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I want to live in a country with a Department of Education, not a Department of War.👍💙
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I want to live in a country with a Department of Education, not a Department of War.👍💙
We don’t have a lot of new information regarding the mass firing of the remaining Department of Education employees; it appears the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an opportunity to finish destroying the department of ed. If there are no employees, it exists in name only.
October 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We don’t have a lot of new information regarding the mass firing of the remaining Department of Education employees; it appears the Trump administration has used the government shutdown as an opportunity to finish destroying the department of ed. If there are no employees, it exists in name only.
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nowhere is safe from moneyed reactionary efforts, especially when large churches partner with political orgs, increasingly common and likely to be more so as the Christian nationalist coalition attempts to make full use of their institutional capture of the government and courts.
September 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
nowhere is safe from moneyed reactionary efforts, especially when large churches partner with political orgs, increasingly common and likely to be more so as the Christian nationalist coalition attempts to make full use of their institutional capture of the government and courts.
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Before the interviews, community members were able to give public comment w/abt 5 people questioning the process & content of the questions, calling out Shaw’s apparent ideological bias. One speaker, local parent and @ourschoolsusa co-founder Kristi Hirst’s comment is worth watching in full @ 13:33
CVUSD Special Meeting of the Board of Education September 8, 2025
YouTube video by Chino Valley Unified School Dist Board Videos
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September 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Before the interviews, community members were able to give public comment w/abt 5 people questioning the process & content of the questions, calling out Shaw’s apparent ideological bias. One speaker, local parent and @ourschoolsusa co-founder Kristi Hirst’s comment is worth watching in full @ 13:33
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What happens when a CA school board is captured by Christian nationalists? Look no further than Chino USD where Sonja Shaw and 4 flunkies rule over a student body of approx. 26,000 students (slightly bigger than Glendale USD). Very long thread follows…
September 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What happens when a CA school board is captured by Christian nationalists? Look no further than Chino USD where Sonja Shaw and 4 flunkies rule over a student body of approx. 26,000 students (slightly bigger than Glendale USD). Very long thread follows…
In February, Linda McMahon claimed no cuts to Title I would be made; more lies from this administration. These cuts would devastate districts across the country. I encourage everyone to check how much Title I funding their district and site receive and do the math.Inform your community and call reps
September 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In February, Linda McMahon claimed no cuts to Title I would be made; more lies from this administration. These cuts would devastate districts across the country. I encourage everyone to check how much Title I funding their district and site receive and do the math.Inform your community and call reps
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Start an @ourschoolsusa.bsky.social chapter or other parent group in your community to demand Prager materials not be used as instructional resources. Have age-appropriate honest convos w/your kids. Seek out quality curricular materials from @zinnedproject.bsky.social and www.learningforjustice.org
Learning for Justice
Learning for Justice is a community education program of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that centers civic and political action education for everyone.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Start an @ourschoolsusa.bsky.social chapter or other parent group in your community to demand Prager materials not be used as instructional resources. Have age-appropriate honest convos w/your kids. Seek out quality curricular materials from @zinnedproject.bsky.social and www.learningforjustice.org
Quality public education is the way we rid our county of fascism, and it’s exactly why the current administration is working so hard to destroy it.
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Quality public education is the way we rid our county of fascism, and it’s exactly why the current administration is working so hard to destroy it.
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If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.
July 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.
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It’s sometimes surprising what a small world the reactionary right is given their reach and influence but here’s one instructive example. This morning PragerU’s Jill Simonian posted excitedly abt a new OK program to require its teachers to pass a Prager created “America first” test.
July 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s sometimes surprising what a small world the reactionary right is given their reach and influence but here’s one instructive example. This morning PragerU’s Jill Simonian posted excitedly abt a new OK program to require its teachers to pass a Prager created “America first” test.
Looking forward to this !
We are thrilled to be hosting @matthewboedy.bsky.social for a virtual event Book Q&A August 6th at 6pm PST.
His new book “The Seven Mountain Mandate” is out September 30th.
Register now!
Link in Alt.
His new book “The Seven Mountain Mandate” is out September 30th.
Register now!
Link in Alt.
July 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Looking forward to this !
Just a reminder: our public schools had 7 BILLION DOLLARS taken from them by Trump and his administration last week. Money already approved and included in CURRENT BUDGETS. This includes money for before and after school programs - something MANY families rely on. #publiceducation #ourschoolsusa
July 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Just a reminder: our public schools had 7 BILLION DOLLARS taken from them by Trump and his administration last week. Money already approved and included in CURRENT BUDGETS. This includes money for before and after school programs - something MANY families rely on. #publiceducation #ourschoolsusa
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So as long as your discrimination is justified by your religious beliefs it’s allowed. This is all over Project 2025.
June 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So as long as your discrimination is justified by your religious beliefs it’s allowed. This is all over Project 2025.
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Although Alito frames the remedy here as "notice and opt-out," the reality is that school districts cannot manage such a sweeping opt-out system. They are far more likely to simply pull books with LGBTQ characters off classroom shelves altogether rather than face a ruinous, high-profile lawsuit.
June 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Although Alito frames the remedy here as "notice and opt-out," the reality is that school districts cannot manage such a sweeping opt-out system. They are far more likely to simply pull books with LGBTQ characters off classroom shelves altogether rather than face a ruinous, high-profile lawsuit.
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In her dissent from today's decision—Mahmoud v. Taylor—Justice Sotomayor says that the court's holding "threatens the very essence of public education," and that its "reverberations" will be felt "for generations." This is a very heartfelt and mournful dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In her dissent from today's decision—Mahmoud v. Taylor—Justice Sotomayor says that the court's holding "threatens the very essence of public education," and that its "reverberations" will be felt "for generations." This is a very heartfelt and mournful dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Lindsay Burke, a Baptist woman, and Jay Green, both PhDs, published on the Heritage Foundation that low birthrates are not due to lack of social programs, but due to women getting educated.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY3aqAuM/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY3aqAuM/
#fascism #forcedbirth #pregnancy #education
TikTok video by Dr. Jane
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January 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Lindsay Burke, a Baptist woman, and Jay Green, both PhDs, published on the Heritage Foundation that low birthrates are not due to lack of social programs, but due to women getting educated.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY3aqAuM/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY3aqAuM/
Lindsay Burke, the author of the Project 2025 education chapter, is now the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of Education. So tired of being proven right.
June 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Lindsay Burke, the author of the Project 2025 education chapter, is now the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of Education. So tired of being proven right.
Hearing that the Big Horrible Bill is being voted on in the Senate this Wednesday. It’s time to make a lot of noise again. Disastrous cuts to education, national vouchers, selling our national park lands, cuts to health care - all are there. Call and talk about it all. #horriblebill
June 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hearing that the Big Horrible Bill is being voted on in the Senate this Wednesday. It’s time to make a lot of noise again. Disastrous cuts to education, national vouchers, selling our national park lands, cuts to health care - all are there. Call and talk about it all. #horriblebill
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon refuses to say if teaching kids that Trump lost in 2020 is ‘illegal DEI’
Linda McMahon refuses to say if teaching kids Trump lost in 2020 is ‘illegal DEI’
She deflected that social studies students should ‘hear all sides’
www.independent.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Education Secretary Linda McMahon refuses to say if teaching kids that Trump lost in 2020 is ‘illegal DEI’
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At House hearing, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) asks Education Secretary Linda McMahon: "Do you believe social studies standards that teach President Biden won the 2020 election is illegal 'DEI'?"
McMahon doesn't directly respond
Instead she answered: "We should teach accurately"
McMahon doesn't directly respond
Instead she answered: "We should teach accurately"
June 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
At House hearing, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) asks Education Secretary Linda McMahon: "Do you believe social studies standards that teach President Biden won the 2020 election is illegal 'DEI'?"
McMahon doesn't directly respond
Instead she answered: "We should teach accurately"
McMahon doesn't directly respond
Instead she answered: "We should teach accurately"
Even worse. She said she didn’t know what/who they are ( although I think she might have taken that route instead of the real answer ; that she thinks it is illegal DEI).
The ignorance of this administration is jaw-dropping.
On Wednesday, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) asked Education Secretary Linda McMahon if teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre or Ruby Bridges counted as “illegal DEI.”
McMahon wouldn’t give a straight yes or no. That says everything.
On Wednesday, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) asked Education Secretary Linda McMahon if teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre or Ruby Bridges counted as “illegal DEI.”
McMahon wouldn’t give a straight yes or no. That says everything.
June 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Even worse. She said she didn’t know what/who they are ( although I think she might have taken that route instead of the real answer ; that she thinks it is illegal DEI).
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Pete Buttigieg on education & the separation of church and state:
“We’re not just AGAINST forcing people to pay with their tax dollars for private schools they might not agree with, we are FOR using those dollars for excellent, first-rate public education.”
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“We’re not just AGAINST forcing people to pay with their tax dollars for private schools they might not agree with, we are FOR using those dollars for excellent, first-rate public education.”
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May 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Pete Buttigieg on education & the separation of church and state:
“We’re not just AGAINST forcing people to pay with their tax dollars for private schools they might not agree with, we are FOR using those dollars for excellent, first-rate public education.”
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
“We’re not just AGAINST forcing people to pay with their tax dollars for private schools they might not agree with, we are FOR using those dollars for excellent, first-rate public education.”
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Stop and celebrate this: extremist school board candidates in Texas lost BIG this week. Parents do not want book banning. They do not want vouchers. They do not want policies that target and bully kids. We are the majority.
May 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Stop and celebrate this: extremist school board candidates in Texas lost BIG this week. Parents do not want book banning. They do not want vouchers. They do not want policies that target and bully kids. We are the majority.
Ready for corporal punishment to come back into k-12 classrooms? Trumps EO signed yesterday sets the stage for this. As a parent I want to know if I get to opt out of this if it goes against my beliefs.
April 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Ready for corporal punishment to come back into k-12 classrooms? Trumps EO signed yesterday sets the stage for this. As a parent I want to know if I get to opt out of this if it goes against my beliefs.