Dan Gordon
@dangordondc.bsky.social
Working in edu-policy & strategy at EducationCounsel. Former civil rights lawyer & DC Public Schools teacher/district official. Views my own. He/Him
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Dan Gordon
@dangordondc.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I work a lot on how education can do more to embrace "learning systems" approaches. When a system is set up for learning, infrastructure & culture work together to harness the power of data, research, innovation, judgment, input & feedback to continuously adapt to meet every individual’s needs. 1/2
*This* is the thing to watch with respect to the higher ed "Compact." The coverage has mostly been that it's a series of carrots when it seems more likely to be used as the biggest of all sticks. Check out the whole @jamessmurphy.bsky.social 🧵
Once you realize that the ambition of the Compact is not to create a class of favored schools with extra benefits but a contract ALL IHEs will be required to sign to get ANY benefits, this line from the Compact makes more sense:
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
*This* is the thing to watch with respect to the higher ed "Compact." The coverage has mostly been that it's a series of carrots when it seems more likely to be used as the biggest of all sticks. Check out the whole @jamessmurphy.bsky.social 🧵
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Looking forward to digging into this new book from @lizcohen12.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social #EduSky: The Post-Pandemic Promise of High-Impact Tutoring www.the74million.org/article/the-...
The Post-Pandemic Promise of High-Impact Tutoring
‘There's something really powerful about bringing more people in to interact with young people,’ author Liz Cohen says of her new book
www.the74million.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Looking forward to digging into this new book from @lizcohen12.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social #EduSky: The Post-Pandemic Promise of High-Impact Tutoring www.the74million.org/article/the-...
Among (too) many things this evening, this one is sitting heavily on me: "Common threads animating this violent conduct include...extremism on migration, race, and gender"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Among (too) many things this evening, this one is sitting heavily on me: "Common threads animating this violent conduct include...extremism on migration, race, and gender"
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
House lawmakers voted to allow 14-year-olds to be tried as adults and to treat young people more harshly in the D.C. justice system — fulfilling a top request from the Trump administration despite universal opposition among top D.C. elected officials.
House votes to charge D.C. 14-year-olds as adults
The House also voted to restrict judges from giving lighter sentences to young adults, among 14 D.C. crime-related policy proposals from the GOP.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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BREAKING: Trump-appointed judge *dismisses* DOJ lawsuit against Maryland judges over their decision to automatically pause deportation cases for 48 hours
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: Trump-appointed judge *dismisses* DOJ lawsuit against Maryland judges over their decision to automatically pause deportation cases for 48 hours
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He also calls Trump and his admin's attack on judges a "smear" that is "unprecedented and unfortunate
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Washington DC’s 700,000+ residents deserve federal representation.
DC statehood now.
DC statehood now.
August 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Washington DC’s 700,000+ residents deserve federal representation.
DC statehood now.
DC statehood now.
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Just to be clear, if you cancel every special education grant that mentions "inclusion," you will cancel NEARLY EVERY SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Fears Grow That Trump Will Cut Special Education Support Funding
Advocacy organizations are warning members to brace for "hundreds" of grant terminations.
www.edweek.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Just to be clear, if you cancel every special education grant that mentions "inclusion," you will cancel NEARLY EVERY SPECIAL EDUCATION GRANT. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Great news - judge issued a final ruling in case brought by AFT (via Democracy Forward) completely vacating OCR's "Dear Colleague" letter & anti-DEI certification. These policy moves were forerunners for recent DOJ recent guidance - see 🧵 below for more on that
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69672...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69672...
🧵 We just published "Misguidance," a deep analysis of the recent Dept of Justice (DOJ) guidance on how the Administration is applying antidiscrimination laws to efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion:
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
EducationCounsel - MISGUIDANCE - 8.12.25.pdf
drive.google.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great news - judge issued a final ruling in case brought by AFT (via Democracy Forward) completely vacating OCR's "Dear Colleague" letter & anti-DEI certification. These policy moves were forerunners for recent DOJ recent guidance - see 🧵 below for more on that
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69672...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69672...
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Federal IDEA grants affecting special education research and parent support are likely to be cut in the coming weeks, advocates say: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Fears Grow That Trump Will Cut Special Education Support Funding
Advocacy organizations are warning members to brace for "hundreds" of grant terminations.
www.edweek.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Federal IDEA grants affecting special education research and parent support are likely to be cut in the coming weeks, advocates say: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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🧵 We just published "Misguidance," a deep analysis of the recent Dept of Justice (DOJ) guidance on how the Administration is applying antidiscrimination laws to efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion:
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
EducationCounsel - MISGUIDANCE - 8.12.25.pdf
drive.google.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🧵 We just published "Misguidance," a deep analysis of the recent Dept of Justice (DOJ) guidance on how the Administration is applying antidiscrimination laws to efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion:
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
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Latest PDK Poll also reflects rising embrace of private school choice, support for DEI and a backlash against artificial intelligence. @lrj417.bsky.social reports
Exclusive: Support for Schools Falls, But Closing Education Dept. is Unpopular
Latest PDK Poll also reflects rising embrace of private school choice, support for DEI and a backlash against artificial intelligence.
www.the74million.org
August 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Latest PDK Poll also reflects rising embrace of private school choice, support for DEI and a backlash against artificial intelligence. @lrj417.bsky.social reports
🧵 We just published "Misguidance," a deep analysis of the recent Dept of Justice (DOJ) guidance on how the Administration is applying antidiscrimination laws to efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion:
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
EducationCounsel - MISGUIDANCE - 8.12.25.pdf
drive.google.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🧵 We just published "Misguidance," a deep analysis of the recent Dept of Justice (DOJ) guidance on how the Administration is applying antidiscrimination laws to efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion:
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
drive.google.com/file/d/1q3H6...
#EduSky #CivilRights #highered
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While everyone is (rightly) focused on National Guard being deployed in D.C. - even though crime is down - we can't forget that the House took $1B of revenue from D.C. in the CR.
The Senate did pass a fix back in March but the House has yet to vote on it.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
The Senate did pass a fix back in March but the House has yet to vote on it.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
DC prepares for $1 billion budget cut after House passes bill
The House passed a bill Tuesday that would avert a government shutdown but D.C. leaders say it will have devastating effects. Here's what would happen.
www.nbcwashington.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
While everyone is (rightly) focused on National Guard being deployed in D.C. - even though crime is down - we can't forget that the House took $1B of revenue from D.C. in the CR.
The Senate did pass a fix back in March but the House has yet to vote on it.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
The Senate did pass a fix back in March but the House has yet to vote on it.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
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The 2024 violent crime rates per 100,000 people in Washington, DC (926) and Indianapolis Indiana (878) are very similar.
In 2024, you were more likely to experience violent crime in Elkhart, Indiana (995) than DC
In 2024, you were more likely to experience violent crime in Elkhart, Indiana (995) than DC
August 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The 2024 violent crime rates per 100,000 people in Washington, DC (926) and Indianapolis Indiana (878) are very similar.
In 2024, you were more likely to experience violent crime in Elkhart, Indiana (995) than DC
In 2024, you were more likely to experience violent crime in Elkhart, Indiana (995) than DC
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(silver lining…may get in the way of them declaring illegal even the collection of disaggregated data)
(silver lining…may get in the way of them declaring illegal even the collection of disaggregated data)
Will this request for more info include data on legacies? Athletic recruits? Type of high school attended? Family income? Pell status?
I'm not holding my breath.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
I'm not holding my breath.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Trump preps memo ordering colleges to hand over more admissions data
President Donald Trump will sign a memorandum ordering colleges to be more transparent about their admissions data.
www.usatoday.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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(silver lining…may get in the way of them declaring illegal even the collection of disaggregated data)
(silver lining…may get in the way of them declaring illegal even the collection of disaggregated data)
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Grateful for this piece by Cory Turner in @npr.org. These public servants did vital work. Imagine doing your job well and then hearing your boss's boss calling your layoff "a significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system." www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n... #edusky
Today is the last day for many Education Department workers. Here's what they did
Employees across multiple divisions agree: They can't imagine how the department will fulfill its legal obligations with roughly half its staff gone.
www.npr.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Grateful for this piece by Cory Turner in @npr.org. These public servants did vital work. Imagine doing your job well and then hearing your boss's boss calling your layoff "a significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system." www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n... #edusky
Thank you to all the dedicated US Dept of Ed civil servants terminated today as part of the RIF and to all those still employed but now doing extra work to serve schools without sufficient staffing.
August 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thank you to all the dedicated US Dept of Ed civil servants terminated today as part of the RIF and to all those still employed but now doing extra work to serve schools without sufficient staffing.
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CALDER partnered with @bellwetherorg.bsky.social on a new series looking at how pandemic-era research can help education leaders navigate today’s K–12 policy challenges. Check out the first report here: bellwether.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
@cedr.bsky.social
The Pandemic Learning Project: Using Research on COVID-Era Policy Change to Strengthen K-12 Education | Bellwether
bellwether.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
CALDER partnered with @bellwetherorg.bsky.social on a new series looking at how pandemic-era research can help education leaders navigate today’s K–12 policy challenges. Check out the first report here: bellwether.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social
@cedr.bsky.social
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From a Harvard psychology professor - to his great credit
This is unfortunate:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
I wrote to the president of Harvard. I hope other faculty will speak their conscience, even if it means more struggle ahead.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
I wrote to the president of Harvard. I hope other faculty will speak their conscience, even if it means more struggle ahead.
July 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
From a Harvard psychology professor - to his great credit
Check out our latest Alert covering the past two weeks, which have been overflowing with federal education news 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
EducationCounsel ALERT: $7B in Frozen Funds Released, First Rescission Passes, Columbia Settlement, AI Developments, DOJ Limits Language Access & Other Significant Updates (7/28/25)
EducationCounsel Alert for July 28, 2025 This EducationCounsel Alert shares updates about various recent actions by the federal government relevant to education, including: 1. Administration Releas...
docs.google.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Check out our latest Alert covering the past two weeks, which have been overflowing with federal education news 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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If we accept the claim that the education funds were withheld only so long as it took to complete a review…KUDOS to public education for apparently administering $7B without a single instance of waste/fraud/abuse/radical-agenda/Administration-conflicts! When’s last time a $7B audit came up 💯 empty?
Vought: "We're going through the same programmatic review on the NIH that we did on Education funding"
You mean - the Department you are illegally closing? That is what you are doing with NIH?
You mean - the Department you are illegally closing? That is what you are doing with NIH?
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If we accept the claim that the education funds were withheld only so long as it took to complete a review…KUDOS to public education for apparently administering $7B without a single instance of waste/fraud/abuse/radical-agenda/Administration-conflicts! When’s last time a $7B audit came up 💯 empty?
If we accept the claim that the education funds were withheld only so long as it took to complete a review…KUDOS to public education for apparently administering $7B without a single instance of waste/fraud/abuse/radical-agenda/Administration-conflicts! When’s last time a $7B audit came up 💯 empty?
Vought: "We're going through the same programmatic review on the NIH that we did on Education funding"
You mean - the Department you are illegally closing? That is what you are doing with NIH?
You mean - the Department you are illegally closing? That is what you are doing with NIH?
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If we accept the claim that the education funds were withheld only so long as it took to complete a review…KUDOS to public education for apparently administering $7B without a single instance of waste/fraud/abuse/radical-agenda/Administration-conflicts! When’s last time a $7B audit came up 💯 empty?
Good illustration of how much viewpoint discrimination is at the heart of the recent “Woke AI” EO. The LLM described below would likely be eligible for procurement by federal agencies while one that admits systemic racism or trans people merely exist would not.
A dangerous sign of where we’re at now with the spread of ideologically biased AIs:
Gab announced a new version 2.0 of its AI chatbot “Arya” that also acts as a reply bot on X. It’s getting use. And is avowedly Christian, pro-American, and un-PC.
Gab announced a new version 2.0 of its AI chatbot “Arya” that also acts as a reply bot on X. It’s getting use. And is avowedly Christian, pro-American, and un-PC.
July 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Good illustration of how much viewpoint discrimination is at the heart of the recent “Woke AI” EO. The LLM described below would likely be eligible for procurement by federal agencies while one that admits systemic racism or trans people merely exist would not.