Erin Pollard Young
@pollywog08.bsky.social
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Thousands of peaceful protesters have lined the road for over 8 continuous miles just outside of Washington DC right now!
They did not vote for a king and they are well aware that Trump is trying to cut off their health care benefits to give tax breaks to him and his billionaire donors friends.
They did not vote for a king and they are well aware that Trump is trying to cut off their health care benefits to give tax breaks to him and his billionaire donors friends.
June 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thousands of peaceful protesters have lined the road for over 8 continuous miles just outside of Washington DC right now!
They did not vote for a king and they are well aware that Trump is trying to cut off their health care benefits to give tax breaks to him and his billionaire donors friends.
They did not vote for a king and they are well aware that Trump is trying to cut off their health care benefits to give tax breaks to him and his billionaire donors friends.
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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Another tiny, obscure corner of the Education Department is scheduled to lose funding this week. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week
hechingerreport.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Another tiny, obscure corner of the Education Department is scheduled to lose funding this week. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
April 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
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"Woodworth said he has been told that DOGE staffers entered the Department of Education and required NCES staff to match every data collection or task to a line in the law. If the data collection was mentioned by name, that dataset was more likely to be saved" hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3
Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear
hechingerreport.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Woodworth said he has been told that DOGE staffers entered the Department of Education and required NCES staff to match every data collection or task to a line in the law. If the data collection was mentioned by name, that dataset was more likely to be saved" hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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New Organizational Chart for the U.S. Department of Education shows the scale of the "reduction in force" yesterday. The link below leads to a PDF.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New Organizational Chart for the U.S. Department of Education shows the scale of the "reduction in force" yesterday. The link below leads to a PDF.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Hearing that nearly all the employees in the statistics agency inside the Education Department -- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) -- have lost their jobs. Rumors that the NAEP test -- the nation's report card -- will no longer be run by NCES. This info is not confirmed.
March 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Hearing that nearly all the employees in the statistics agency inside the Education Department -- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) -- have lost their jobs. Rumors that the NAEP test -- the nation's report card -- will no longer be run by NCES. This info is not confirmed.
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🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption.
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption.
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
#EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social
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#Education / #reading researchers: the Sold a Story podcast is asking for folks who have info they'd like to share on the Trump administration's announcement terminating hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts related to education research, including research on reading rb.gy/swjj8x
Transcript of Sold a Story E13: The List
This podcast is designed to be heard. We strongly encourage you to listen to the audio if you are able.
rb.gy
March 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#Education / #reading researchers: the Sold a Story podcast is asking for folks who have info they'd like to share on the Trump administration's announcement terminating hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts related to education research, including research on reading rb.gy/swjj8x
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Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
March 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...
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NEW: Peggy Carr, commissioner of the Nat'l Center on Education Statistics and a two-decade+ veteran at Educ Dept, was abruptly put on leave today. She runs NAEP, the national math and reading tests seen as important marker of educational progress www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Courts rule on Trump administration initiatives including DOGE, DEI
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW: Peggy Carr, commissioner of the Nat'l Center on Education Statistics and a two-decade+ veteran at Educ Dept, was abruptly put on leave today. She runs NAEP, the national math and reading tests seen as important marker of educational progress www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Edu folks — we will be convening again tomorrow for a *working session* building content (Insta posts, 1 pagers, testimonials, letters to editor, action toolkits) to build awareness in SoR circles and mobilize folks for upcoming actions.
Please join & share widely! #SoR4IES
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please join & share widely! #SoR4IES
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Edu folks — we will be convening again tomorrow for a *working session* building content (Insta posts, 1 pagers, testimonials, letters to editor, action toolkits) to build awareness in SoR circles and mobilize folks for upcoming actions.
Please join & share widely! #SoR4IES
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please join & share widely! #SoR4IES
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
February 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
— Accidentally fired workers trying to contain bird flu
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
— Accidentally fired workers overseeing our nuclear stockpile
— Accidentally fired workers providing health care to Native Americans
“Accidentally.” More like gross incompetence and mismanagement. Opposite of efficient.
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Thread of my own work that has used data from Department of Education and columns that have focused on research funded by them
1/N Inequality in college graduation rates
Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...
1/N Inequality in college graduation rates
Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...
February 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thread of my own work that has used data from Department of Education and columns that have focused on research funded by them
1/N Inequality in college graduation rates
Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...
1/N Inequality in college graduation rates
Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...
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Pay attention here, we're gonna have what we currently have because people are preserving it.
Moving forward with new data is a different story but keeping what we currently have access to is critical for a lot of things - including fact checking the current admin.
Moving forward with new data is a different story but keeping what we currently have access to is critical for a lot of things - including fact checking the current admin.
FANTASTIC
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
February 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Pay attention here, we're gonna have what we currently have because people are preserving it.
Moving forward with new data is a different story but keeping what we currently have access to is critical for a lot of things - including fact checking the current admin.
Moving forward with new data is a different story but keeping what we currently have access to is critical for a lot of things - including fact checking the current admin.
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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.
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The Regional Education Laboratories were cancelled. My friends employed the RELs are now jobless. The Dept of Ed & IES were created to provide free evidence-based resources to schools. Now the publishing companies are the only option, ineffective & expensive. Call you congresspeople.
February 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Regional Education Laboratories were cancelled. My friends employed the RELs are now jobless. The Dept of Ed & IES were created to provide free evidence-based resources to schools. Now the publishing companies are the only option, ineffective & expensive. Call you congresspeople.
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🚨 NEW *major* IES contracts cuts from just today
Axed the **congressionally mandated** Regional Education Laboratories (RELs), that are authorized by law: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
This means the DOGE team is becoming increasingly brazen in their cancellation strategy at the Dept of Ed.
Axed the **congressionally mandated** Regional Education Laboratories (RELs), that are authorized by law: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
This means the DOGE team is becoming increasingly brazen in their cancellation strategy at the Dept of Ed.
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 3:54 AM
🚨 NEW *major* IES contracts cuts from just today
Axed the **congressionally mandated** Regional Education Laboratories (RELs), that are authorized by law: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
This means the DOGE team is becoming increasingly brazen in their cancellation strategy at the Dept of Ed.
Axed the **congressionally mandated** Regional Education Laboratories (RELs), that are authorized by law: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
This means the DOGE team is becoming increasingly brazen in their cancellation strategy at the Dept of Ed.
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BREAKING: StatNews reports that more than 5,000 HHS employees across NIH, CDC and other public health and research agencies will be fired this afternoon. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies
The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
BREAKING: StatNews reports that more than 5,000 HHS employees across NIH, CDC and other public health and research agencies will be fired this afternoon. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/f...
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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Find out how much federally funded education programs benefit students in **each congressional district** in the US
In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
poverty.umich.edu
February 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Find out how much federally funded education programs benefit students in **each congressional district** in the US
In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
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A colleague shared that all REL contracts are cancelled.
February 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A colleague shared that all REL contracts are cancelled.