It’s disappointing that efforts to combat teacher shortages no longer aligns with this administration’s priorities www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

Here’s last night’s story about Donald Trump’s war on higher education, and what a young Stephen Miller looked like. Brace yourself. youtu.be/xk94il8L820

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a professor in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas it's for you. Ends 8/29 at 5pm Eastern forms.gle/v7T3BH2w9LXs...

“In the first six months of his second term, the Trump administration has waged what appears to be an all-out war against disabled people.” www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Had a blast at #ColdplayMadison

"Almost immediately, many of those who had been critical of the administration’s handling of the Epstein case cheered the president on as he vehemently denied the claims, [and] sued The Journal . . ." His DARVO works again. (thread to be continued) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...

Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat. For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵

Happy Pride Month, Wisconsin! This month, we celebrate LGBTQ folks across our state and country and commit to the work ahead to make sure every Wisconsinite can live boldly in their truth without fear. Everyone has a place and a home here in Wisconsin. 🏳️‍🌈

On May 2, the NSF terminated this grant. We planned to identify ways to increase representation of disabled scholars in STEM careers and address workplace inequities with a focus on graduate students and faculty studying and teaching physics. education.wisc.edu/news/uw-madi...

Republicans want to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, so they're pushing plans that will force kids and families to go hungry or without healthcare. Unbelievable. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I built Democracy Docket to be fearlessly pro-democracy, period. It has no corporate overlords and no outside investors. It does not create false equivalencies or traffic in "both-sides." It rises and falls on your support. Subscribe today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

CEC’s division, DADD, has released a statement in response to recent comments made by HHS Secretary Kennedy regarding autism. CEC echoes DADD’s commitment to individuals with autism and the importance of respectful, inclusive, and informed dialogue in all spaces. daddcec.com/blog/dadd-st...

Institute of Education Sciences cuts imperil high-quality research, lawsuits allege Two separate complaints say the Education Department’s downsizing of IES was unlawful and will erode data collection and analysis. #EdResearch www.k12dive.com/news/educati...

UW-Madison lost at least $12.6 million in federal NIH grant funding after four grants were canceled last month, including one that studied the impact of social media on youth mental health and brain development. Another canceled grant focused on developing vaccines to protect against coronaviruses.

Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States? We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!

#HandsOff Madison, WI

remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...

The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We need your help investigating this. Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

One thing about me is that I’m always going to take the crazy woman’s side.

Last chance! Take this 5-minute survey before it closes on March 31. Women: You are invited to participate in a study of how identity characteristics influence women’s experiences of bias at work. Fill out the brief survey here: amy-diehl.com/study (And please repost and share this link).

Closing the DOE isn't about "efficiency." It's about profit, privatization, propaganda, punishment, privilege, and power. open.substack.com/pub/jesscala...

🚨The White House just issued an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. Eliminating ED or moving IDEA to another agency will be a step backward in serving those with disabilities. Tell your representatives to protect ED: exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...

Join the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the Teacher Education Division (TED) for FREE! exceptionalchildren.org/membership/acc… Offer valid March 17-31 for NEW members of CEC for a BASIC membership. CURRENT members of CEC can also add participating divisions.

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

Take action! Come visit the @cecmembership.bsky.social Advocacy Action Center (3rd floor) and take 5 minutes to contact your reps, download a social media toolkit, record a video, or make a poster! @jessicatoste.bsky.social and @mariahugh.bsky.social are here this afternoon and have CEC-DR stickers!

House Democrats held strong against the Musk-Takeover Spending Bill Yesterday. We need your help to ensure that the Senate Democrats do the same. Follow the link and script below to make calls. This vote happens TODAY! indivisible.org/resource/cal...

As a faculty member, I think I knew from afar what good people IES had. But over the past two years, I have gotten to work alongside so many of those who were just let go. I have learned so much from these friends and colleagues, and I am just dumbstruck at the scale of this loss for our country.

Love it! Here's my favorite sign from #Madison #StandUpForScience2025

Anyone know of Baltimore-specific #NationalTeacherWalkout activities on March 14? A WHOLE LOT of special education folks are going to be in the Charm City and may be looking to explore the city and connect with local teachers 👀 @teacherwalkout2025.bsky.social @cecmembership.bsky.social

Today in #Madison, WI #StandUpForScience2025

Call for manuscripts for a special series in Research in Special Education -- Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research riseopenjournal.org/news/20/ A great opportunity for early career researchers!

Enjoyed writing about preregistration with fab co-authors @jchow.bsky.social @bryancook.bsky.social @jesse-fleming.bsky.social LaRon Scott Jenny Root. Our experience w/ @rise-open-journal.bsky.social was easy, straightforward, and supportive. Highly recommend this journal to sped researchers!

Call for papers! If you have in-progress studies of the paraeducator workforce, please consider submitting them to an upcoming special series in TESE! See below for details.

“It’s a program that’s meant to attract and prepare and retain people in special education, which is a field that has a lot of turnover and is critically important for students with disabilities.” - @kimber-wilkerson.bsky.social www.wpr.org/news/trump-c...

Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨 Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.

We make our argument everywhere. Everyday. In every forum. My column for Fox News explaining how Trump is betraying the working class voters who supported him by turning our government over to the billionaires and corporations. www.foxnews.com/opinion/dona...

Wealthy elites know that tax cuts for the super-rich are extremely unpopular. It’s why they try to distract us with scapegoats like immigrants, trans people, and a catch-all like DEI. Don’t fall for it.

Here’s where to thank her: www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

Thank you, to all of the special education organizations, journals, & scholars who have joined together to affirm our commitment to scientific integrity: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Special education researchers 🔔 Join us this Thursday at 2:00pm EST for townhall organized by CEC and hosted by leadership from Division for Research, Teacher Education Division, and Division on Career Development & Transition. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Special education researchers 🔔 Join us this Thursday at 2:00pm EST for townhall organized by CEC and hosted by leadership from Division for Research, Teacher Education Division, and Division on Career Development & Transition. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Reminder for today: The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering the event, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.

Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district? I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.