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Federal halt to SNAP hits school staff, including those who serve your child's lunch WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" explores how political decisions are affecting NC educators' finances and families. Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their ...

Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their families — and that includes the workers who serve students their lunch.

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Report calls for revamp to fix Michigan’s ‘broken’ special ed funding system Advocates say Michigan’s current funding system for students with disabilities is inequitable and too often forces parents to fight for services their children need. Could an overhaul fix that?

Advocates say Michigan’s current funding system for students with disabilities is inequitable and too often forces parents to fight for services their children need. Could an overhaul fix that?

My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ...

I’m a journalist. I’m also an Idahoan. A couple weeks ago, I stood outside my child’s school, chatting with the school nurse. As we talked, my phone buzzed. It was a call from the person behind Idaho's new law — one that limits how a school nurse can respond if measles arrives.

ICE agents send Colorado teacher to a Texas detention center The teacher was arrested during a routine immigration appointment at a Centennial ICE office, a staff letter from school officials said.

“This employee has a valid employment authorization document, authorizing her lawful employment in the United States, with any U.S. employer through the spring of 2029.” www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

Has there been a ‘Southern surge’ in student learning? Not exactly — but there have been some Southern success stories.

"There have been some notable Southern success stories, especially in fourth grade. ... Eighth grade results have been less impressive for these Southern exemplars, though." www.chalkbeat.org/2025/10/28/l... from @mattbarnum.bsky.social in his debut Ideas piece for @chalkbeat.org.

People had the same reaction to Hitler. Agatha Christie famously described going to Germany loathing the man, attended a speech and even though she didn’t know German, found herself crying at the emotion. She was horrified by her own reaction.

White House to Meet with Universities Regarding Compact The scheduled meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal.

NEWS — The White House says it has invited the five institutions that haven't said whether they'll agree to the compact to a meeting this afternoon. One source sees the meeting as a way to "regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign."

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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

Some social emotional lessons improve how kids do at school, Yale study finds Reading and math gains from soft skill instruction

But this study shows that there can be academic spillover benefits from high-quality and well-implemented SEL lessons. A list of them is linked to in my story. (5/5) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens. n.pr/42BJyMB

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August (Gift Article) The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August fell by 19 percent this year compared with last year — the largest decline on record outside of the pandemic.

The ‘Right Way’ to Immigrate Just Went Wrong The Trump administration has stripped the status of 600,000 Venezuelans who obeyed the law.

The Supreme Court has ruled again that the Trump administration can end Venezuelans’ Temporary Protected Status. In January, Gisela Salim-Peyer wrote about the Trump administration’s attack on TPS:

Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

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Des Moines Schools Superintendent Detained by ICE, School Officials Say

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Congrats! I’ll look forward to seeing your new work!

we wrote about this WH tactic recently. they’re asking journalists for expert source names and then using them to look up political donations in FEC records to try to discredit those sources as biased.

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David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”

Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p #TAF25

And Paramount too.

A man sits with his back to the camera. His back is full of scars and ridges in the skin from beatings. A headline reads: Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes. Photo via the Library of Congress.

The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ

If you are close to anyone who died of pancreatic cancer, as many of us are, this is astonishingly great news. Let us hope it is true, and let us hope that the work is allowed to continue in the current situation.

Falling Behind: How Skills Shortages Threaten Future Jobs - CEW Georgetown The report explores the causes and magnitude of anticipated skills shortages through at least 2032. It also examines potential strategies to address impending skills shortages and mitigate their econo...

The US is facing a skills shortage crisis in critical occupations. From 2024 through 2032, 18.4M experienced workers w/ postsecondary education are expected to retire, while only 13.8M younger workers w/ equivalent education will enter the labor market. bit.ly/4oHclst

#AcademicSky #Skills #Economy

RFK Jr.'s MAHA report on children's health leaves something out: nicotine The Trump administration's document about children's health and chronic disease doesn't mention the word "nicotine" once. Tobacco remains the top cause of preventable death in the U.S.

The Trump administration's document about children's health and chronic disease doesn't mention the word "nicotine" once. Tobacco remains the top cause of preventable death in the U.S.

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show: “Cook’s declarations on loan, job-vetting forms appear to undercut fraud claims.” Via Reuters

Evergreen High School shooter’s online footprint reflects new wave of extremism, experts say Desmond Holly’s focus on the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School is a central feature of these online extremist ecosystems, an expert said.

Evergreen High School shooter's online footprint reflects new wave of extremism, experts say

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The plan, favored by conservative activists, greatly reduces the amount of time spent on world history and boosts that spent on Texas history. bit.ly/3KiWS1W

Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.

The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. www.wired.com/story/extrem...

This aged well.

This shop fixes student instruments for free. Now, a music legend is chipping in Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students.

Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students.

Can you say replacement for RFK stadium?

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social