Daniel Espinas
@despinas.bsky.social
special education researcher | 🇨🇴 🇺🇸
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer.
The cruelty is the point.
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"asked if he was 'comfortable' with cuts that had reportedly decimated special education services...
'I haven’t seen the specifics of that and I don’t know'...
But those so-called “details” Johnson overlooked are quickly coming to light—and they’re a huge problem"
FFS
newrepublic.com/post/201700/...
'I haven’t seen the specifics of that and I don’t know'...
But those so-called “details” Johnson overlooked are quickly coming to light—and they’re a huge problem"
FFS
newrepublic.com/post/201700/...
“I Don’t Know”: Mike Johnson Ducks Key Question About Shutdown Layoffs
Mike Johnson seems to have decided his best line of defense is to play dumb.
newrepublic.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"asked if he was 'comfortable' with cuts that had reportedly decimated special education services...
'I haven’t seen the specifics of that and I don’t know'...
But those so-called “details” Johnson overlooked are quickly coming to light—and they’re a huge problem"
FFS
newrepublic.com/post/201700/...
'I haven’t seen the specifics of that and I don’t know'...
But those so-called “details” Johnson overlooked are quickly coming to light—and they’re a huge problem"
FFS
newrepublic.com/post/201700/...
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Excited to work a bit more on word-problem solving with our RAAMPS team. This year, we are doing problem posing within Pirate Math Equation Quest! www.piratemathequationquest.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Excited to work a bit more on word-problem solving with our RAAMPS team. This year, we are doing problem posing within Pirate Math Equation Quest! www.piratemathequationquest.com
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Rewriting reality.
October 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Rewriting reality.
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The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
bit.ly
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
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That’s not how science works dip shit.
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
That’s not how science works dip shit.
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The Department of Education wants to end the requirement that states collect & report data on racial disparities in special education.
This a week after they announced that they are going to ask almost 2,000 colleges to vastly expand their data collection around race, admissions, & financial aid.
This a week after they announced that they are going to ask almost 2,000 colleges to vastly expand their data collection around race, admissions, & financial aid.
August 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Department of Education wants to end the requirement that states collect & report data on racial disparities in special education.
This a week after they announced that they are going to ask almost 2,000 colleges to vastly expand their data collection around race, admissions, & financial aid.
This a week after they announced that they are going to ask almost 2,000 colleges to vastly expand their data collection around race, admissions, & financial aid.
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The people who say we talk too much about slavery are the same ones who insist that we need public monuments and statues of men who are famous solely for waging a war of treason in defense of slavery.
Statues that were created explicitly to deny any sense of "hope and progress" after the Civil War.
Statues that were created explicitly to deny any sense of "hope and progress" after the Civil War.
White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."
August 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The people who say we talk too much about slavery are the same ones who insist that we need public monuments and statues of men who are famous solely for waging a war of treason in defense of slavery.
Statues that were created explicitly to deny any sense of "hope and progress" after the Civil War.
Statues that were created explicitly to deny any sense of "hope and progress" after the Civil War.
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📚 (Early) good news for education researchers!
Today, Senate appropriators said NO cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget for FY26.
Holds flat at $793 million. In contrast, the President's budget request wanted to slash IES's budget by -67%.
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Today, Senate appropriators said NO cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget for FY26.
Holds flat at $793 million. In contrast, the President's budget request wanted to slash IES's budget by -67%.
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Senators—Including Republicans—Reject All of Trump's Proposed Education Cuts
The budget bill could go before the full Senate as early as September.
www.edweek.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
📚 (Early) good news for education researchers!
Today, Senate appropriators said NO cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget for FY26.
Holds flat at $793 million. In contrast, the President's budget request wanted to slash IES's budget by -67%.
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Today, Senate appropriators said NO cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget for FY26.
Holds flat at $793 million. In contrast, the President's budget request wanted to slash IES's budget by -67%.
🧵 1/3
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NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
Yall gotta come on now with this heat 🥵
June 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Yall gotta come on now with this heat 🥵
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President Bone Spurs isn’t afraid to put men and women who volunteered to serve in harms way.
June 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
President Bone Spurs isn’t afraid to put men and women who volunteered to serve in harms way.
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
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The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
An Entire Board Just Resigned After Accusing Trump Of Illegal Interference
The board members say Trump denied Fulbright awards to several people they had selected for the 2025-2026 academic year.
www.huffpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Livestream is just a week away!
June 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Livestream is just a week away!
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BREAKING:
The opinion of a random person you just encountered online is not, in fact, the universally embraced belief of "the Left" or "Liberals" or whoever else you'd like to paint with a broad brush.
More as this story develops.
The opinion of a random person you just encountered online is not, in fact, the universally embraced belief of "the Left" or "Liberals" or whoever else you'd like to paint with a broad brush.
More as this story develops.
June 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
BREAKING:
The opinion of a random person you just encountered online is not, in fact, the universally embraced belief of "the Left" or "Liberals" or whoever else you'd like to paint with a broad brush.
More as this story develops.
The opinion of a random person you just encountered online is not, in fact, the universally embraced belief of "the Left" or "Liberals" or whoever else you'd like to paint with a broad brush.
More as this story develops.
Trump’s proposed budget for IES
May 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trump’s proposed budget for IES
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We saddened by the passing of esteemed education scholar William Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt was an AERA Fellow, recipient of the AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, and served as chair of the governing board of the AERA-NSF Grants Program.
May 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We saddened by the passing of esteemed education scholar William Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt was an AERA Fellow, recipient of the AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, and served as chair of the governing board of the AERA-NSF Grants Program.
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I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
May 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.