Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.

“…the SFFA decision placed constraints on the means institutions can use to advance diversity. It did not place restrictions on the goals of [DEI], particularly when those goals are rooted in the mission of a university, college, department, or program.”
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How is it that if you oppose civil rights and advocate for race-blind policies, you get to look at the impacts of actions, but we who care about equal opportunity do not get to look at impacts of race-blind policies? www.ed.gov/media/docume...

“A republic, if you can keep it.”

Benjamin Franklin’s admonition continues to ring true today. My letter to constituents on the road ahead below.

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ClimeTime Resource Portal

All of Washington’s #ClimateEd resources are free on our OER hub! We also welcome materials from others so if you need a spot to share any climate teaching materials, we will review them. oercommons.org/courseware/l...

📣 📣 📣 Proposals for the upcoming SEEDS conference are due on 2.20.25! There are multiple session formats and ways to participate -
🌱 Workshop
🌱 Wondering
🌱 Scholarship Incubator
Submit your proposal here:
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YouTube video by Plum Village App Love is Protection | Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh

Love is protection, a message needed now more than ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DwY...

In 1980, a bipartisan Congress passed the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act of 1980, which authorized the National Science Foundation “to promote the full use of human resources in science and technology through a comprehensive & continuing program to increase substantially