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Arizona school voucher program ignored state audit law for nearly a year, officials say Arizona school voucher program audit law ignored for year as ESA officials prioritized operations over compliance

For almost a year, Arizona’s school voucher program was too busy for Arizona Department of Education employees to even attempt to comply with a new state law requiring ongoing audits

story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social

How Trump Defunded the Higher-Education Police The U.S. Department of Education used to employ people whose job was to stop waste, fraud, and abuse. Now, almost all of their desks are empty.

The Trump administration has justified dismantling parts of the federal government under the banner of cutting “waste, fraud, and abuse,” but gutting the Department of Education’s anti-fraud team is likely to have the opposite effect, Kevin Carey argues.

The sugar cane grown in Belle Glade is not nearly enough for Coca Cola. Also talk about grift and federal subsidies underwriting a crop that should have expired years ago. And migrant workers…

Suddenly sacked Former education stats chief describes her final days under DOGE

Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Sick Children Will Be Among the Victims of Trump’s Big Bill Cuts to federal health-care spending make it harder for doctors to make the oldest promise in medicine: that we will do no harm.

Supporters...say the cuts will refocus federal funds on children, pregnant women, ppl with disabilities..and seniors. This is akin to slicing up an umbrella w/ scissors and claiming that the cuts will help the umbrella refocus on its mission of keeping out the rain. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Scientists’ Uncertain Future | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine U.S. researchers face sudden funding cuts that threaten studies, careers, and scientific progress.

U.S. researchers are facing sudden funding cuts that threaten studies, careers, and scientific progress.

magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/scienti...

HHS backtracks on pledge to disclose new vaccine advisers’ conflicts of interest RFK Jr. has pledged radical transparency, but his vaccine advisers' financial disclosures aren't public.

On June 18, HHS said it would soon release ethics and conflict-of-interest documents for new vaccine advisers appointed by RFK Jr. to the ACIP. That group's first meeting came and went.

Now, HHS appears to be backpedaling.

www.statnews.com/2025/07/09/k...

A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400. Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.

The cost of the shot? $1,400.

We will not stay silent on vaccines, say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations “We cannot and will not gamble with our patients’ health or the health of our communities,” write the presidents of the AAFP, AAP, ACP, ACOG, and IDSA.

“We will not stay silent on vaccines,” say leaders of five major U.S. medical associations www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/v... via @statnews.com

The U.S. Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics | Brookings Federal education data releases have slowed dramatically, with major gaps in the 2024 Digest and Condition of Education report.

The U.S. Department of Education is far behind on producing key statistics www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

By @bakerdphd.bsky.social

Salvadoran journalist's arrest in Georgia sets 'alarming precedent' Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

Screenshot of a Pew Research Center analysis about Medicaid.

Screenshot of a detailed table from Pew Research Center showing Medicaid and CHIP enrollment in each state and DC.

Hello state and local reporters! As Congress considers big cuts to Medicaid, @pewresearch.org has compiled the latest available data on Medicaid and CHIP enrollment in each state and DC. It's yours for the taking here: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Suspensions for Students with Disabilities Are Far More Frequent in These States Exclusive analysis by The 74 of 2022-23 IDEA data reveals stark disparities among students already subject to disproportionate punishment in school.

For students with disabilities, suspension is not just a matter of race and gender — but geography, @amandageduld.bsky.social reports www.the74million.org/article/for-...

Opinion | The Education Department is paying us millions not to work Education staff are eager to serve the public. The Trump administration’s layoffs put us in a legal limbo that helps nobody.

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A racist woman who bullies a 5yo with autism raises nearly $1 million and this family can’t even make their target of $275k? What have we become?

You mean, Carney’s the RL President Bartlett?!!

‘End DEI' school complaint portal launch in February now offline BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A U.S. Department of Education portal, initially promoted as a tool for parents to report school-based DEI programs, has quietly vanished from the internet – just a few months after...

Mysterious disappearance of the rat-your-neighbor-out anti-DEI portal at the Ed. Dept. by the formidable @trishcrain.bsky.social‬ aldailynews.com/end-dei-scho...

Fancy condos, BMWs, and Bulgari: Why international students are so valuable to Boston’s economy - The Boston Globe More than 80,000 foreign college students come to Massachusetts each year. Some spend a lot of money.

As the White House moves to revoke some student visas, the steady flow of cash that international students bring to Boston is at risk of drying up.

‘Expensive and complicated’: Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies • Kansas Reflector In rural counties, the loss of hospital-based obstetric care is associated with increases in births in hospital emergency rooms, less prenatal care and higher rates of babies being born too early

‘Expensive and complicated’: Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies | #ksleg via @acvollers.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/06/15/e...

A week of breaking news in education research Emails, legal opinions and the rush to meet a missed deadline

Once again, @jillbarshay.bsky.social delivers. She’s a brilliant, one-person research and stats machine, keeping tabs on what’s happening inside @usedgov.bsky.social and the quiet battle to preserve education research data. Truly vital work. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, CBO predicts The nonpartisan analysis is based on the House-passed GOP legislation.

Megabill would cost poorest households $1,600 a year, boost richest by $12K, according to Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper.

An unknown neighbor’s cat decided to chill with me on my porch.

Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them And it’s not just about the money.

Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them, by Liam Scott. www.cjr.org/analysis/sma...

This. This. This.

Tech glitches at ED. Both NCES and IES websites went down for > 9 hours from midnight ET last night to 9am ET this morning. Researchers said they were unable to make tables using datalab and powerstats yesterday. But all is back and running now. IT employees at ED were part of mass firings in March.

Opinion | Selfishness Is Not a Virtue Evangelical Christianity has taken a wrong turn.

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Too many Christians are transforming Christianity into a vertical faith, one that focuses on your personal relationship with God at the expense of the horizontal relationship you have with your neighbors,” writes our columnist David French.

A Bronx high schooler showed up for a routine immigration court date. ICE was waiting. A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.

This is MORALLY BANKRUPT: “Dylan’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz [where] government lawyers asked judges to dismiss cases against migrants, then immediately reopened them as ‘expedited removal’ cases.” 1/2 @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social for @chalkbeat.org www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)

It's a homebuyer's market — if you can afford one Redfin estimates there are nearly half a million more sellers than buyers now.

It's a buyer's market in real estate — if you can afford it: There are nearly 500,000 more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. housing market.

That's the widest gap on record.

Illinois Lawmakers Ban Police From Ticketing and Fining Students for Minor Infractions in School The legislation comes after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation revealed that even though state law bans schools from fining students directly, districts skirt the law by calling on police to i...

NEW: Illinois legislators passed a law to explicitly prevent police from ticketing and fining students for minor misbehavior at school, ending a practice that harmed students across the state.

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social