US Education Tracker
@educationtracker.bsky.social
Tracking the impact of right-wing policy on US education.
I’m a former public school teacher/current mom of a public school kid.
📍NYC
https://www.departmentofedtracker.com/
I’m a former public school teacher/current mom of a public school kid.
📍NYC
https://www.departmentofedtracker.com/
Pinned
NYC special education services are a shitshow and that is why I’ve had to kind of abandon this project.
You can find me replying-all on DOE emails until I get a response, submitting out of network claims for various therapies/evaluations and battling stress migraines until further notice.
You can find me replying-all on DOE emails until I get a response, submitting out of network claims for various therapies/evaluations and battling stress migraines until further notice.
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This is straight-up, unvarnished Klan language from the Vice President of the United States.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is straight-up, unvarnished Klan language from the Vice President of the United States.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
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She looks like she gets on stage every night to sing a 45 minute medley that’s mostly the n-word
These people all go to rich people megachurches so they have no idea how freaky this looks to normal people
December 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
She looks like she gets on stage every night to sing a 45 minute medley that’s mostly the n-word
Non pay-walled coverage - it truly encapsulates the way our schools and our criminal justice systems fail all of us, especially the most vulnerable.
Five-year-old autistic boy at White House elementary school facing assault charges - Main Street Media of Tennessee
Parents of two kindergarten students at an elementary school in White House are pressing assault charges through a private prosecution against a fellow classmate diagnosed with autism, following repor...
mainstreetmediatn.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Non pay-walled coverage - it truly encapsulates the way our schools and our criminal justice systems fail all of us, especially the most vulnerable.
Great piece by @troe-writes.bsky.social on a story of an autistic 5yo facing assault charges (which imo has not gotten enough attention):
Opinion | How state law, the justice system, and a school penalized a boy with autism | Opinion — The Tennessean
A 5-year-old with autism who was recently brought up on assault charges, was failed by the very systems that should've ensured his welfare.
apple.news
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Great piece by @troe-writes.bsky.social on a story of an autistic 5yo facing assault charges (which imo has not gotten enough attention):
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This guy was just confirmed to be US ambassador to South Africa
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This guy was just confirmed to be US ambassador to South Africa
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After months of negotiations and 170+ days working without a contract, Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota (AHEM) union members are voting on whether to authorize a strike. ✊ AHEM educators are voting from December 17 to 20 throughout the district and results will be announced by AHEM on December 20.
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
After months of negotiations and 170+ days working without a contract, Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota (AHEM) union members are voting on whether to authorize a strike. ✊ AHEM educators are voting from December 17 to 20 throughout the district and results will be announced by AHEM on December 20.
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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DePaul University announced Monday that it’s laid off 114 staff members to address a budget shortfall caused by rising costs and a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students.
DePaul University lays off 114 staff members
chicago.suntimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
DePaul University announced Monday that it’s laid off 114 staff members to address a budget shortfall caused by rising costs and a significant drop in enrollment among international graduate students.
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I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.
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“Pray” is not “all we can do,” Mr. Trump.
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“Pray” is not “all we can do,” Mr. Trump.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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NO PARENT SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TEXT
OUR HEARTS BREAK AND HOPE HOPE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS
This should not happen
Make it stop...Guns 🙏😪
OUR HEARTS BREAK AND HOPE HOPE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS
This should not happen
Make it stop...Guns 🙏😪
December 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NO PARENT SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TEXT
OUR HEARTS BREAK AND HOPE HOPE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS
This should not happen
Make it stop...Guns 🙏😪
OUR HEARTS BREAK AND HOPE HOPE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS
This should not happen
Make it stop...Guns 🙏😪
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We shouldn’t have to live like this. I’m not THAT old, and I remember we *didn’t* live like this. Powerful segments of society have made a choice that the regular scene of dead bodies in classrooms is an acceptable cost of doing business, and we shouldn’t have to accept that. I’m sad and I’m angry.
December 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We shouldn’t have to live like this. I’m not THAT old, and I remember we *didn’t* live like this. Powerful segments of society have made a choice that the regular scene of dead bodies in classrooms is an acceptable cost of doing business, and we shouldn’t have to accept that. I’m sad and I’m angry.
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The alerts from Brown University came every 10 or 15 minutes. I thought of my PhD classmates in lockdown in the library or classrooms. At least they were safe. I worried about others. I feel the fear as a student and as mother of college students. Why we tolerate this horror is beyond me.
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The alerts from Brown University came every 10 or 15 minutes. I thought of my PhD classmates in lockdown in the library or classrooms. At least they were safe. I worried about others. I feel the fear as a student and as mother of college students. Why we tolerate this horror is beyond me.
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
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The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
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This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
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Another flip by a Dem who ran as a strong supporter of public education. One common theme emerging in these upsets: winning candidates sound nothing like centrists & pundits when it comes to talking about schools. georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
Democrat flips northeast Georgia state House seat, pulling off special election upset • Georgia Recorder
A Watkinsville Democrat defeated a Republican in a two-way race Tuesday, flipping a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.
georgiarecorder.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Another flip by a Dem who ran as a strong supporter of public education. One common theme emerging in these upsets: winning candidates sound nothing like centrists & pundits when it comes to talking about schools. georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
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Tonight’s repeal of Utah’s ban of teacher collective bargaining is a historic step in the right direction to return respect and dignity to the workers of Utah. Here's my full statement.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT Utah and the AFT on the Repeal of Utah’s Public Sector Collective Bargaining Ban
SALT LAKE CITY—AFT Utah President Brad Asay and AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the state legislature repealed a law, HB 267, that banned public employee unions fro...
www.aft.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Tonight’s repeal of Utah’s ban of teacher collective bargaining is a historic step in the right direction to return respect and dignity to the workers of Utah. Here's my full statement.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
Noted anti-consumerism advocate Donald Trump:
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Noted anti-consumerism advocate Donald Trump:
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BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit to stop all Texas public schools from displaying the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.
Judges have blocked our prior plaintiffs' schools from enforcing a Texas law mandating these unconstitutional displays. We're asking the courts to block it statewide.
Judges have blocked our prior plaintiffs' schools from enforcing a Texas law mandating these unconstitutional displays. We're asking the courts to block it statewide.
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit to stop all Texas public schools from displaying the Ten Commandments in their classrooms.
Judges have blocked our prior plaintiffs' schools from enforcing a Texas law mandating these unconstitutional displays. We're asking the courts to block it statewide.
Judges have blocked our prior plaintiffs' schools from enforcing a Texas law mandating these unconstitutional displays. We're asking the courts to block it statewide.
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On Thursday December 4, 2025, Texas’ new “bathroom bill”, Senate Bill 8, officially went into effect, banning transgender people from using multi-stall restrooms and other public facilities in schools and government buildings that match their gender identity.
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On Thursday December 4, 2025, Texas’ new “bathroom bill”, Senate Bill 8, officially went into effect, banning transgender people from using multi-stall restrooms and other public facilities in schools and government buildings that match their gender identity.
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Fighting "indoctrination" in Texas schools by funding indoctrination in Texas schools. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools
Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.
www.texastribune.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fighting "indoctrination" in Texas schools by funding indoctrination in Texas schools. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...
Watch what’s going on in education in Texas. Requiring Christian nationalist policies and encouraging people to report each other for noncompliance is a key part of several recent state bills.
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Watch what’s going on in education in Texas. Requiring Christian nationalist policies and encouraging people to report each other for noncompliance is a key part of several recent state bills.
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Forcing all colleges and *high schools* to have chapters of the Right-Wing Teacher Harassment Grift Machine is insane, even by Texas standards
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Forcing all colleges and *high schools* to have chapters of the Right-Wing Teacher Harassment Grift Machine is insane, even by Texas standards