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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
More universities should file lawsuits, like UC, to stop the defunding of grants.
calmatters.org
DEI keyword search led to billions in cancelled California university grants
The Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to UC professors. Their legal team says it has proof that was unconstitutional.
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Council for Exceptional Children @cecmembership.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the federal government plays multiple oversight roles...." Read more: www.ednc.org/3-2-2026-dismantling-d…
Text reads: News Roundup. Dismantling Department of Education could worsen inequities for students with disabilities, researchers say. "The national shortage of special education teachers and inequities affecting students with disabilities could worsen due to the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, according to the Education Law Center (ELC)."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Here's a chart showing who funds basic research in the US. It's easy to tell that private funding cannot make up for significant cuts to government funding.
A 3D-styled pie chart illustrating the distribution of Research and Development (R&D) resources based on the NSF NCSES National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2022-23 Update.

The chart is divided into six segments, listed here in descending order of their financial contribution:

Federal Govt: The largest segment, shown in dark blue, accounts for 51% of the total, valued at $39.5 B.

Higher Ed. – Institutional: A light coral segment accounting for 23%, valued at $18.2 B.

Non-profit at Research Institutes: A dark red segment accounting for 8%, valued at $6.1 B.

Higher Ed. – Direct Philanthropy: A bright red segment accounting for 7%, valued at $5.8 B.

Business: A grey segment accounting for 7%, valued at $5.2 B.

Non-Federal Govt: The smallest segment, shown in light blue, accounting for 4%, valued at $3.2 B.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I think special education teachers are going to be busy for some time now. Hopefully, states and the fed will follow with additional funds for training pre-service teachers and salary increases for teachers. From: www.k12dive.com/news/these-3...
The chart shows the number of children eligible under IDEA. Jumps from 7.3 million in 2021 to over 8 million in 2024.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Restore OSEP!
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
All this sounds terrible for students, their families, and schools --------Trump May Soon Defy Congress and Cut $5 Billion More From Schools www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
edweek.org
Trump May Soon Defy Congress and Cut $5 Billion More From Schools
Funding for migrant education, English-learner services, professional development, and after-school programming is at risk.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This figure is wild:
The US Department of Education is far behind in its publication of education statistics
Number of education statistics tables produced in the Digest of Education Statistics, showing severe drop in 2024
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Finally, some good news!
govexec.com
Judge bars Education Department from carrying out mass layoffs
Education is unable to carry out its statutory responsibilities and the Trump administration must receive congressional approval before dismantling the department, judge rules.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Go NJ!
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 15/04/2025
I missed the news cycle in higher education while I was teaching finance this evening. The Harvard/Trump administration fight is going to be the defining story for higher education for the year of April 2025. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
wsj.com
U.S. Freezes Billions in Funding After Harvard Says It Will Fight Trump’s Demands
The government responds to the university with a $2.26 billion freeze of the school’s grants and contracts.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This looks promising...let's hope the courts agree.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 02/04/2025
Neuroscientists say don’t write off handwriting! ✍️ Here's why. 🧵 1/10 #EduSky #EdResearch
Why Writing Beats Typing. Brain scans reveal that the fine-motor skills involved in writing by hand light up parts of the brain associated with deeper learning. Illustration of two students at a desk. One is typing on a computer, and the other is writing by hand. There are illustrations symbolizing each student's brain activity: the one writing has many areas of the brain stimulated, while the one typing has fewer.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Thank you, Cory Booker
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Great idea for all kids (and adults)!
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Danielle M. Frith, Ph.D., LDT-C, NCED @drdaniellefrith.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Pictured here with some incredible Ph.D. Candidates from UVA & @temple.edu, sharing our research at the @cecmembership.bsky.social conference in Baltimore! Thank you to Dr. Boyle (@allaboutspecialed.bsky.social) for your mentorship.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Yes, do more of this Dems!
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Jason Chow @jchow.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I was in DC today and saw some of my incredible colleagues at the department of ed. Thinking about all of the committed public servants who will lose their jobs because of the current administration--our children, students, educators, families, and communities will suffer because of it.
nytimes.com
Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Re-Upping This 👇 When will university presidents begin to speak out as a large national coalition?
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Wow! 50% reduction! This is really, really bad...
ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in Force
As part of the Department of Education’s final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This 👇 When will university presidents begin to speak out as a large national coalition?
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WESA @wesa.fm · 21/02/2025
The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.
wesa.fm
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Call your senators and representatives today to save the Department of Ed and IDEA!
5calls.org
Protect the Department of Education ⭑ 5 Calls
The Trump administration is working to fulfill a campaign promise to abolish the Department of Education. Details are being finalized for an executive …
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We need more of this!
temple-news.com
University students, faculty protest cuts to higher education research - The Temple News
Philadelphia’s higher education community rallied at U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick’s Philadelphia office to protest cuts to academic and scientific research.
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Joan McRobbie @joanmcrobbie.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Cuts in education research will make it hard for teachers, parents, the public to know what works in classrooms & to have reliable measures of student results. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
hechingerreport.org
DOGE's death blow to education studies
Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Show America where their money is REALLY going.
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 17/02/2025
This paragraph says a lot about the state of education research on this Presidents' Day. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
I talked with more than 20 researchers, most of whom asked me to keep their identity anonymous for fear of retribution from the Trump administration. Some only communicated with me through encrypted channels and refused to email or talk by phone.
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Additional Teacher Training grants cut from DOE...
ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education Cuts Over $600 Million in Divisive Teacher Training Grants
The U.S. Department of Education today announced it has terminated over $600 million in grants to institutions and nonprofits that were using taxpayer funds to train teachers and education agencies on...
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This Trump tracker is another way to keep up with the latest news on the calamity occurring in our government.
science.org
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits and U.S. science in chaos
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Behind a paywall, but an inside look at the DOGE purge... www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
washingtonpost.com
Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next
A DOGE team plans to fire federal workers who are not in DEI roles and employees in offices that protect equal rights, internal documents show.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Basically we are looking at a pandemic/Great Recession sized disaster heading toward higher ed in the US, for no other reason than the fact that the Republican Party is in a culture war with academics.
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Vikram Bath @vikrambath.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Sounds bad! “The DOGE team unwittingly canceled some of the most famous, long-running, and user studies in all of education research”
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Wow! They are just destroying DOE...
ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education Cancels Additional $350 Million in Woke Spending
Today, the U.S. Department of Education cancelled over $350 million in contracts and grants to several Regional Educational Laboratories and Equity Assistance Centers.
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Dr. Jen 🎓📝🚸 (she/her) @jmck-75.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Another great educational resource produced with help from IES.
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Research in Special Education (RiSE) @rise-open-journal.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
New RiSE publication alert! riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...
riseopenjournal.org
The Demand for Special Education Faculty: An Analysis of Paired Open Data
The demand for U.S. special education faculty has implications for doctoral training programs; higher education faculty teaching future and in-service leaders; and doctoral students preparing for facu...
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
DOGE Inside DOE, one office at a time...
cnbc.com
How Elon Musk's DOGE took over the Education Department, one office at a time
President Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. He can't eliminate it without Congress, but Elon Musk's DOGE can slowly starve it.
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Dana Goldstein @danagoldstein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
DOGE has cut nearly $1 billion in federal education research, affecting projects to understand challenges such as post-Covid academic recovery; disability issues; behavior problems; and the sharp rise in student absenteeism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
nytimes.com
Musks’s DOGE Announces Millions in Cuts to Education Dept. Amid Legal Pushback
Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team said that it had “terminated” 89 of the department’s contracts, apparently targeting its research arm.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Dems should propose a law that immediately requires every fed agency to post on @bsky.app account, every outlay with a detailed description, $, and a link to existing gov sites with in depth details Rather than trying to keep Elon out, pre-empt him so he cant miss characterize spending.
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Gutting the Department of Education means stripping away civil rights protections for our most vulnerable students—those with disabilities, low-income students, and other at-risk youth. Our students deserve more protections, not fewer.
buff.ly
'Gut student civil rights protections': Trump turns to US education department as next target | News24
US President Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to Washington - and his latest target is the US Department of Education.
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Laura @lauraknowsmost.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If I had a kid with an IEP, right about now I would: 1. Contact (read: hound) my senator 2. Write a script for myself re: FAPE as a pillar of IDEA 3. Be prepared to file a formal complaint; prepare for due process 4. Ensure my kids minutes are still being met 5. Talk to other parents/guardians
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Christina Samuels @casamuels.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"The move is “disastrous” for education researchers working to improve teaching and learning, said one source connected to the research community who spoke on the condition of anonymity."
edweek.org
Trump Admin. Suddenly Cancels Dozens of Education Department Contracts
The Trump administration abruptly terminated dozens of contracts financed by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education.
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
95% of students with disabilities learn in public schools. The Dept. of Education ensures they get the support they need. Eliminating it would deepen inequalities and harm students nationwide.
abcnews.go.com
Video Possible impacts of dismantling the Department of Education
The President of the National Education Association, Rebecca Pringle, discusses the possibility of cuts to the Department of Education.
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Sarah A @sarahleeab.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Without a doubt, abolishing the Dept of Education would absolute devastate NC public schools. This article does a great job of breaking down just what a $1.7 billion loss would look like here.
ednc.org
Ask & Answer | What's the impact of federal funding on education in North Carolina?
North Carolina schools are expected to $1.2 billion in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education in 2025.
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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Dismantling the Department of Education means defunding programs that feed, educate, and protect our most vulnerable students. NEA’s latest story breaks down the devastating impact this would have on students, families, and communities: bit.ly/3Ct46Nz
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Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Yup, now apply this logic to The Department of Education (ED).
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Special Education @allaboutspecialed.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is insane...Get Mad, Resist, Call Your Representatives
eenews.net
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
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