Two of our five post offices have closed since trump took office in 2025. Last time he was president, the main post office was closed.

ICYMI: Board Birthday Edition (6/7) - Peter Greene's weekly education article roundup. open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu... #EducationMatters

this claim does not reflect to me an interest in high academic standards

The Appalachian Trail is also bigger than skyscrapers, but I don't see anti-environmentalist Donald pouring money into protecting that.

You really need to know about Johnny Cash before you start using him for your own self-righteousness and to beat down others. I have renewed appreciation for Hunter Biden.

That's just McKinsey without formal education

Illinois' eighth balanced budget in a row advances our state's growing record of fiscal responsibility. All while continuing our investments in education, health care, housing, and jobs for working families. From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.

Deb Haaland is ready to keep New Mexico safe, improve education, and bring down the cost of living. Congratulations! Let’s send her to Santa Fe this November.

Trump’s attack on the American mind — on education, science, libraries, and museums — is an attack on the capacity of Americans for self-government. Democracy depends on people knowing what’s occurring around them and having the capacity to deliberate critically about it.

Dozens of Essex High School students walk out against Trump's Secretary of Education's visit! Students won't stand for privatization, cuts to education, or attacks on trans kids!

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.” ~ Hubert H. Humphrey

NCLB never went away! It still affects how students learn, and also how the Democratic Party is viewed. #EduSky nancyebailey.com/2026/05/27/t...

“.. No female officers were included on the new one-star list, .. despite the fact that women make up about 21 percent of the active-duty Navy. The list appears to include only two nonwhite officers, even though .. minorities make up about 38 percent ..” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

NEW: Alaska lawmakers have allocated more than $148M toward school construction and maintenance following reporting by KYUK, ProPublica and @npr.org that documented a severe health and safety crisis inside buildings used for public education.

Our reporting documented a severe health and safety crisis inside the buildings used daily for public education in Alaska. Read our original investigation:

Science of Reading or Science of Retention? open.substack.com/pub/paulthom...

Misunderstanding Third-Grade Reading Proficiency: On Resisting Efficiency and Punishment in Reading Policy open.substack.com/pub/paulthom...

"It's a shame that the policymakers aren't listening to us more because the solutions, and the ideas, and the issues that we bring to the table represent what's best for education," -Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper www.wvxu.org/education/20...

NEW: The Government Accountability Office is launching an investigation into Trump ripping programs out of the Education Department and shipping them off to agencies with no expertise. I pushed for this investigation because we can't stop fighting for our students and teachers.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.

Whoopsy 😬

Spent time in D.C., & it's a mess. Seems they could have cleaned the pond w/o such expense & disruption. White House is a big mess, too. Question all this in light of the war & public school closures, ETC. Also, it costs plenty to get there & back home. Shouldn't D.C. belong to us all?

I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"

People talk about the value of a college degree. Why don't they talk about the value of a college education?

How about instead of selling tickets to watch people beat each other up on the White House front lawn, we fund food pantries, education, healthcare, and childcare

Maybe the 'learning recession' being pushed right now isn't what you think it is. Maybe it's not just bobbles in the test scores, but something deeper, cultural. teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/05/26/m...

The National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to help fund President Trump’s beautification projects in Washington, D.C., according to a New York Times analysis. nyti.ms/4nQ6Uau

Trump will spin this as a great thing that these children are so much better off under Trump that they don't need food stamps anymore.

NCLB never went away! It still affects how students learn, and also how the Democratic Party is viewed. #EduSky nancyebailey.com/2026/05/27/t...

How does this happen? aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/why-is-ala...

A phony study reported to the public by the New York Time and the billionaire propaganda rag ‘The 74’ is a blatant attack public education. tultican.com/2026/05/19/a... #Privatization

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Big Bishop Sunday Edition (5/24) - Peter Greene's weekly education article roundup. curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2026/05/icym... #EducationMatters

listen, what could possibly go wrong when you don't respect preservation of all meaningful knowledge in a corrupt corporatist country with low education standards

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Commencement speeches from AI boosters telling students their education was pointless, they can’t get jobs, and they’re dumb if they don’t embrace that = bad SecDef telling West Point grads their education was pointless, they should do war crimes, and they’re dumb if they don’t embrace that = worse

Spent time in D.C., & it's a mess. Seems they could have cleaned the pond w/o such expense & disruption. White House is a big mess, too. Question all this in light of the war & public school closures, ETC. Also, it costs plenty to get there & back home. Shouldn't D.C. belong to us all?

It's good to see the focus on comprehension, but what took so long? nancyebailey.com/2024/06/24/t...

Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito

The New York Times just published a report on poor test scores. Nowhere did they wonder if denying children adequate supervised recess breaks could be a problem. nancyebailey.com/2026/05/14/r...

ICYMI: Springtime Whiplash Edition (5/17) open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu...

We must use words that accurately describe who Trump and his lackeys really are — and what they are actually doing to America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/regime-change

For @atrupar.com's Public Notice, I wrote about how the administration is engaged in a comprehensive effort to shut the door on higher education for all but the rich.

$1 billion for a Ballroom, $10 billion for vanity projects in DC, $15 million for an arch in front of Arlington Cemetery. Meanwhile—they are proposing to cut over $1 billion in tribal programs, tribal housing, education, water and other basic programs, while opening sacred sites like Chaco Canyon.

Courtney grills McMahon on increasing education costs for nurses COURTNEY: We have a nursing shortage, and you're worsening it. What do you say to nurses who asked for your consideration? McMAHON: Nurses are an incredibly respected profession COURTNEY: Your rule certainly doesn't show that

The education secretary faced questions about the shrinking of her agency, limits on federal student loan borrowing and oversight of the education of students with disabilities. n.pr/4dy6BwC

The New York Times just published a report on poor test scores. Nowhere did they wonder if denying children adequate supervised recess breaks could be a problem. nancyebailey.com/2026/05/14/r...

Kansas residents just stalled a major AI data center project after public backlash over land use, tax breaks, water, and electricity concerns. The developer? Dubai-based DAMAC, whose chairman is a Mar-a-Lago member tied financially to Trump through licensing deals.

The Secretary of Education doesn't understand that feeding children and increasing the no. of teachers is more important for America than a frivolous ballroom for elites.

Bonamici to McMahon: "You're the Secretary of Education, and you're claiming that teaching is not a professional degree. Do you consider educators unprofessional?"