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Some Facts on the Department of Education because even the president seems to have no idea what they do

This is a very helpful explainer about what the federal Dept of Education does. (Short answer: it’s not state curricular guidance.) #EduSky

open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhi...

From Hype to Reality: Demystifying AI Through Baseline Research Artificial intelligence has transformed the way we live, work, and interact. It has been woven into the fabric of our lives, creating the perception that “intelligent” machines could be a solution for...

We published as a journalism resource but I know a lot of my #Edusky folks will find this useful too. It has:

- Global perspectives from the journalists keeping you informed about AI
- A break down of pressing AI issues
- A note on the application to education

pulitzercenter.org/hype-reality...

Do you know what happens when graduate student funding is cut? Often, it means we ALL miss out on their new, promising ideas bc the project doesn’t go forward.

Getting a grant like this is incredible! I’m so sorry this happened to you, Megan. Sorry for all of us who could have benefited.

I want to reiterate something you said, because it's deadly serious: No matter what you think of what Khalil said and did, he was charged with no crime. He was given no notice. He was simply taken from his home and disappeared. And we have to be really, really afraid when there isn't even an attempt on the part of government lawyers to say there was a crime-when, instead, they simply hang everything on a dusty old statute and a dubious claim that we think he's dangerous to the United States. Because if they're coming for that, they're coming for all of us.

With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social on the many implications—all horrifying—of the Trump administration reviving seemingly unconstitutional Red Scare–era laws to abduct and disappear Mahmoud Khalil, without due process, in retaliation against his protected speech. slate.com/news-and-pol...

This is who was fired from the union workforce at the Department of Education yesterday. Every single number is a person who served the nation and whose life was wrongly disrupted. That's the first tragedy, but it's clearly not the only one.

Urgent call for #AERA members whose research uses restricted #NCES datasets: (1) take their survey & (2) call congresspeople ASAP. #EduSky

Universities: We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately

We will have influenza vaccines for next season! But what happened?

Here’s another win, from our favorite allergist @rubinallergy.bsky.social

We will have a flu vaccine for next season!!! There was a lot of concern that it wasn’t gonna happen but a meeting was held and they did decide which strains to target

So bravo to the amazing fighters who made this happen

i am once again saying that if you allow polling to define rights, you don't have any real rights at all

I know what my call to @shaheen.senate.gov is going to be tomorrow.

Every time you see what sounds like a wild claim about woke research, you can assume a) it will fall apart under the most basic of inspection, b) the person making the claim will never be held accountable for lying, and c) it is a cover to gut useful research that we benefit from.

I have warned about the rightwing attack on empathy. It is as dangerous as any attack on democracy. It will accelerate in Musks’ hands. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

"Free speech is back" says the president who this week posted on social media that he would be banning and criminalizing what he deems "illegal protests" at colleges and universities.

The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent.

CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.

Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture.

MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...

Being silent won't protect you.

Our research is currently focused on NH, learning about one state's landscape. (Though we do hope to expand in future years.)

We are hoping to hear from NH paraeducators, classroom teachers, specialists, and/or school administrators. Please also share with colleagues in your building/district!

Help improve literacy support! The Paraeducator Experience Project is conducting a research study (UNH IRB: IRB-FY2025-73) to better understand how paraeducators support learners & teachers. NH paras & educators, we'd love your input: ~10 mins. #EduSky

Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

If you ever want to restore your faith in critical thought and debate, ask a group of undergraduates what they think about AI, social media, and their place in education/learning. Truly.

As faculty & researchers, we haven't yet done nearly enough of this kind of listening. #EduSky

Nightly votive in the porch garden.

“Don’t join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book." — Dwight D. Eisenhower at Dartmouth, 1953
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Literacy: teaching students about platforms. #EduSky

"When 1000s of fake accounts... flood social media... & algorithms amplify these messages, real people may be fooled into believing that they are seeing opinions of fellow citizens. In contrast, the posts shared by real people are buried."

THE KENDRICK SUPER BOWL CURRICULUM!! 🔥

by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D.

Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:

Love YOU, Chaucer! 💜✨

Really useful if you need to explain university finances.

60% of research money for overhead isn’t “siphoning,” it’s “budgeting.” Who do you think pays for heat & upkeep in university buildings? The people who specialize in grant payroll & admin so we can focus on the research? Our grants do.

This thread is important bc it means the AFT has brought a case that shows convincingly how DOGE’s seizure of data creates harm, like exposing consequential financial info for our students who have applied for loans.

Private educational data needs to be protected. Thank you, AFT. #EduSky

Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side

If you (like me) have wanted to new ideas for local actions to show care for your community (because WE look after us; Trump & Elon obviously don’t), this list from @garrettbucks.bsky.social is very useful.

these are the kind of moves that'll eventually move the needle towards shifting power away from tech oligarchs

Know Your Rights Virtual Town Hall YouTube video by Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Know Your Rights Virtual Town Hall:

www.youtube.com/live/4UBQW3b...

It's 2025—Say No To Historic Racist Goals in U.S. Education | Opinion Schools must be a place where students can question, debate, and think critically about the world around them. But the White House's K-12 executive order pushes the education system in the opposite di...

🔥 op-ed from Stephanie Toliver: “America's children… deserve an education that empowers them to appreciate the humanity of those around them. […] They deserve to be seen for who they are, in all their diversity.
Anything less is a betrayal of our responsibility to them & the future of our nation.”

This summer, I visited the Computer History museum & this wall of buttons stopped me cold. Full of porn jokes & misogyny because of course. Zoom in.

This IS a wall of buttons, after all. Basically a wall of dank memes. So little has changed, except the direct power they have.

Here's NCTE's newest ELATE Position Statement: Exploring, Incorporating, and Questioning Generative Artificial Intelligence in English Teacher Education. Can be shared without having to seek permission from NCTE.