"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...

It's been so great to work with this team-- check out our new paper on defining special educators' working conditions!

November 29th, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act being signed into law. Celebrate with us by sharing your favorite pic from this post! Got more to say? Share with us what IDEA means to you at bit.ly/TED_IDEA50 #specialeducation #disability #IDEA

From New Jersey to Virginia and beyond, today voters put students first and elected pro-public education champions 🎉 🗳️ 🍎 https://bsky.app/profile/neapresident.bsky.social/post/3m4tvj2xl6z2k

ACTION ALERT: Department of Education has nearly wiped out OSERS—offices essential to ensuring students with disabilities receive the services they’re guaranteed under IDEA. Congress must act NOW. Tell lawmakers: Restore OSEP. Protect IDEA. #4SpecialEducation exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...

A new large-scale analysis of existing research in Review of Educational Research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional development. Read about it here: www.aera.net/Newsroom/Soc...

Share your stories (written or recorded) here: bit.ly/TED_IDEA50 #IDEA50 #IDEA #specialed #specialeducation #edadvocacy #disability

A fascinating tool to examine the impacts of potential changes to federal K-12 funding. www.urban.org/research/pub...

The U.S. Department of Education canceled twenty-five ongoing projects related to special education last week. This breakdown provides a detailed look at the programs that were affected, as well as the actions that may follow.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is thinking about making a rule. The rule would stop many domestic workers from getting paid at least minimum wage. The rule would also stop many domestic workers from getting overtime pay. Take action with our plain language guide: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/08/figh...

Raids by masked ICE agents on the first day of school heighten the climate of fear in our community and further erode trust in law enforcement. I thank Alexandria leaders including our Mayor and City Council for opposing these draconian tactics. I stand with them.

“We applaud the actions that the Department of Education has taken to ensure that this important data collection continues in a timely manner. We encourage stakeholders to take the time to respond during this important 30-day period.” –AERA Exec Dir. Felice J. Levine www.aera.net/Newsroom/Edu...

NEW: The Trump administration confirmed today that Title IV-B funding for before/afterschool programs will soon flow, after Republican senators ramped up pushback this week. That still leaves frozen at least $5.6 billion in education funding states expected July 1. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

New: SCOTUS clears the way for Trump's deep staffing cuts at the Education Department www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education. Why does that matter? Well... www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

2️⃣ weeks out! #SpecialEducation teacher shortages can only be solved if we can define who is in the workforce. We’ll explore this during our upcoming webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET: sparccenter.org/events/regis...

This win belongs to our students, our educators, our communities and to everyone who believes a free quality, public education is worth fighting for.

Public charter schools, just like other public schools, must abide by the Constitution. In a victory for the separation of church and state, today’s decision means that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund religious charter schools. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

I didn't even know it was at risk!!

The National Survey on Health and Disability is open! If you are in the US & a person w a disability or chronic condition, please share your experiences. This is one of the largest national disability & health surveys that exists! ~15 minutes! Take it at: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityResearch

I'll be thinking on this terminology going foward: "The constructs minimally verbal and nonverbal explicitly or tacitly conflate spoken language with all linguistic abilities"

The senator just broke the record. Over 24 hours on the floor!

Wondering what the #EO to end the Department of Education means? Also wondering what you can do about it? Swipe to learn more & see how to take action! #sped #education #specialed #specialeducation #executiveorder #edadvocacy #teacher #student #IDEA #disability #swd #Congress #ED #school

I stay pretty informed but had no idea this was happening. Sharing for others in the same boat! Public comments open.

🚨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...

If you are a Department of Education employee who handles disability and Trump’s executive order affects you, I want to speak. This is my Signal. I will protect your identity.

News outlets are reporting that Trump will sign an Exec Order tmrw/Thurs pushing for the Dept of Ed to be closed. The draft order apparently argues that even though the department has spent $1 trillion in federal education dollars over 46 years, the U.S. has not improved in education. [thread]

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

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...

While other units inside @usedgov.bsky.social lost more employees in absolute numbers, the Institute of Education Sciences lost the highest %age of employees — roughly 90 percent of its workforce — this week hechingerreport.org/proof-points... via @jillbarshay.bsky.social for @hechingerreport.org

Thank you for creating and sharing this resource! #4specialeducation #edusky

Update from @insidehighered.com This should be viewed as accomplishing the decimation of the department by firings, because they cannot legally destroy it by Exec Order. Although I expect an EO will be coming down the tracks on top of this. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

💯 This op-ed by ed research leaders made that essential point quite forcefully: "Abruptly ending near-complete projects does not drive efficiency. Instead, it ensures that the public sees no benefit from the investments already made, converting what was productive spending into waste."

Looking forward to this!

Anxious about calling your Senators? Offices are closed for the weekend — now is a great time to call and urge your Senators to vote NO on McMahon for Secretary of Education before the confirmation on Monday, March 3!

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

The TED Policy Committee is starting the new webinar and workshop series, Advocacy in Action, to foster community, share and build resources, and support education advocacy efforts! If you are a TED member, register for the first session on 3/4/25 at 1:30pm EST here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

So glad to see all these folks in congress standing up for education

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...

The Majority of Students in the U.S. are Children of Color. Their Teachers Should Be Too. Read the full statement: edtru.st/41k5StH

Looking forward to connecting with everyone

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

@nature.com “Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? Tell Nature” www.nature.com/articles/d41... via Signal: Max Kozlov: mkozlov.01; Dan Garisto: dgaristo.72; Heidi Ledford: hledford.01; Jeff Tollefson: jtollefson.11; Alexandra Witze: alexwitze.01; General Nature: naturenews.61 🧪

With vaccination under attack worth reading this, which I think is the most understated powerful thing Roald Dahl ever wrote.

ATTN: Pre-K — higher ed educators 📣 Share your thoughts on PBS @pbsnews.bsky.social Classroom's Educator Voice blog ✍️ Topic: Dismantling of the Dept. of Education and how it may affect you/your students. Share by Fri., 2/21 here: bit.ly/40Q0vRw #EduSky #DOE

Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.

Hi Friends, take 2 on our study. We are seeking Asian transnational (immigrant) or Asian American 1st/2nd year college students who completed HS in the US to participate in this study. Part 1 survey QR code below. 💜 Thank you for sharing w/ eligible participants.

T-Minus 22 days until we Stand Up for Science together! Who's joining me in DC!?

If you or someone you know has had a particular research project suspended by recent actions at IES, please get in touch either by DM or by replying here. There are journalists who'd like to report on this.