Dana Goldstein
@danagoldstein.bsky.social
New York Times reporter. I write mostly about education, writ broadly: how it impacts politics, culture, and family life. Enthusiastic fiction reader, home cook, mom.
A few months ago, I started to hear from history teachers that the curriculum materials they’d used for years were being pulled from the market, or they were not being allowed to use them because of political pressures. My investigation of this trend published today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
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October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A few months ago, I started to hear from history teachers that the curriculum materials they’d used for years were being pulled from the market, or they were not being allowed to use them because of political pressures. My investigation of this trend published today: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
Were you or your kids assigned full books to read in high school English — novels, nonfiction or plays from beginning to end — or mostly shorter excerpts? We are digging into this very controversial maybe-trend and need your help:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
Were You Assigned Full Books to Read in High School English? Tell Us.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Were you or your kids assigned full books to read in high school English — novels, nonfiction or plays from beginning to end — or mostly shorter excerpts? We are digging into this very controversial maybe-trend and need your help:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...
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Read @danagoldstein.bsky.social “The administration is using the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, which was established to protect racial and ethnic minority groups, to try to end programs meant to help some of those same students.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Some Programs for Black Students Become ‘Illegal D.E.I.’ Under Trump
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August 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Read @danagoldstein.bsky.social “The administration is using the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, which was established to protect racial and ethnic minority groups, to try to end programs meant to help some of those same students.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Federal judge halts Trump effort to withdraw federal funding from schools and colleges with "illegal D.E.I." Judge says the effort violated administrative procedure and threatened free speech. White House likely to appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs
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August 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Federal judge halts Trump effort to withdraw federal funding from schools and colleges with "illegal D.E.I." Judge says the effort violated administrative procedure and threatened free speech. White House likely to appeal. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
join us right now for a discussion on what's happening in K-12 education politics www.aei.org/events/whats...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
join us right now for a discussion on what's happening in K-12 education politics www.aei.org/events/whats...
Tomorrow, 3 pm, a discussion on what's going on in K-12 education politics, between me and Rick Hess of AEI. Please join us virtually. www.aei.org/events/whats...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tomorrow, 3 pm, a discussion on what's going on in K-12 education politics, between me and Rick Hess of AEI. Please join us virtually. www.aei.org/events/whats...
The private-school-choice movement is on the verge of a victory that has eluded it: Pushing school vouchers into all 50 states, even the liberal ones. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
Federal School Voucher Proposal Advances, a Milestone for Conservatives
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May 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The private-school-choice movement is on the verge of a victory that has eluded it: Pushing school vouchers into all 50 states, even the liberal ones. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
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Excellent piece by @danagoldstein.bsky.social about how both parties have walked away from efforts to improve student learning. We're caught in culture wars set in schools, but much less focused on whether kids can read and whether they graduate from high school. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?
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May 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Excellent piece by @danagoldstein.bsky.social about how both parties have walked away from efforts to improve student learning. We're caught in culture wars set in schools, but much less focused on whether kids can read and whether they graduate from high school. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
must-read for parents to understand how college prices are set -- and why, if you ask for more aid, you just might get it! scarcity is a myth -- most colleges have trouble filling their seats www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
Who Decides How Much You Pay for College? Here’s How Tuition Costs Are Set.
Schools turn to little-known consultants, owned by private equity firms, to find applicants and calculate scholarships. Here’s how that affects the price you pay.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
must-read for parents to understand how college prices are set -- and why, if you ask for more aid, you just might get it! scarcity is a myth -- most colleges have trouble filling their seats www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
Essential reading for anyone who cares about education, for parents, and all citizens. I began using deep research AI over the past several months. It is challenging and reshaping my vision of what literacy and literate culture will be in our lifetimes. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Essential reading for anyone who cares about education, for parents, and all citizens. I began using deep research AI over the past several months. It is challenging and reshaping my vision of what literacy and literate culture will be in our lifetimes. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Once a movement held at bay, the push to give taxpayer-funded vouchers to virtually any parent with a school-age child has secured wins in every major red state, Texas the latest and biggest. Now activists have their eyes on blue states, and Congress hopes to oblige. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
School Vouchers Won in Texas. Next Up, the Nation.
Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.
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April 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Once a movement held at bay, the push to give taxpayer-funded vouchers to virtually any parent with a school-age child has secured wins in every major red state, Texas the latest and biggest. Now activists have their eyes on blue states, and Congress hopes to oblige. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u...
President Trump just signed an order attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. Can he do that? What is likely to happen next -- and what does the agency actually do day-to-day? My explainer: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Can Trump End the Department of Education?
President Trump signed an order calling for the agency to close, and has already gutted its staff and programs. Still, students may not see much change, at least at first.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
President Trump just signed an order attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. Can he do that? What is likely to happen next -- and what does the agency actually do day-to-day? My explainer: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Reposted by Dana Goldstein
Two noteworthy things about the White House press release ahead of today's announcement regarding ED:
(1) It's all about K-12, while most federal money goes to higher ed.
(2) Most of the links are to NCES reports...and NCES is now down to about three employees.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
(1) It's all about K-12, while most federal money goes to higher ed.
(2) Most of the links are to NCES reports...and NCES is now down to about three employees.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
March 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Two noteworthy things about the White House press release ahead of today's announcement regarding ED:
(1) It's all about K-12, while most federal money goes to higher ed.
(2) Most of the links are to NCES reports...and NCES is now down to about three employees.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
(1) It's all about K-12, while most federal money goes to higher ed.
(2) Most of the links are to NCES reports...and NCES is now down to about three employees.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
An important story by the great Alan Blinder, stepping back to look at the historic role of the American research university, and the sector's failure to address its critics and tell its own story www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
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March 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
An important story by the great Alan Blinder, stepping back to look at the historic role of the American research university, and the sector's failure to address its critics and tell its own story www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
The latest on the case of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, the Brown Medicine doctor deported Friday night despite a valid visa. DHS says she had attended the Hezbollah leader's funeral. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Deported Professor Rasha Alawieh Attended Hezbollah Leader’s Funeral, D.H.S. Says
Dr. Rasha Alawieh was detained in Boston and then deported after returning from a trip to Lebanon. The government says a judge’s order that she be allowed to stay in the U.S. came too late.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The latest on the case of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, the Brown Medicine doctor deported Friday night despite a valid visa. DHS says she had attended the Hezbollah leader's funeral. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Latest on the case of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, the kidney transplant specialist and Brown U professor detained and deported in potential defiance of a court order.
Foreign doctors are crucial in her field, as there is a shortage of Americans: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Foreign doctors are crucial in her field, as there is a shortage of Americans: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
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March 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Latest on the case of Dr. Rasha Alawieh, the kidney transplant specialist and Brown U professor detained and deported in potential defiance of a court order.
Foreign doctors are crucial in her field, as there is a shortage of Americans: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Foreign doctors are crucial in her field, as there is a shortage of Americans: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
NEW: 5 years later, what did we learn about school closures for the next pandemic? We interviewed over a dozen education, health and political leaders about where they now stand, any regrets, and what should happen next time www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?
Five years after the global Covid pandemic was declared, there is widespread agreement that closing classrooms was devastating for children. Here is what leaders say they may do next time.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NEW: 5 years later, what did we learn about school closures for the next pandemic? We interviewed over a dozen education, health and political leaders about where they now stand, any regrets, and what should happen next time www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...
I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
I’m on The Daily, unpacking the fundamental paradox at the heart of Trump’s education agenda: how he wants to abolish the agency he is also aggressively using to fight a culture war podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Trump Takes Aim at the Department of Education
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 03/10/2025 · 26m
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March 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m on The Daily, unpacking the fundamental paradox at the heart of Trump’s education agenda: how he wants to abolish the agency he is also aggressively using to fight a culture war podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
40% of students who start college don't finish. Some high schools that once pushed "college for all" are grappling with that reality, and providing teens with more career-focused learning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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Some Schools Rethink “College For All”
The idea that every student should aim for a four-year college motivated a bipartisan movement for decades. Now even enthusiastic promoters of the idea are reconsidering it.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
40% of students who start college don't finish. Some high schools that once pushed "college for all" are grappling with that reality, and providing teens with more career-focused learning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
1. Scoop: DOGE staffers embedded in the Education Department plan a new role for generative A.I., interacting with kids and parents who have questions about student aid, and potentially replacing many human call center workers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
DOGE Proposes A.I. Bot as Replacement for Financial Aid Help
A new chatbot would answer questions from student borrowers. The idea comes from staffers with ties to the tech industry as they push further into the agency’s work.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
1. Scoop: DOGE staffers embedded in the Education Department plan a new role for generative A.I., interacting with kids and parents who have questions about student aid, and potentially replacing many human call center workers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...
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Today:
- @danagoldstein.bsky.social on DOGE and the Dep't of Ed,
- @elizabethkim.bsky.social on the DOJ's dropped charges against Mayor Adams,
- Oscar Doc: Black Box Diaries,
- @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck on plastic pollution
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @danagoldstein.bsky.social on DOGE and the Dep't of Ed,
- @elizabethkim.bsky.social on the DOJ's dropped charges against Mayor Adams,
- Oscar Doc: Black Box Diaries,
- @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck on plastic pollution
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today:
- @danagoldstein.bsky.social on DOGE and the Dep't of Ed,
- @elizabethkim.bsky.social on the DOJ's dropped charges against Mayor Adams,
- Oscar Doc: Black Box Diaries,
- @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck on plastic pollution
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @danagoldstein.bsky.social on DOGE and the Dep't of Ed,
- @elizabethkim.bsky.social on the DOJ's dropped charges against Mayor Adams,
- Oscar Doc: Black Box Diaries,
- @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck on plastic pollution
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
DOGE has cut nearly $1 billion in federal education research, affecting projects to understand challenges such as post-Covid academic recovery; disability issues; behavior problems; and the sharp rise in student absenteeism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Musks’s DOGE Announces Millions in Cuts to Education Dept. Amid Legal Pushback
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team said that it had “terminated” 89 of the department’s contracts, apparently targeting its research arm.
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February 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
DOGE has cut nearly $1 billion in federal education research, affecting projects to understand challenges such as post-Covid academic recovery; disability issues; behavior problems; and the sharp rise in student absenteeism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
While researching recent college completion stats, I encountered a typical A.I. search problem. Google A.I. says college dropouts surged during the pandemic, but the source it links back to shows federal data on high school dropouts, not college. This is why we need this transparent sourcing!
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
While researching recent college completion stats, I encountered a typical A.I. search problem. Google A.I. says college dropouts surged during the pandemic, but the source it links back to shows federal data on high school dropouts, not college. This is why we need this transparent sourcing!