US Education Tracker
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Tracking the impact of right-wing policy on US education.
I’m a former public school teacher/current mom of a public school kid.
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I’m a former public school teacher/current mom of a public school kid.
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https://www.departmentofedtracker.com/
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U.S. Education Tracker
Discover US education updates, policy shifts, and impacts under the Trump administration. Track K-12 and higher education changes with our independent and comprehensive insights.
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I appealed and got my spreadsheet (and google account) reinstated! The website is back and I'm currently updating!
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The agency this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence
CDC Vaccine Website Promotes Anti-Science Claims of Autism Ties
The agency this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The agency this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence
I do think LLMs/AI have legitimate uses and can be helpful tools.
The issue for me is: does that balance the many, many ways they can be (and currently are) used for harm or the environmental cost?
The issue for me is: does that balance the many, many ways they can be (and currently are) used for harm or the environmental cost?
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I do think LLMs/AI have legitimate uses and can be helpful tools.
The issue for me is: does that balance the many, many ways they can be (and currently are) used for harm or the environmental cost?
The issue for me is: does that balance the many, many ways they can be (and currently are) used for harm or the environmental cost?
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⚡️ LAWSUIT: Tennessee parents sue to stop @GovBillLee’s private school vouchers handout for the rich, saying they “DRAIN FUNDS” from Tennessee’s public schools.
The VAST majority of kids who get the vouchers are already in private schools.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
The VAST majority of kids who get the vouchers are already in private schools.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
⚡️ LAWSUIT: Tennessee parents sue to stop @GovBillLee’s private school vouchers handout for the rich, saying they “DRAIN FUNDS” from Tennessee’s public schools.
The VAST majority of kids who get the vouchers are already in private schools.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
The VAST majority of kids who get the vouchers are already in private schools.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
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Revisiting this, as federal aid that's long been targeted to improve equity may eventually disappear, or be used in ways that erode rather than advance equity (if block granted) www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/cutting...
How Would Cutting Federal Aid to Schools Affect Student Achievement?
A simulation of the impact of eliminating federal aid to schools suggests no student would be left unharmed.
www.shankerinstitute.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Revisiting this, as federal aid that's long been targeted to improve equity may eventually disappear, or be used in ways that erode rather than advance equity (if block granted) www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/cutting...
There’s a reason why the degrees suddenly not considered “professional” (and thus excluded from higher federal loan amounts) are mostly in women-dominated fields.
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There’s a reason why the degrees suddenly not considered “professional” (and thus excluded from higher federal loan amounts) are mostly in women-dominated fields.
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
unraveledpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
Absolutely absurd.
“Administration officials have pointed to the recent federal shutdown to justify the moves, noting that schools remained open and students continued to be taught despite nearly all of the Education Department’s staff having been furloughed.”
“Administration officials have pointed to the recent federal shutdown to justify the moves, noting that schools remained open and students continued to be taught despite nearly all of the Education Department’s staff having been furloughed.”
Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Absolutely absurd.
“Administration officials have pointed to the recent federal shutdown to justify the moves, noting that schools remained open and students continued to be taught despite nearly all of the Education Department’s staff having been furloughed.”
“Administration officials have pointed to the recent federal shutdown to justify the moves, noting that schools remained open and students continued to be taught despite nearly all of the Education Department’s staff having been furloughed.”
My migraines have greatly improved since I took a break from tracking education news and made art instead.
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
My migraines have greatly improved since I took a break from tracking education news and made art instead.
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"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
November 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"top border patrol official was so inspired by hunting magazines that he vowed to hunt immigrants" is really...something.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“These people remind me of the soldiers I patrolled with in Afghanistan, only the average ICE agent has less training than the average soldier. It seems like every neighborhood in the U.S. is now subject to an armed and potentially violent confrontation with federal troops.“
“ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.”Former Army Ranger Rory Fanning via @truthout.org #VeteransDay #AbolishICE
truthout.org/articles/ice...
truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.
Veteran-led protests against Trump’s National Guard deployments encourage soldiers to resist Trump’s illegal orders.
truthout.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“These people remind me of the soldiers I patrolled with in Afghanistan, only the average ICE agent has less training than the average soldier. It seems like every neighborhood in the U.S. is now subject to an armed and potentially violent confrontation with federal troops.“
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The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
I am from Chicago. Friends are regularly telling us how abhorrent ICE/CBP tactics are and that it’s obvious their goal is to make everyone afraid.
I’m proud of Chicagoans for standing up to them every day.
I’m proud of Chicagoans for standing up to them every day.
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I am from Chicago. Friends are regularly telling us how abhorrent ICE/CBP tactics are and that it’s obvious their goal is to make everyone afraid.
I’m proud of Chicagoans for standing up to them every day.
I’m proud of Chicagoans for standing up to them every day.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
SAY. THAT. SHIT!
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.