Important analysis from Bruce Lesley at First Focus on Children.

Organized Abandonment: How Attacks on Public Systems Are Harming Parents and Children open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...

McMahon moves Title I to Labor? Historically, public schooling has been understood as the primary institution that forms students as the citizens of our democratic society—with workforce preparation merely one component of that mission.

The U.S. Department of Education was created to pull together the administration of federal programs that help public schools across the states serve and welcome every student and protect each student’s civil rights.

New Plan to Decimate U.S. Dept. of Ed. Exposes Trump Administration's Deficient Educational Vision janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/n...

Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration Undermines the Rights of Students and Teachers, Part 2. dianeravitch.net/2025/11/21/j...

Trump administration shameless violates core Constitutional principles we have long valued for protecting the rights of children and their teachers in our nation’s system of K-12 public schools.

Trump administration shameless violates core Constitutional principles we have long valued for protecting the rights of children and their teachers in our nation’s system of K-12 public schools.

How the Trump Administration Manipulates Power and Undermines Core Principles that Protect Public Schools and Students' Rights---Part 2 janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/h...

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Dismantle the Department of Education Shifting functions to other agencies hurts kids and communities, and usurps the power of Congress. www.nea.org/advocating-f...

Jan Resseger: Trump's Rush to Dismantle the Federal Government dianeravitch.net/2025/11/19/j...

How the Trump Administration Manipulates Power and Undermines Core Principles that Protect Public Schools and Students' Rights---Part 1 janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/h...

Shutdown Over, But Staff at Ed Department Still Threatened dianeravitch.net/2025/11/14/s...

Vivek Ramaswamy wants to be Ohio's next governor. Learn about his public education policy ideas here: www.truthonvivek.com.

In last week’s election, a majority of voters across Ohio chose to increase their local property taxes to protect their children’s public schools from massive program cuts.

In last week’s election, many Ohio voters did not support local school board candidates who support the culture wars.

Nov. 6th Local Election Returns Show Ohio Voters Out of Sync with Legislature’s Attack on Public Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/n...

Billionaire dollars have created and driven the development of charter schools in California. It makes no sense but they don’t care. tultican.com/2025/11/11/c... #Privatization

www.cbpp.org/press/statem... Beyond the Shutdown: Country Needs Congress and President to Address Health Care Cost Spikes and Rule of Law

Derek W. Black: “Only government could mandate and fund education for every student. And in that unique role, it was government that insisted that schools overcome society’s basest instincts.”

As an Institution, Public Education Is the Very Definition of Our Society's Civic Vision janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a...

The So-Called Science of Reading's New Focus on Babies - nancyebailey.com/2025/11/07/t...

NEPC’s Kevin Welner is skeptical that the Trump administration really plans to let states control how federal school voucher dollars can be used.

Rigid Federal Rules May Block Efforts by Dem. States to Redirect New Federal Vouchers for Pro-Public School Uses janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/r...

What is the "vagueness doctrine"? And how is the Trump administration's attack on D.E.I. violating this principle?

“None of Donald Trump’s edicts have deployed vagueness as effectively as his attack on D.E.I. It has altered behavior beyond a president’s usual domain, leading… schools… to eliminate diversity policies and change course offerings.”

“The line between what is and isn’t allowed may be vague, but the penalty for crossing it is certain.”

Trump Endangers Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion by Manipulating Vagueness and Fear janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/t...

The Most Annoying Story of the Month About Schools dianeravitch.net/2025/11/03/t...

Curmudgucation: The Reading Footprint of the Big Standardized Test | National Education Policy Center nepc.colorado.edu/blog/reading...

Here is an excellent summary from the Associated Press of where things stand for public schools due to the federal government shutdown. Government Shutdown Offers Schools a Glimpse of Life without an Education Department apnews.com/article/educ...

"Vagueness has long been seen as a clear divide between democracies run by laws and autocracies run by strongmen...."

Honest exploration of American history is the target of the Trump administration’s effort to insert its ideological bias into history and social studies teaching across K-12 public schools and the nation’s colleges and universities.

State and Federal Governments Keep Attacking the Teaching of Honest History janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/s...

In the Trump Presidency, the Rules Are Vague. That Might Be the Point. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...

Legal Defense Fund: “(Dhillon’s) conception of ‘civil rights,’ however, is fundamentally flawed. It ignores the rights of Black and other marginalized communities who have experienced discrimination since the formation of this country….”

Who Is Harmeet Dhillon? What If Ed.'s Office for Civil Rights Work Gets Sent to the Department of Justice? janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/w...

Ohio’s ‘Success Sequence’ blames kids for poverty while lawmakers wreck their schools Ohio lawmakers talk often about fixing school funding, but they’ve never committed to a comprehensive or sustainable solution. by Leila Atassi www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

Trump and McMahon Illegally Undermine Special Education Services dianeravitch.net/2025/10/23/t...

Harvard Records an Increase in Asian Students and a Drop in Black Students www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

While in Fiscal Year 2002, Ohio ranked 35th among the states in the state’s share of revenue allocated for public education, by FY 2023 Ohio’s ranking by the state share of revenue for public education had fallen to 45th among the states.

Ohio Reform of Local Property Taxes Must Increase State's Investment to Avoid Penalizing Public Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/o...

Most universities reject Trump's "compact" demanding compliance.

The New Yorker’s Emma Green explores Trump administration’s attack on academic research at Maine universities due to its law that permits transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.

Vanderbilt’s Dr. Daniel Diermeier: “Our North Star has always been that academic freedom, free expression and independence are essential for universities to make their vital and singular contributions to society.”

Trump Continues to Impose His Ideology on Universities by Withholding Federal Research Dollars janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/t...

Vought’s staff cuts aim to stamp out programs ensuring that public schools serve the needs of the entire Diversity of U.S. students, serve all students Equitably, and Include students from all cultures, races, ethnicities, economic levels and sexual identities.

In the area of K-12 education, as each day has passed and more layoffs have been reported, it is becoming clearer that Vought’s targets go to the very heart of the Department of Education’s central mission.

The Dept. of Ed.’s mission has been administering programs to address historical injustices for children who have been marginalized due to race, ethnicity, need to learn English, disabilities or sexuality. Massive staff cuts threaten the Dept,’s capacity to continue that work.

This Week’s Federal Staff Reductions, Now Temporarily Stayed by a Judge, Would Undermine Educational Opportunity Across the States janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/t...