Unnecessary and dangerous.

Violating academic freedom and intensifying risk for faculty, lecturers, and TAs is NOT the way.

URGENT ACTION: the UNC System is planning to force instructors to publish their syllabi, claiming these are public records and not our intellectual property. We have a small window of time to redirect this decision. Please sign actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

"Fifty years ago, Ed Martin helped write the law that made clear to all states and all public schools: Children with disabilities deserve better. The law, he says, was "an affirmation of the values of the country." He hopes that's still true." www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

My latest, about @siembranc.bsky.social and how they organized in North Carolina to counter Operation Charlotte's Web and Border Patrol's latest anti-immigrant crackdown, co-published in @thenation.com and @southernstudies.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

On it's 50th birthday, special ed law is fighting for its life. On Oct 10, the Department of Ed cut hundreds of positions from OSEP, which oversees implementation of the law & investigates complaints from students who’ve been denied needed services. www.bu.edu/articles/202...

What on earth can UNC schools expect from an accreditation agency whose principal proponent espouses these kinds of destructive know-nothing policies? Don't get on a train that's heading for a fatal crash! @aaup.org www.chronicle.com/article/flor...

Reporting from @zachschermele.bsky.social at USA Today with more details ⬇️ www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

The real news in this is the first sentence. “It is not exactly clear what UNC plans to use the faculty workload report for…” I would argue that it is very clear. I have, in fact, argued that it is very clear.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

UNC CH Chapter & NC AAUP statement re Prof. Dwayne Dixon: @aaup.org AAUP NC and UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP condemn the egregious violation of Professor Dwayne Dixon's First Amendment rights to free speech and free association, his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process, and his academic freedom. 1/

What First Amendment?

UNC-Chapel Hill administrators have removed a student- and community-created mural depicting Palestinian resilience from Hanes Art Center. NC AAUP & UNC-Chapel Hill AAUP call on the Chancellor & Provost to restore the mural and publicly explain how the decision to remove it was made and by whom. 1/3

🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this. What a signal that would send to the country and to the world. If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.

@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social and faculty could fight tenure delays because we are organized (yes, even in a state that explicitly outlaws collective bargaining for public workers). University folks, the time to join your local AAUP chapter/ labor union is now! #AcademicSky #NCPol

NC teachers deserve better.

Proud to be part of a union that stands up for international students.

Signatures still being collected and will be published by AAUP on Tuesday. sites.google.com/view/we-must...

Many of us won’t use AI because of the ethical costs of environmental harms, exploited laborers & stolen art that feeds it. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social touches on something else about AI many have discovered but few have talked about: it’s also a mid technology. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...

Of course I will stay in the US and fight. And yet...

And how.

Hey BlueSky! Looking to get more involved with policy and advocacy? The TED Policy Committee invites members to apply for a $1,000 sponsorship to attend the Special Education Legislative Summit in Washington DC, July 13-16, 2025. Apply by March 1 at tinyurl.com/TEDSELS25

I want this to feel more like satire.

FANTASTIC tool.

Today in NC heartening news: #ncpol

My opportunities as a former elite rugby player were degraded by inadequate access to facilities, sexist coaches, and unequal funding--NOT by my trans teammates and opponents. I remain appalled.

Fun and informative to chat w/Federico Waitoller about how expanded voucher laws are impacting SWDs. divein.alitu.com/episode/9265...

What also strikes me (aside from the segregation and the funneling of public dollars to religious institutions) is that this dataset includes numerous 'micro schools' and schools serving fewer than ten children. I'm presuming these are homeschool collectives?

Well-deserved recognition for phenomenal scholar and wonderful human, @lizbettini.bsky.social!

Looking forward to Eggs and Issues on the 28th! NC Ed friends, let's hang out! @thencforum.bsky.social

My research on Special Education Teachers' provision of FAPE through COVID-19 keeps getting pushed back on my 'adapt for article' list, so I'm hyping this chapter in the interim. (Spoiler alert: working conditions matter!) #specialeducation #teachers #edusky #educationpolicy

Our website of resources for schools that serve immigrant students is now live! Is your school ready for major immigration changes on the way? www.welcometoclass.org #EduSky

Great news for WI!

The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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NC is a test case for the incoming administration's educational priorities. Pay attention.

MUST-READ new @propublica.org deep-dive on the former segregation academies getting school voucher cash. And the stunning lack of transparency —even in states like NC that know how to collect the data. (Plus a few comments from me 🤷‍♂️) www.propublica.org/article/segr...

🌟New paper alert🌟 Thanks to Lehigh PhD candidate Alyssa Blasko for leading this project on teacher preparedness to write IEPs. Congrats to Grace Murphy and Michelle Squitieri on their first pubs! doi.org/10.1177/0888... #AcademicSky #EduSky #Disability

Hot take: High Dosage Tutoring is just Response to Intervention with staff who are paid less. #Edusky

Hot take: High Dosage Tutoring is just Response to Intervention with staff who are paid less. #Edusky

Developing a course statement on use of ChatGPT for an undergrad Disability & Education Policy class (11-15 students). My urge is to just prohibit, but there's an argument to be made about leveraging AI for accessibility. How are other academics grappling with this? #edusky #academicsky

Disabled students, If you experienced disability-based discrimination last semester, you have the option of reporting to the US Office of Civil Rights. The caveat is you have to report within 90 days of the incident. More info here: theadhdacademic.weebly.com/learning--ad...

NCSB 49, and other so-called 'Parents' Bills of Rights', harm students and families and waste school resources. Cool to talk policy as/in practice with EdWeek, but wish it wasn't needed #EduSky #AcademicSky

Following LETRS for science of reading, we now see PRISM for math. So much public money to private companies, not to mention the proliferation and sale of aligned curricula. What if we professionalized teaching and supported prep programs in addition/ instead? #EduSky #AcademicSky