Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 06/08/2025You can use this tool to find out just how much funding your local district (or any district in the country) will be losing in the new federal budget: "DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT will lose $8,175,391 in federal funding." public.tableau.com/app/profile/... #EduSky #EdChat 26226159
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025“What becomes of the University if it succumbs to the demands of a political party or leader that cedes rights of free speech, free expression, and free inquiry? What becomes of our students [of any age] if they are only permitted to think, speak, and be in ways that follow the political winds? “columbiaspectator.comTrump threatens all education, not just universities<i>Updated April 10 at 7:53 p.m.</i> 154
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Joining with TC colleagues to say, among other things, that elite universities need to see and hopefully act in solidarity with K-12 educators and school systems in this moment we are all under attack.columbiaspectator.comTrump threatens all education, not just universitiesOn April 21, former interim University President Katrina Armstrong <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03/21/columbia-to-acquiesce-to-trump-administrations-demands-amid-federal-fundin... 02311
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley Dunneileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925. 463228114708
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Well look at this. Here's the head of a major university (Princeton!) taking a firm stand in favor of academic freedom and, you know, rule of law. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Cost of the Government’s Attack on ColumbiaAmerican universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that. 328872
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025#edusky colleagues, higher ed or K-12, please share. We are at Columbia, but we know that this struggle matters for education across the lifespan. A Statement from Teachers College Faculty on the Attack on American Education docs.google.com/document/d/1... 7259125
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnAnsley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025If you're tracking the administration's claims to "end DEI" a quick thread with the docs. TL;DR: Admin swings way too wide. Careful readers point out the overreach & the illegality and/or lack of enforceability of their words. Some sue & get temp injunction. Admin rolls back, a bit. 🧵 28931
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Educators: Are you engaging students in a critical reading of any of the recent Executive Orders and/or The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum? If so, write to let us know at zep@zinnedproject.org We'd love to hear your teaching stories (and with your permission) share them. #TeachOutsideTextbook 02311
Alyssa Hadley Dunn @alyssahadleydunn.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Thanks @courtneykteachered.bsky.social for sharing this part of my work, as we live through so many days after right now. Solidarity! 050
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now. 442081716
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 22/02/2025“RESIST. DO NOT COMPLY WITH THEIR ILLEGAL MANDATES.”Judge Ortiz emailed her EEOC colleagues after the anti-trans EO. She told me, “The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up. I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.”nytimes.comHow Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon MuskSome civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors. 252473614
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley Dunn@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social · 22/02/2025For anyone working in Higher Ed concerned about the anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter calling on colleges to rid themselves of DEI programs, please read this letter by law professors who KNOW THE LAW--it's a good rejoinder to the letter and over-reach of this admin. cdn.ymaws.com/www.copaa.or...cdn.ymaws.com 11911
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnAlex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Another good response to the Dear Colleague letter from the DOE #highered #education #uted #utpol www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...insidehighered.comA Dear Colleague letter in defense of DEI, by Shaun HarperShaun Harper identifies 11 specific actions higher ed institutions can take to uphold their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. 0196
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnNelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Trump is using a vaguely defined DEI to lead a fascist takeover of higher education. Whether you personally like DEI or not the point is that any program, curriculum and research decisions should fall under the purview of faculty governance and not have to conform to partisan preferences. 1296
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnJesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The Right is focused on education—banning books & history, & defunding schools. The Left hasn’t been as focused on education, but should because: 1) Students deserve to learn the truth & with it they can change the world 2) Educators are the most unionized workplace & can be a force for justice 5472115
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnJess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸 @jessagoldberg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A reminder that "Dear Colleague" letters do not carry the force of law. These are fundamental test cases for universities and other institutions to refuse to comply with the unjust demands of the current administration. 07519
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnJeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Here's @penamerica.bsky.social's statement condemning last night's "Dear Colleague" letter from the Department of Education, threatening to withhold federal funds from educational institutions that engage in DEI programming, training, or other activities. pen.org/press-releas...pen.orgPEN America Condemns Education Department's Threat to Defund Colleges and Universities Over DEI Programs - PEN AmericaPEN America Denounces Department of Education Letter That Would Ban Ideas About Race 411262
Alyssa Hadley Dunn @alyssahadleydunn.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This is abhorrent. It also grossly misrepresents just about everything in higher education today. Full letter: www.ed.gov/media/docume... 020
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/ 9639345
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnMatthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 08/02/2025This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...unitedformedicalresearch.orgNIH In Your State - United For Medical ResearchSelect a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America. 9329205
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnMonisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · 05/02/2025"Teachers have every reason to be guarded about what they say & do within state-surveilled school spaces. But teachers’ selfhoods do not end at the door of the classroom. Teachers are friends, neighbors, beloveds- & they are amazing organizers" ~@eveewing.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/trum...inthesetimes.comTrump’s Reign of Terror on Schools—and How We Fight BackIt’s not enough to be afraid of the laws and rules we don’t want to see in schools. We have to clarify our visions of what we are fighting for. 0165
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley Dunndell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 01/02/2025if you aren’t underway archiving *.gov material relevant to your field, this is probably your last chance 101089292
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnDr. Crystal E. Garcia @crystalegarcia.bsky.social · 31/01/2025💖💖💖🌈🌈🌈 Sending love to every trans person right now. You are beautiful and perfect in exactly who you are. You matter and you may not know them all, but there are so many people in community and solidarity with you right now. Trans rights are human rights. 💖💖💖🌈🌈🌈 03715
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Educators are teaching in perilous times. We face a white supremacist backlash — funded by billionaires. . . . Billionaires no longer just fund reactionary policies; they are merging corporate power with government repression to cement their dominance. 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/teachin...zinnedproject.orgTeaching in Perilous TimesEducators are teaching in perilous times. We face a white supremacist backlash — funded by billionaires — against the 2020 uprising for Black lives, when tens of millions built a multiracial movement ... 36530
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.bookshop.orgLet This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al.What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe... 392202947
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnChanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 16/12/2024The days immediately following school shootings are the very worst to be a teacher in this country. 1922634
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnJoseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 17/12/2024witness it 🕯️ 310836
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnDiane Ravitch🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦🗽🇨🇱🏳️🌈✡️🇨🇦 @dianeravitch.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Trump can't eliminate the ED without the votes of 60 Senators. He doesn't have that. But he can nominate a clown as Secretary. 3329
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnGabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr. @grodriguezlemus.bsky.social · 16/11/2024We are almost at capacity in this starter pack! Everyone now left to be added will be added to Education Scholars Part II! If I didn’t add you to first one & you want to be added reply to to post! #EducationScholars go.bsky.app/H3QkVDR 333635
Reposted by Alyssa Hadley DunnMonisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · 15/11/2024⬇️ go.bsky.app/BYF1JZJ 1710851