Wendy Machalicek, Ph.D., BCBA-D
@drmachalicek.bsky.social
SPED professor|UOregon| Co-Editor-in-Chief, JPBI|Editor-in-Chief, Developmental Neurorehabilitation| Parent & teacher implemented intervention to address challenging behavior for children with IDD, autism| PBIS| single-case design|#FirstGen
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Our family really needed some ensured joy coming into Monday so we adopted kitten sisters from the local humane society today! Coming home Tues. 💚
If I'm honest, finding it difficult to meet the present moment. Too close to the destruction & emotionally exhausted by insider knowledge of impacts. Hopefully acknowledging the big feels & espresso will bring renewed energy & value based action. Have an uncomfortable day & do it anyways, y'all.
SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.
Here is a portion:
![After President Trump's inauguration last month, he has steadily signed a slate of executive orders to keep these education promises: combatting critical race theory, DEl, gender ideology extremism, and discrimination in admissions. President Trump has also been focused on eliminating wasteful bureaucracy and harmful programs in the federal government. To that end, today he signed [Executive Order XYZ, entitled "Eliminating the Department of Education,] which has given us a clear and final mission.
We are to identify which of the Department's functions, programs, and offices are not mandated by statute, and eliminate them. This reorganization will impact staff, budgets, reporting, and more —and in coming months, we will determine how it can be accomplished with minimal delay and disruption. The President further tasked us with creating a plan to reallocate and reassign functions of the Department of Education that would be more effectively managed by other agencies. This plan will offer Congress a road map toward fulfilling the expectations of the President and the American people.
The new vision—which I hope each of you will embrace going forward—can be expressed as four main convictions:
Parents are the primary decision makers in their children's education.
Students deserve to be protected from physical violence, racial discrimination, medical tyranny, and gender extremism ideology on campus.
Postsecondary education should be a path to a well-paying career aligned with workforce needs.
Taxpayer-funded education should refocus on meaningful learning: proficiency in math, reading, and core subjects, and patriotism in American history and civics.
As we move to reduce the Department's middleman role in education, these four convictions must guide us toward conscientious and pragmatic action. The elimination of bureaucracy should free us, not limit us, in our pursuit of these goals
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March 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If I'm honest, finding it difficult to meet the present moment. Too close to the destruction & emotionally exhausted by insider knowledge of impacts. Hopefully acknowledging the big feels & espresso will bring renewed energy & value based action. Have an uncomfortable day & do it anyways, y'all.
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These sites might be useful:
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
March 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These sites might be useful:
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org)
2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)
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Any of my SpEd people out there interested in coming to Reno as a department chair? 😃 We’re conducting a search & of course, I’d love to see it be a SpEd faculty! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
Associate / Professor / Chair, Educator Preparation
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Any of my SpEd people out there interested in coming to Reno as a department chair? 😃 We’re conducting a search & of course, I’d love to see it be a SpEd faculty! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UNR-ex...
Would be awful if this site crashed repeatedly.
Department of Education has now launched an endDEI report portal for so-called discriminatory practices in school at endDEI.Ed.gov. Be a shame if it was spammed with actual discriminatory acts; like book banning, forcing Ten Commandments in school, ICE invasions, or the fact this site exists.
Department of Education FormLock
endDEI.Ed.gov
February 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Would be awful if this site crashed repeatedly.
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Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are.
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
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February 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Attended the Union of Concerned Scientist's webinar about protecting scientists engaged in advocacy and I think the most important message was: The more people who do it, the safer we all are.
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
See the list of resources they shared below. Carry your weight and let others carry you!
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
Must read on how the media has shaped public opinion through verbal behavior.
1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters.
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
How the national conversation shifted from structural racism to DEI
How the conversation about DEI has evolved over time.
abcnews.go.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Must read on how the media has shaped public opinion through verbal behavior.
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"White parents who see themselves as egalitarian must recognize that the stakes are now higher than ever. If you want to raise children who reject racism rather than passively absorbing it, right now, today, talk with your child about race and racism."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why It’s Important to Talk about Race with Children
Children start learning about race and racism as early as preschool. Talking about race early, however difficult, will help them become more antiracist
www.scientificamerican.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"White parents who see themselves as egalitarian must recognize that the stakes are now higher than ever. If you want to raise children who reject racism rather than passively absorbing it, right now, today, talk with your child about race and racism."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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Hey BlueSky! Looking to get more involved with policy and advocacy? The TED Policy Committee invites members to apply for a $1,000 sponsorship to attend the Special Education Legislative Summit in Washington DC, July 13-16, 2025.
Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25
Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25
February 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hey BlueSky! Looking to get more involved with policy and advocacy? The TED Policy Committee invites members to apply for a $1,000 sponsorship to attend the Special Education Legislative Summit in Washington DC, July 13-16, 2025.
Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25
Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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"the concept of a teach-in — wherein a panel of college professors or experts on a subject hold a discussion around a relevant social or political issue — originated in the University in 1965 to protest the war in Vietnam."
February 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"the concept of a teach-in — wherein a panel of college professors or experts on a subject hold a discussion around a relevant social or political issue — originated in the University in 1965 to protest the war in Vietnam."
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JIC, here is an OSF Folder of the following What Works Clearinghouse materials as of February 2025:
- Data from Study Reviews
- Handbooks and Reviewer Resources
- Intervention Reports
- Practice Guides
osf.io/w5aq8/
- Data from Study Reviews
- Handbooks and Reviewer Resources
- Intervention Reports
- Practice Guides
osf.io/w5aq8/
What Works Clearinghouse Materials
WWC materials (downloaded February 2025)
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
osf.io
February 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
JIC, here is an OSF Folder of the following What Works Clearinghouse materials as of February 2025:
- Data from Study Reviews
- Handbooks and Reviewer Resources
- Intervention Reports
- Practice Guides
osf.io/w5aq8/
- Data from Study Reviews
- Handbooks and Reviewer Resources
- Intervention Reports
- Practice Guides
osf.io/w5aq8/
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An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
www.insidehighered.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Reposted by Wendy Machalicek, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Friends in higher ed: As legal (and allegedly legal) pressures increase, you might want to pay close attention to who at your institution is telling you what "the law" is.
In particular: Are they an attorney?
In particular: Are they an attorney?
February 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Friends in higher ed: As legal (and allegedly legal) pressures increase, you might want to pay close attention to who at your institution is telling you what "the law" is.
In particular: Are they an attorney?
In particular: Are they an attorney?
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Black Americans truly brought democracy to America.
Remember this during Black History Month.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Remember this during Black History Month.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One (Gift Article)
Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Black Americans truly brought democracy to America.
Remember this during Black History Month.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Remember this during Black History Month.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New DOE memo claims to make consideration of race in admissions, scholarship, etc. Illegal www.ed.gov/media/docume...
February 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New DOE memo claims to make consideration of race in admissions, scholarship, etc. Illegal www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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More contract cuts from the Education Department, this time to the Regional Education Laboratories that were spared in the last round. In a press release, department said it cut $350M in contracts that touched on equity in some way.
The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Program | IESicon-dot-govicon-httpsicon-quote
The ten RELs partner with educators and policymakers nationwide. REL work is change-oriented, supporting meaningful local, regional, or state decisions about education policies, programs, and practice...
ies.ed.gov
February 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
More contract cuts from the Education Department, this time to the Regional Education Laboratories that were spared in the last round. In a press release, department said it cut $350M in contracts that touched on equity in some way.
"Much of what DOGE cancelled here is not waste or abuse under any conceivable definition of the term. Indeed, DOGE has canceled many high-quality research projects that had already been underway for years, which is far more wasteful than letting them finish!"
Inexplicable Cuts at the Dept. of Education
open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
February 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
these cabinet announcements are like an advent calendar counting down to the apocalypse
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AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
www.aera.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
Indeed.
“Who the hell voted for Mr. Musk?” Paul Begala raged on CNN. “Who the hell voted for — excuse the phrase — a guy who calls himself Big Balls? A 19-year-old kid going in there and trying to fire cancer researchers and scientists and teachers and agricultural specialists. It’s, it’s appalling.”
‘Who the Hell Voted for… Big Balls?!’ CNN Panel Melts Down Over Musk Hires
Former White House strategist Paul Begala is the latest Democratic figure to take issue with the young DOGE whiz kid.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Indeed.
Waking before the birds means coffee with my very good boi. In middle age, he likes to be covered with a fuzzy blankie in bed so I ordered him a ridiculous, hands knit wool sweater this morning. I don't know who is knitting these dog sweaters built for 80 + lb dogs, but I thank you.
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Waking before the birds means coffee with my very good boi. In middle age, he likes to be covered with a fuzzy blankie in bed so I ordered him a ridiculous, hands knit wool sweater this morning. I don't know who is knitting these dog sweaters built for 80 + lb dogs, but I thank you.
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Internal NIH guidance updated yesterday. Just canceling stuff each day from here on out I guess, pending new guidance. Killing science off both slowly and incredibly rapidly.
February 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Internal NIH guidance updated yesterday. Just canceling stuff each day from here on out I guess, pending new guidance. Killing science off both slowly and incredibly rapidly.
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If your employer is caving to the Trumpists, and has announced an end to DEI and accessibility policies, it's past time to organize with your coworkers so that you're able to pressure your employer using a diversity of tactics
Leak
Slowdown
Sabotage
Strike
Organize
Leak
Slowdown
Sabotage
Strike
Organize
February 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If your employer is caving to the Trumpists, and has announced an end to DEI and accessibility policies, it's past time to organize with your coworkers so that you're able to pressure your employer using a diversity of tactics
Leak
Slowdown
Sabotage
Strike
Organize
Leak
Slowdown
Sabotage
Strike
Organize
Damn near burst into sobs teaching because my slides included reference to Dept of Edu work that I contributed to, regularly used and shared with educators over the past 17 yrs. As far as I know, it is no longer due to this coup. Had to stop mid sentence to say it very likely no longer exists.
a cartoon character is crying and the words it 's ok i 'm fine are above him
Alt: a cartoon character is crying and the words it 's ok i 'm fine are above him
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Damn near burst into sobs teaching because my slides included reference to Dept of Edu work that I contributed to, regularly used and shared with educators over the past 17 yrs. As far as I know, it is no longer due to this coup. Had to stop mid sentence to say it very likely no longer exists.