@sheila-villa.bsky.social
Down syndrome advocate, educator, student of the universe
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Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
Test scores in U.S. schools are down. Are smartphones to blame?
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people. n.pr/4ank2iN
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Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5
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Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep naturally past dawn. Daylight Saving Time makes us wake by alarm in darkness. Tell lawmakers to ditch DST! 🔗👇
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep naturally past dawn. Daylight Saving Time makes us wake by alarm in darkness. Tell lawmakers to ditch DST! 🔗👇
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
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NEW: Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools.
It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
www.propublica.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools.
It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them.
@jimmykimmel.com Nothing would make this GenX heart happier than to hear Kimmel say, "My lawyer has advised me not to speak, but...Damn the man, save the Empire!"
September 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
@jimmykimmel.com Nothing would make this GenX heart happier than to hear Kimmel say, "My lawyer has advised me not to speak, but...Damn the man, save the Empire!"
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A second child with measles has died in Texas — part of a fast-growing outbreak that has infected nearly 500 people in the state since January.
April 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A second child with measles has died in Texas — part of a fast-growing outbreak that has infected nearly 500 people in the state since January.
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The contempt they have for disabled children is rooted in a mistaken belief that there aren't too many of them.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education.
Greg: Because we're against it.
Greg: Because we're against it.
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The contempt they have for disabled children is rooted in a mistaken belief that there aren't too many of them.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
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Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today.
"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
February 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today.
"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
"They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
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I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
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hey question, is this bad?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
hey question, is this bad?
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With so much going on right now, it’s hard to know where to focus your attention. But Donald Trump shutting down both the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the Federal School Safety Advisory Board endangers America’s children and we really should be talking about that more.
Trump Admin. Axes Newly Created School Safety Board
The Trump administration disbanded a board that advises agencies on school safety strategies. Members include parents of school shooting victims.
www.edweek.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
With so much going on right now, it’s hard to know where to focus your attention. But Donald Trump shutting down both the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the Federal School Safety Advisory Board endangers America’s children and we really should be talking about that more.
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.’ — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.
On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.’ — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.
On #MLKDay, we honor his legacy by choosing love over hate, justice over injustice, and hope over fear.
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Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
19thnews.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood and feminist activist, died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
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This is not a time to give up.
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” Martin Luther King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-urgenc...
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” Martin Luther King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-urgenc...
The Urgency of Now
Reflections on Trump's inauguration, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the continuing struggle for a better America
www.americaamerica.news
January 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is not a time to give up.
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” Martin Luther King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-urgenc...
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” Martin Luther King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-urgenc...