Wayne Au

My latest book has arrived! Available September 26th.

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

We’re hiring a Director of Teacher Education at the UW Bothell School of Ed Studies!!!!

Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

“The Japanese American National Museum says Trump admin may withhold as much as $2 million approved by the Biden admin.”

“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’”

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A few pics from the Seattle protest.

Great to connect with friends and comrades at the Ohio State University this week, but they are dealing with serious govt repression there. DEI and striking just made illegal, and there is now a post tenure review process that could be used to remove tenured faculty. Solidarity!!!!

Headed to Ohio State University to give a lecture next week. What a time to be visiting as leadership and politicians there are sharpening the attacks on DEI and professors. Looking forward to be in solidarity with the activists there.

Map of federal funding that goes to WA school districts.

Yo!!!! Thanks for the shout out!

US judge orders Trump administration to restore teacher preparation grants A federal judge on Monday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily restore grant funding for teacher preparation programs in eight Democratic-led states that it nixed as part of Republicans' efforts to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the government.

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I think so. Will post more details once I know

I’ll be presenting at Ohio State University on March 27th. Come through if you are around!

🇵🇸✊🏾🎉❤️ it is with great joy in my heart that I share that I finally have the new book I co-edited in hand!!!

For too long Palestine has been absent in the curriculum—no more!

#FreePalestine

Order today!

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Book cover with the title, “Race, Curriculum, and the Politics of Educational Justice”

Preview of the cover of my next book! Coming out on @tcpress.bsky.social this fall. It’s a collection of previously published pieces from both academic spaces and some I’ve written for @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

A once-celebrated UNL program is the latest victim of federal spending cuts The national effort to cut federal funding has trickled down to some University of Nebraska-Lincoln programs. The future of one program focused on recruiting and retaining teachers is now up in the ai...

Musk’s cronies take scholarships from future educators in Nebraska

The Long Shadow of Racial Fascism - Boston Review A debate is roiling about the aptness of comparing Trump to European fascists. But radical Black thinkers have long argued that racial slavery created its own unique form of American fascism.

Our “late” fascism is an ideology of crisis and decline. It enlists supporters, as Ruth Wilson Gilmore puts it, on the basis of “explicit domination set against the local reality of decreasing family wealth, fear of unemployment, threat of homelessness, and ... capitalism’s many toxicities.”

Stop Project 2025 Comic Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.

If you want to get a sense of what else is coming, this remains a valuable guide.

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He’s a Nazi. Drive him from public life.

Agreed 💯

Donald Trump Is Weaker Than He Looks Donald Trump’s administration is doing everything it can to project power and a sense of unstoppability in his first days as president. But the cracks are already starting to show.

I often disagree with what’s published in Jacobin, but found this to be helpful.

Superintendent Reykdal Releases Guidance for Schools on Protections for Immigrant Students OLYMPIA—January 23, 2025—Across the country, public schools have a constitutional and moral obligation to provide a free, high-quality public education to all students residing within their school dis...

Official WA State guidance on supporting immigrant students in our schools.

So great to see you!!!!

Book cover for "Social Studies Teacher Education" by Christopher C. Martell

Since we continue to remain in the Trump era, it is more important than ever to teach for justice. To help, I am sharing this important chapter by Sibbett and @profwayneau.bsky.social from back in 2018 on critical social studies knowledge and practice. Download it here: bit.ly/sibbett-au

Sadly, the timeliness of that chapter came back around

Victory for the people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ✊🏾❤️🎉💪🏾

I first read Leonard Peltier‘s book “Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sundance” when I was 20, & ever since I have been tormented by the great injustice done to him. Grateful to the @ndncollective.bsky.social that fought for his freedom!

“Superachievers” vs. “Super Predators”: How the Racist Love of the Model Minority Is Weaponized Against Black and Asian American Students Au summarizes the emergence of the Model Minority myth and its weaponization against Asian Americans and other people of color, and argues for abandoning the stereotype in favor of solidarity.

My latest in @rethinkingschools.bsky.social on the anti-Black roots of the Model Minority and its damage to Asian Americans.

Defenders of Israel Attempt to Silence Anti-Racist Educators in Philadelphia Sanchez describes how pro-Israel activists are bringing the war on teaching truth into blue cities like Philadelphia.

From Adam Sanchez @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

Teaching Hope in Hard Times What makes public education so dangerous is that it is grounded in hope. As the editors of our forthcoming Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices write, “one of the wonderful things […]

Newest editorial from @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

$1.5 million gift to diversify the teacher workforce  - News UW Bothell’s School of Educational Studies and the Washington Education Association are working together to support future educators and their diverse students.

Huge win for our students, programs, and region. Thanks to WEA for the support.