Jeremy Long

Patriotism Done Right: We Can't Lecture Teens Into Loving Our Country (Opinion) Many teachers long to restore students’ trust in our institutions—but how we do so matters.

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My child has autism. Trump and RFK Jr linking it to vaccines scares parents like me We’re afraid the baseless theory spread by the president stigmatises our kids – and could affect access to care

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“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”

Words from Frances Perkins, FDR's labor secretary and an architect of Social Security.

Remember this as the program is under attack.

Push To Dismantle Ed Department Fuels Worries About Special Education As President Donald Trump doubles down on his pledge to shutter the U.S. Department of Education, the ramifications for students with disabilities could be severe, advocates say.

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How Dismantling the Department of Education Would Harm Students | NEA Educators and parents will not stand for the destruction of our country’s commitment to equal educational opportunities for all students.

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Trump expected to sign executive order prioritizing federal funding for school choice programs President Trump is expected to sign an executive order to prioritize and free up federal funding for school choice programs, CBS News has learned.

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Trump’s Education Agenda for Teachers: Sanitize US History or Leave the Field Teachers fear Trump may use federal funding as a bludgeon to push “uncritical race theory” on K-12 schools and colleges.

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Trump claims public schools teach kids to ‘hate’ the US. That’s insulting - and false | Opinion This Kansas pastor and former public schoolteacher knows firsthand that educators help build an American dream for everyone. | Opinion

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10 Actions Teachers Can Take Now That Trump Is President (Opinion) On Day 1 of his second term, Trump issued orders that could negatively affect students. Here’s how to support them.

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Have been reading Robert Greene's The Daily Laws and today's reading was a fine one.

Abuse of political power is the abuse of people. When are we going to stop re-electing dictators? - Transforming Society Elena Cherepanov looks at the similarities between authoritarian leaders and abusers and explains how we can escape from the trap of electing dictators.

"We must employ strategies to help us to recognise and resist political manipulations, indoctrination and brainwashing, from maintaining complex and multidimensional world views, staying true to our core moral values and using multiple sources[.]"
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The Strongman Fantasy (updated 11/24) And dictatorship in real life

"Strongman rule is a fantasy. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won't."

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Did you know Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee approved cuts to education, slashing support for students and teachers?

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November 16, 2024 One of President-elect Trump’s campaign pledges was to eliminate the Department of Education.

“But what really upsets the radical right is that the Department of Education is in charge of prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race and sex in schools that get federal funding, a policy Congress set in 1975...” @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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At least 7 Oklahoma superintendents are refusing to show Ryan Walters' video to students Leaders of seven large school districts say they won't show a video in which state Superintendent Ryan Walters talks about a new office in his agency.

Nice.

Now they will be empowered.

And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is their guy. All of his pseudoscience, bad logic, and ignorance hurts autism families and now it's going to be so much worse. And I can tell you, some of these anti-vaccine people are super horrible. Paranoid and delusional, these people are dangerous.

The WORST human beings I have ever had to tangle with are anti-vaccine maniacs who are certain that by vaccinating my son, my wife and I are "responsible" for his autism.

Hot on the heels of a potential destruction of the Department of Education (thus ending federal guidelines and requirements for special needs education and the students it benefits) comes this:

The WORST human beings I have ever had to tangle with are anti-vaccine maniacs who are certain that by vaccinating my son, my wife and I are "responsible" for his autism.