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Penn strikes agreement with Trump administration over trans athletes Penn will send letters of apology to female athletes who swam with Lia Thomas and restore their Penn records and honors, according to a deal reached with the Trump administration.

How disgusting. Just such a betrayal.

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Lots of good stuff in there!! Also love how accessible the site feels

So cool! @jcbridgeforth.bsky.social livehandbook.org/k-12-educati...

The political stakes of who sits on university boards Isabel McMullen shares research on the demographics of public higher education boards and how representative they are of students and faculty.

With all of the targeting of higher ed, it's critical that we have a good understanding of who governs our institutions - I wrote this piece for Brookings to summarize what we know. I also show some new data on the politics and representativeness of public boards.

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We were robbed of the scene in which Parker Posey discovers she’s broke now. #TheWhiteLotus

Opinion | Black Americans Are Not Surprised by What Trump’s Doing (Gift Article) Many Black Americans are not surprised by the way Trump is running roughshod over the rule of law, because they have seen it happen throughout American history.

“As the “I didn’t think he would do this” chorus continues to grow, I can’t help but think what many really mean is, “I didn’t think he would do this to people like me.”… it will not be just immigrants and Black people experiencing the boot of oppression.” -Dr. Greer
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‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Finale Recap: Bloodshed and Sacrifice Some characters got happy endings, while some decidedly did not. But there were enough twists to keep viewers guessing until the end.

In the finale of the third season of “The White Lotus” some characters got happy endings, while some decidedly did not. But there were enough twists to keep viewers guessing until the end.

Wow, White Lotus. Mike White made it as dark as the times were living in!

I love White Lotus but my nerves can’t take this finale

Wait 😂😂😂😂

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

Patrick Schwarzenegger is acting. Saxon is somehow the predator, the prey, the asshole and the joke—all at once. #thewhitelotus

Craving 3 real bad 😮‍💨

Well that Saturday zipped by. And what do I have to show for it? Nothing, that's what. Which is how some days should be.

Smash Into You is still a wildly beautiful song.

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural…

NEW: The Trump administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.

With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

what a week, huh?

Education Department Staff Struggle After Mass Layoffs The Trump administration said its sweeping cuts would eliminate bloat at the department. Staff say the “chaotic” process has stalled essential functions and left remaining employees with unmanageable ...

"[Current and former education department staff] describe a chaotic process that was “disorganized and unstrategic,” as one source put it, and say the cuts have led to technical mishaps, gaps in oversight and a large-scale loss of institutional knowledge."

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Aimee Lou Wood looking surprised in white lotus

She is all of us

yes

This news, arriving the day before the "abolish USED" order, captures the fundamental contradiction in this admin's approach to ed policy:

A) We will eliminate the fed role and "send educ back to the states"

B) We will aggressively wield USED against states to enforce our vision for social policy

I’m very iffy on the waffles lady especially since it’s not a franchise (yet?) but I could see how a few airport HVAC contracts, especially if they’re also contracted to do all the ongoing maintenance, could pay for Shamea’s elevators!

How Oklahoma’s Superintendent Set Off a Holy War in Classrooms Teachers, parents and pastors are mounting a mass resistance against Ryan Walters’ mandate to put Bibles in schools.

How Oklahoma’s superintendent set off a holy war in classrooms

Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing (Gift Article) The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.

"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally."

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11th Circuit Court Finds Florida School Was Not Obligated to Forcibly Out Trans Students “Children do not give up their constitutional rights by enrolling in public school.”

1. Major court ruling!

The 11th Circuit Court has ruled that there is no constitutional parental right to out trans students at a Florida school in a major ruling against January Littlejohn, who was referenced at Trump's address.

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There is a kid focused rally today to try to get the Senate to protect DCs local budget and not cut $300 million from DC’s public schools.

Having reliable, accessible, and evidence-based resources for researchers and policymakers has always been important.

But it’s even more critical today with all the blatant misinformation spreading about our education systems.

Check out our contribution on K-12 school boards here ⬇️

Trump’s Education Secretary Described a ‘Final Mission.’ Now She’s Enacting Mass Layoffs. Tuesday’s announcement, affecting around 1,300 staff, is the next step in the Trump administration’s attempt to dramatically shrink the federal role in education.

The Trump administration can't eliminate the Education Department, but it has slashed its staff and now employees the fewest people in its history. chroni.cl/3Fo6QNj

Bell, D. (1992). Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism. Basic Books.