Alison Milner

The Racist Beginnings of School Vouchers | NEA From segregation academies to universal “choice,” the hidden history shaping today's voucher expansion.

Vouchers were first used after Brown v. Board to avoid integrating public schools. Today, they still operate outside the civil rights and accountability standards that guide public education, and a new federal voucher program could divert $50 billion from public schools nationwide.

UCL students win £21mn over Covid disruption in watershed settlement Move involving 6,500 claimants is set to put pressure on other universities to compensate graduates

21 MILLION? Oh. 😱 That's the end of some universities then. It's as simple as that. I'm sorry, I tried.
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The National Academy of Education sent a letter to the US Department of Homeland Security and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that addresses the implications for education of immigration enforcement actions impacting entire school communities. Read the letter: naeducation.org/naed-sends-l...

ICE raid at apartment complex causes elementary students to run from their bus stop in NJ Thursday Students were seen running away from their bus stop on Thursday morning as ICE agents conducted an operation at an apartment in Lindenwold, NJ.

Nine and ten year olds, fleeing in fear.

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Pippa Crerar, "Would you write off university fees?"

Zack Polanksi, "We need to look at abolishing tuition fees and bring back maintenance grants"

"We need a conversation about debt forgiveness"

New article: Diffusing innovations for revitalisation: Conditions and mechanisms across western European and CEE trade unions

Special needs units in every secondary school as part of £1bn plan to renovate buildings, Government says | LBC Every secondary school will be expected to have a dedicated Send hub within the coming years

The government's aspirations for SEND units in every secondary school are welcome, but clarity is needed on its plans for primary schools and more funding will still be needed for special school places. Investment in staff and training is also vital.

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“While we welcome investment in providing more inclusion bases in secondary schools... it is also important to ensure that schools are funded for the staffing that they will need to support more children and young people with SEND..."

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"DfE expects all secondary schools to have ‘inclusion bases’" from Schools Week

Read it here: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-expects-all-secondary-schools-to-have-inclusion-bases/

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The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers As AI job losses rise in the professional sector, many are switching to more traditional trades. But how do they feel about accepting lower pay – and giving up a dream career?

The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers

I was so fortunate to graduate when I did, when loans were first introduced. My 5K debt seems so little now. I don’t think I could afford to go to university today - to start adult working life in so much debt and with so few work opportunities around.

Canada and France open Greenland consulates in show of Denmark support Founding of diplomatic outposts in Nuuk comes after US made efforts to secure control of Arctic island * Opposition to US has hardened in western Europe after Greenland threat, poll finds * Europe live – latest updates Canada and France are to open diplomatic consulates in the capital of Greenland on Friday, showing support for their Nato ally Denmark and the Arctic island after US efforts to secure control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory. Canada’s foreign minister, Anita Anand, was travelling to Nuuk to inaugurate the consulate, which officials say also could help boost cooperation on issues such as the climate crisis and Inuit rights. She was joined by Canada’s Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon. Continue reading...

Canada and France open Greenland consulates in show of Denmark support

DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

Graphic by Corporate Europe Observatory promoting a report titled ‘Profiting from Addiction: Big Tech’s lobbying to keep us hooked on social media.’ A young person looks down at a smartphone, illuminated in blue light, while stylised purple shapes suggest addiction or control. Corporate Europe Observatory logo and website are shown.

🤳 Open phone for one thing. 1h later, you remember it again, after feeling your brain melted by doomscrolling and brainrot.

That’s not a personal failure — it’s by design. The EU wants to curb it. Big Tech is #lobbying hard to keep you hooked.

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England's SEND system is widely recognised as broken.

As teachers and parents await the Government’s SEND review, @danihpayne.bsky.social @beckymontacute.bsky.social’s latest briefing explores what trade-offs may be needed to fix the system.

Mette Frederiksen foreslår klasseloft på 14 elever i de mindste klasser Fra 2028 skal 0.- til 3. klasse maksimalt have 14 elever per klasse, foreslår Socialdemokratiet.

Social Democrats will head to the next parliamentary election (expected by October 2026) with the proposal to cut class sizes to 14 in years 0 to 3 from 2028. No indication of how this would be financed. Class sizes for these years are currently up to 26 www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...

Kenya’s disability and labour movements are uniting to fight for decent work -Joe Buckley and Moses Chege Links between disability movements and labour movements date back to at least the nineteenth century, with trade unions undertaking many initiatives to better represent…

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Now for the rest of the babies they’ve shoved into that detention center.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Ministers on lobbying blitz to avoid Labour rebellion over Send changes Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures Ministers have “learned the lesson” of botched welfare changes and are on a sustained lobbying blitz of Labour MPs over an overhaul of special educational needs, Labour MPs told the Guardian, as they said they would not back measures aimed at saving money. The changes will raise the bar at which children in England qualify for an education, health and care plan (EHCP), which legally entitles children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) to get support. Plans will be reserved for children with the most severe and complex needs, according to sources familiar with the proposals. Continue reading...

Ministers on lobbying blitz to avoid Labour rebellion over Send changes

‘Education is our right’: Protestors demonstrate for academic freedom Students and professors at Texas A&M gathered for a demonstration in support of academic freedom at Academic Plaza on Jan. 29.  A&M’s American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, chapter…

Education is our right.

“One thing I want to leave you here with is that Aggies ‘Gig ‘em,’ but we don’t ‘Gag ‘em’,” Bright said.  “We’re going to fight until hell freezes over, and then we’re going to fight on the ice.”

This is the winter of our rage. Bless the protesters in Minneapolis.

It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.

‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE Networks created after police killed George Floyd were reactivated to challenge Trump’s mass deportation policy Cory never expected he’d spend hours each day driving around after immigration agents, videotaping their moves. The south Minneapolis resident is “not the type of person to do this”, he said. The dangers of what he’s doing, even after the killings of two observers, largely stay out of his mind when he’s watching Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents – even when he’s gotten hit with pepper spray. In quieter moments, it occurs to him that agents likely know where he lives. Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old whom agents killed while he was filming them, “100% could have been me”, Cory said. Continue reading...

‘We’re fighting for the soul of the country’: how Minnesota residents came together to face ICE

Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender

Big Brother is running our classrooms across Texas A&M. They're changing syllabi, canceling courses, ending Women's Studies and "overhauling" classes on race. Glen Hegar is Captain Beatty from Fahrenheit 451! @aaup.org @texasaft.org @texasaaup.bsky.social @aft.org
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Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.

The Hidden Half of Teaching Public debate often frames teachers as professionals blessed with generous holidays and short workdays. Yet anyone who has stepped into a classroom, or lived with a teacher, knows how far this caricat...

Half of teachers’ work remains invisible and unrecognised. In his new article, Leonardo Ebner (ETUCE) reminds us why valuing the full scope of teachers’ time is essential for strong education systems.
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We also had a non-linear timetable which meant that students did not ‘move’ at the same time. And we had ‘parent consultations’ during one day off timetable with the form tutors who focused on core issues. I was not as tired at the end of the day/week and had time to talk to colleagues and plan.

When I worked as a secondary school teacher in Sweden, I had the same number of contact hours as in the UK. But I was able to work from home when not teaching, did not have to do daily registration (this was recorded in students’ first lesson) and could schedule bank/dentist appt during the day…1/2

Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.

Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are

-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food

Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early