connected?

Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Transgender Athletes From Women's Sports: Live Updates

My opportunities as a former elite rugby player were degraded by inadequate access to facilities, sexist coaches, and unequal funding--NOT by my trans
teammates and opponents.
I remain appalled.

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka Imposter syndrome is real. In a competitive field like academia, everybody feels like a fraud sometimes, whether it’s a scathing peer review, a nas...

My fav McSweeney's piece, in the spirit of sharing joy: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...