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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.

rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn

A young blond woman in a wheelchair in front of the New Shepard space capsule

History will be made and space will become a little more inclusive TODAY when my friend Michi Benthaus will become the first ever wheelchair user to leave our planet’s atmosphere (and only the second German woman to do so).

Watch LIVE from 10am CST / 5pm CET here: www.blueorigin.com/missions/ns-37

Flyer for Dr. Truckenmiller’s talk at Planet Word Museum on 1/29 at 6pm

So many educators I talk to want to know the most effective ways to teach & assess writing. I wanted to know too. I’m psyched to share what we’ve found over 15 years. I’m most excited to share it at the amazing Planet Word Museum! @thereadingleague.org

Source: Vox
When I visited my rural PA family, data centers were all they talked about. If people want the rural vote, listen to their concerns about data centers.

Tweet by Jay Bhattacharya: It's the height of irony that the European Commission fined @elonmusk 's @x for not being transparent. The old Twitter handed out blue checks to cronies with no transparency whatsoever. The purpose of the old Twitter blue check system was to suppress dissidents and censor speech. Quote tweets himself saying: Twitter 1.0 placed me on a blacklist & denied me a blue check on the grounds that I am not noteworthy enough. Meanwhile, Twitter 1.0 gave blue checks to every covid alarmist, whatever their credenitals and lack of notoriety. The EU is silencing political opposition.

Imagine you're overseeing the termination of clinical trials, the destruction of people's livelihoods, the dismantling of scientific research in the US, and you're complaining that Twitter didn't give you a blue check 4 years ago.

We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.

Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.

As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG

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...

This indiscriminate dismantling of education research has been plaguing my colleagues & dear friends all year. Eliminating the penny spent on education research will do nothing for the federal debt but will continue US decline in world rankings.

The system is broken.

Why the Age of American Progress Ended Invention alone can’t change the world; what matters is what happens next.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... fantastic article about the reach (and not) of invention. Made me think a lot about education invention and what we need to do

#DLDday is Friday so tag your posts #DLDday so others can find and share.
Let's connect, learn and raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
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You can't see DLD so let Julianne show you.
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You can't see DLD (Developmental Language Disorder ) so what does it look like in the classroom?
DLD can look like ADHD but you'll also notice that children with DLD have difficulty using words and sentences and understanding, even when they are focussed.
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#DLDday

Educator Perceptions of HQIM Alignment, Adoption, and Implementation in Grades K-5: Report - Tennessee Reading Research Center

Check out our latest report: Educator Perceptions of HQIM Alignment, Adoption, and Implementation in Grades K-5, which captures the experiences and perceptions of district leaders, school leaders, and teachers who have implemented HQIM in Grades K-5 in TN.

trrc.utk.edu/resources/hq...

The U.S. economy probably added half as many jobs in the 12 months ending in March as previously reported, according to the preliminary benchmark revision data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday. #NumbersDay
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

E68|Strategic Assessment Systems with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho discuss building a strategic assessment system in literacy education. They cover how to use data to inform reading instruction, the difference between scr…

New podcast episode out this week! We're celebrating back to school talking about assessment. #SoR teachingliteracypodcast.com/e68strategic...

Student test scores are sliding, reaching new lows Scores for 12th-graders in math and reading continued their years-long slide, reaching new lows on national tests, new data released Tuesday show.

High school students had worse scores in reading and math on national tests in 2024 than they did before the pandemic.

Only about 1 in 3 seniors were ready to do college-level work in math and reading.

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next? More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

The Ed Department cancelations jeopardize more than $30 million worth of federally funded efforts in 14 states to help educators better serve students with disabilities. 1/2

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #specialeducation #teachers Story by @marklieberman.bsky.social

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next? More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

“Defunding community parent-resource centers is a despicable act by the administration,” said Wexler, who worked on special education at the department for more than 35 years.

Hah! You used to live in the Empire State. That still counts.

Ok spelling bee friends, how do we feel about the ‘s’ in yesterday’s puzzle?

Continuing the conversation about echolalia and gestalt language development: A response to Haydock, Harrison, Baldwin, and Leadbitter - Courtney E Venker, Emily Lorang, 2025 Although gestalt language development incorporates some neurodiversity-affirmative strategies (e.g. embracing echolalia), it is also associated with numerous id...

🆓 🔓 Venker, C. E., & Lorang, E. (2025). Continuing the conversation about echolalia and gestalt language development: A response to Haydock, Harrison, Baldwin, and Leadbitter. Autism, 29, 821–824. doi.org/10.1177/1362...
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UT Knoxville is hiring a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Literacy! Please share with anyone who may be interested! Knoxville is a great place to live and work!!! Happy to answer questions! apply.interfolio.com/172346

Two tabby cats with their heads snuggled together and one paw around the other’s neck.

We have the same cat!

My grandma called green peppers mangos. I’m still trying to figure out why because she has never seen or heard of the mango fruit.

Just incredible work, Marianne! Every time I am working on a project and I run into a question I really wish someone would answer in research, you come out with a paper on that topic. I will use this immediately. Thank you!!