Curmudgucation: The Reading Footprint of the Big Standardized Test | National Education Policy Center nepc.colorado.edu/blog/reading...

Government shutdown offers schools a glimpse of life without an Education Department The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for educators, wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws.

Here is an excellent summary from the Associated Press of where things stand for public schools due to the federal government shutdown.
Government Shutdown Offers Schools a Glimpse of Life without an Education Department apnews.com/article/educ...

"Vagueness has long been seen as a clear divide between democracies run by laws and autocracies run by strongmen...."

Honest exploration of American history is the target of the Trump administration’s effort to insert its ideological bias into history and social studies teaching across K-12 public schools and the nation’s colleges and universities.

State and Federal Governments Keep Attacking the Teaching of Honest History janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/s...

In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point.

In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...

Legal Defense Fund: “(Dhillon’s) conception of ‘civil rights,’ however, is fundamentally flawed. It ignores the rights of Black and other marginalized communities who have experienced discrimination since the formation of this country….”

Who Is Harmeet Dhillon? What If Ed.'s Office for Civil Rights Work Gets Sent to the Department of Justice? janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/w...

Ohio’s ‘Success Sequence’ blames kids for poverty while lawmakers wreck their schools
Ohio lawmakers talk often about fixing school funding, but they’ve never committed to a comprehensive or sustainable solution. by Leila Atassi www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

Trump and McMahon Illegally Undermine Special Education Services Trump decided long before the 2024 election to close the Department of Education. Like many others, I predicted that Congress would not allow him to close the Department. I said, he can’t clo…

Trump and McMahon Illegally Undermine Special Education Services dianeravitch.net/2025/10/23/t...

Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students

Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

While in Fiscal Year 2002, Ohio ranked 35th among the states in the state’s share of revenue allocated for public education, by FY 2023 Ohio’s ranking by the state share of revenue for public education had fallen to 45th among the states.

Ohio Reform of Local Property Taxes Must Increase State's Investment to Avoid Penalizing Public Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/o...

Most universities reject Trump's "compact" demanding compliance.

The New Yorker’s Emma Green explores Trump administration’s attack on academic research at Maine universities due to its law that permits transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.

Vanderbilt’s Dr. Daniel Diermeier: “Our North Star has always been that academic freedom, free expression and independence are essential for universities to make their vital and singular contributions to society.”

Trump Continues to Impose His Ideology on Universities by Withholding Federal Research Dollars janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/t...

Vought’s staff cuts aim to stamp out programs ensuring that public schools serve the needs of the entire Diversity of U.S. students, serve all students Equitably, and Include students from all cultures, races, ethnicities, economic levels and sexual identities.

In the area of K-12 education, as each day has passed and more layoffs have been reported, it is becoming clearer that Vought’s targets go to the very heart of the Department of Education’s central mission.

The Dept. of Ed.’s mission has been administering programs to address historical injustices for children who have been marginalized due to race, ethnicity, need to learn English, disabilities or sexuality. Massive staff cuts threaten the Dept,’s capacity to continue that work.

This Week’s Federal Staff Reductions, Now Temporarily Stayed by a Judge, Would Undermine Educational Opportunity Across the States janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/t...

Beyond Resilience Katrina at 20 By Thomas Ultican 10/14/2025 The book “William Franz Public School” is a well documented work that shines a light on the deep racism in New Orleans and especially in its public schools. The title i…

Beyond Resilience Katrina at 20 tultican.com/2025/10/14/b...

Layoffs this week will only add to the damage already inflicted on the U.S. Department of Education since Donald Trump became President last January.

How Will the Federal Budget Conflict, Federal Shutdown, and Federal Layoffs Affect K-12 Education? janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/h...

Mark Weber: Debunking David Brooks on Education - Network For Public Education David Brooks can sure sound as if he knows what he’s talking about. But a recent piece about education turns out to be full of baloney, and Mark Weber has the data skills to point out the problems. Fo...

Network for Public Education Blog of the Day---Mark Weber: Debunking David Brooks on Education networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content...

Debunking David Brooks on Education Let's give Jack Ciattarelli a break for a bit and talk about NY Times columnist  David Brooks  (link to gifted article). When Democrats are ...

Mark Webber (Jersey Jazzman) has posted an expert takedown of the data analysis in David Brooks' NY Times column this week. Brooks tried to repolish the far-right mythology of the glory of NCLB amid other inaccuracies. jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/10/debu...

Ohio Republicans want public schools to teach positive impacts of Christianity on history • Ohio Capital Journal A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach the positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill, named the...

A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers want public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of Christianity on American history. No other religion is mentioned in the bill.
by Megan Henry
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/09/o...

Driver condemns the Trump administration's mistakenly broad interpretation of the Students for Fair Admissions decision, “which quickly made clear that the federal government would use its immense authority to target higher education in ways that extend well beyond the admissions office.”

Justin Driver: Before affirmative action, in 1960, Harvard boasted a bumper crop of 9 Black freshmen (in a class of more than 1,200); Yale had 5 Black freshmen (in a class of more than 1,000); and Princeton had 1 Black freshman (in a class of more than 820).

New Book Documents Trump Administration’s Actions to Destroy Diversity in Higher Education janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/n...