Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten. For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education. It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer. The cruelty is the point.

"asked if he was 'comfortable' with cuts that had reportedly decimated special education services... 'I haven’t seen the specifics of that and I don’t know'... But those so-called “details” Johnson overlooked are quickly coming to light—and they’re a huge problem" FFS newrepublic.com/post/201700/...

Excited to work a bit more on word-problem solving with our RAAMPS team. This year, we are doing problem posing within Pirate Math Equation Quest! www.piratemathequationquest.com

Rewriting reality.

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

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.

That’s not how science works dip shit.

The Department of Education wants to end the requirement that states collect & report data on racial disparities in special education. This a week after they announced that they are going to ask almost 2,000 colleges to vastly expand their data collection around race, admissions, & financial aid.

The people who say we talk too much about slavery are the same ones who insist that we need public monuments and statues of men who are famous solely for waging a war of treason in defense of slavery. Statues that were created explicitly to deny any sense of "hope and progress" after the Civil War.

📚 (Early) good news for education researchers! Today, Senate appropriators said NO cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget for FY26. Holds flat at $793 million. In contrast, the President's budget request wanted to slash IES's budget by -67%. 🧵 1/3

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

Yall gotta come on now with this heat 🥵

President Bone Spurs isn’t afraid to put men and women who volunteered to serve in harms way.

AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Livestream is just a week away!

BREAKING: The opinion of a random person you just encountered online is not, in fact, the universally embraced belief of "the Left" or "Liberals" or whoever else you'd like to paint with a broad brush. More as this story develops.

Trump’s proposed budget for IES

We saddened by the passing of esteemed education scholar William Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt was an AERA Fellow, recipient of the AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, and served as chair of the governing board of the AERA-NSF Grants Program.

I  know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.

A true giant among giants. How I will miss your wisdom and kindness, Lynn. What an honor it was to have known and learned from you.

IN MEMORY OF LYNN FUCHS The field of special education lost a visionary and beloved leader with the passing of Lynn Fuchs on May 7, 2025. Her absence leaves a profound void—not only in our scholarly community, but in the hearts of all who had the privilege of knowing her. [ click reading below ]

Tonight’s temporary restraining order against the RIFs at many federal agencies does not include ED. A federal judge in Boston is still weighing a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the ED RIFs + a pause on any potential movement of some ED functions to SBA & HHS.

Elon Musk is behind the deaths of the “world’s poorest children,” blasted rival billionaire Bill Gates today as he announced plans to wind down his foundation and spend $200 billion on philanthropic efforts by 2045.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

WELKER: When does it become the Trump economy? TRUMP: It partially is right now. I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy

The indirect cost rate change was expected, since both DOE and NIH have been subject to the same effort (currently being litigated), and apply only to new awards ... which aren't currently being issued 😭. (reposting to clarify that terminations refer to grants, not staff) 🧪

Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.

Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.

🚨 Breaking: The NSF director just announced how the agency and DOGE intends to terminate active grants: "Research projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities." www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

STAT article out about the passback budget and the NIH organization and proposed budget cuts. www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...

AERA, in partnership with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over the unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

My proposed revised headline: RFJ Jr. is going to claim vaccines cause autism in September. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Join me and @brennanchandler.bsky.social for a webinar on May 15. We'll be talking about word reading instruction for students in intermediate grades and #WordConnections! Webinar hosted by @cecmembership.bsky.social and @cec-dr.bsky.social. Free for members! Register: tinyurl.com/CEC-WordReading

Gutting research and science hurts Americans.

Which members of the Trump administration have undergone the severance procedure?

As President of @cec-dr.bsky.social, I am grateful for the opportunity to sign onto this letter and to AERA for coordinating these efforts!

“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen: theatln.tc/UHOLqA9E

Another great episode from @federicowaitoller.bsky.social and expert guests helping us think and work critically to addressing special education's most pressing problems! @cecmembership.bsky.social @tedearlycareersig.bsky.social @ted-kaleidoscope.bsky.social @cec-dr.bsky.social @ted-cec.bsky.social

I had legit completely forgotten this.

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6

New paper with Garret Hall and colleagues that reviews links between the triple code model (math) & the triangle framework (reading) as a part of the special issue on numerical & math cognition. Parallel Models of Reading and Numerical Cognition (open access: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...)

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