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Amanda Geduld

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K-12 Ed & Childhood Health Reporter @the74.Bsky.social | Former NYC teacher | Columbia Stabile Fellow ‘23 | Previously: Miami Herald & Maine Monitor | In pursuit of baking the perfect macaron 🍪 | send (news & baking) tips to amanda@the74million.org

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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Q&A: American Academy of Pediatrics' David Hill on what the latest vaccine victory means for kids. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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A Seasoned Pediatrician on What the Latest Vaccine Victory Means for Kids
‘Guarded relief:’ American Academy of Pediatrics' David Hill on a judge siding with the AAP against RFK Jr. and his handpicked vaccine advisory panel.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Head Start providers fight to claw back protections from ICE enforcement. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Head Start Providers Fight to Claw Back Protections from ICE Enforcement
As Democrats demand stricter controls on DHS, Head Start leaders representing 100K young learners look to bar federal agents from their centers.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Head Start providers are happy but cautious after federal judge halts DEI ban. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Head Start Providers Happy But Cautious After Federal Judge Halts DEI Ban
Several already rewrote their grants and aren’t sure if they can now restore ‘banned’ words. Ruling pauses mass firings but doesn’t undo 2025 layoffs.
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Nicole Ridgway @nicridgway.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Gut-wrenching reporting by @amandageduld.bsky.social, who spoke to parents, directors and teachers in the six states at risk of losing the greatest number of Head Start seats. As Time Runs Out, a Dozen Head Start Families and Providers Share Their Fears www.the74million.org/zero2eight/a...
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As Time Runs Out, a Dozen Head Start Families and Providers Share Their Fears
The 74 spoke to parents, directors and teachers in the six states at risk of losing the greatest number of Head Start seats come Saturday.
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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
As Time Runs Out, a Dozen Head Start Families and Providers Share Their Fears @the74.bsky.social @amandageduld.bsky.social www.the74million.org/zero2eight/a...
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As Time Runs Out, a Dozen Head Start Families and Providers Share Their Fears
The 74 spoke to parents, directors and teachers in the six states at risk of losing the greatest number of Head Start seats come Saturday.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
New: A first, state-by-state look at how many Head Start and Early Head Start seats could be threatened if the government shutdown extends until Nov. 1. @natlheadstart.bsky.social www.the74million.org/zero2eight/o...
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Ongoing Federal Shutdown Threatens Head Start Access for Over 65K Children
'We don't want to see our children ... caught in the crosshairs of these types of political fights,' national deputy director said.
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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Ongoing federal shutdown threatens Head Start access for 65K+ kids: "We don't want to see our children ... caught in the crosshairs of these types of political fights," Head Start's deputy director said. @amandageduld.bsky.social @the74.bsky.social #EduSky www.the74million.org/zero2eight/o...
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Ongoing Federal Shutdown Threatens Head Start Access for Over 65K Children
'We don't want to see our children ... caught in the crosshairs of these types of political fights,' national deputy director said.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New @gallup.com poll: 1 in 4 teachers don't have necessary resources, support staff. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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New Gallup Poll: 1 in 4 Teachers Don’t Have Necessary Resources, Support Staff
Over 60% of educators reported a shortage of teaching assistants, mental health resources and special educators, seriously impacting job satisfaction.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Over two days of chaotic meetings, RFK Jr.’s newly handpicked CDC advisory group updated vaccine recommendations, including for measles and COVID. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Experts Dissect What Confusing New Vax Rules Could Mean for Kids, Parents
Over two days of chaotic meetings, RFK Jr.’s newly handpicked CDC advisory group updated vaccine recommendations, including for measles and COVID.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The pandemic supercharged summer school’s transformation from remedial academics to learning plus fun — and now there’s no going back, experts say. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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From Classroom Drudgery to Joyful Enrichment: The Evolution of Summer School
The pandemic supercharged summer school’s transformation from remedial academics to learning plus fun — and now there’s no going back, experts say.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Medicaid cuts in Trump tax bill spark fears for child health, school services. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Medicaid Cuts in Trump Tax Bill Spark Fears for Child Health, School Services
The bill will cut an estimated $1.02 trillion from Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits — programs that insure some 40M children.
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Kathy Moore @kjmoc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Strong reveals here by @amandageduld.bsky.social, including that South Carolina suspends these students more often than any other state — and at nearly 2X the national rate. www.the74million.org/article/for-...
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Suspensions for Students with Disabilities Are Far More Frequent in These States
Exclusive analysis by The 74 of 2022-23 IDEA data reveals stark disparities among students already subject to disproportionate punishment in school.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
For students with disabilities, suspension is not just a matter of race and gender — but geography, @amandageduld.bsky.social reports www.the74million.org/article/for-...
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Suspensions for Students with Disabilities Are Far More Frequent in These States
Exclusive analysis by The 74 of 2022-23 IDEA data reveals stark disparities among students already subject to disproportionate punishment in school.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
New research: Childhood vaccination rates drop across 1,600 U.S. counties. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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New Research: Childhood Vaccination Rates Drop Across 1,600 U.S. Counties
Amid deadly measles outbreak, average measles vaccine rate fell further below herd immunity mark in 33 states, according to Johns Hopkins researchers.
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Mike Elsen-Rooney @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A lovely essay from a NYC high school student about how she learned to love her daily subway commute to school. "I have no responsibilities, no duty to do anything for anybody. The train is the one place where I am just another person moving through the city." www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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My commute to high school is my refuge
The subway is the one place where I’m just another person moving through the city.
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Mike Elsen-Rooney @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A Bronx high school student showed up at a routine immigration court date in Manhattan last week. ICE was waiting. Please read this one. Immigration enforcement is an education story: www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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A Bronx high schooler showed up for a routine immigration court date. ICE was waiting.
A NYC public school student’s arrest was part of a nationwide blitz of immigration authorities detaining migrants in courthouses in an effort to speed up deportations.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
GOP-proposed $5B tax credit could expand private school choice to all 50 states and stands a better chance of passing than earlier federal attempts. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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‘A True Game Changer:’ Unprecedented School Choice Tax Credit Part of GOP Bill
The $5B measure could expand private school choice to all 50 states and stands a better chance of passing than earlier federal attempts.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
If the ECCA were to be enacted, the # of students receiving $ for school choice programs could double in one year, one expert told me. “A 100% increase in a single year in the number of people being served by private school choice programs? That’s a big deal.” www.the74million.org/article/a-tr...
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‘A True Game Changer:’ Unprecedented School Choice Tax Credit Part of GOP Bill
The $5B measure could expand private school choice to all 50 states and stands a better chance of passing than earlier federal attempts.
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Kathy Moore @kjmoc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This little boy — and at least 400 other children in eastern Washington state — lost their Head Start and Early Head Start programs this week. It's the outcome most feared since Trump took office and may only be the beginning. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports. www.the74million.org/article/ther...
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Wave of Washington Head Starts Shut Down as Chaos Engulfs Federal Program
After months of layoffs, funding freezes and uncertainty, Trump's new budget proposal calls for eliminating the anti-poverty early childhood program.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Head of new RFK Jr. vaccine study practiced unlicensed medicine on autistic kids. @bethhawkins.bsky.social reports
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Head of New RFK Jr. Vaccine Study Practiced Unlicensed Medicine on Autistic Kids
Even though David Geier is not a physician, he gave autistic children a dangerous, unapproved drug and improperly prescribed puberty blockers.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order
New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Ed Dept. employees fired or put on leave speak out. One fears for the kids they were meant to protect: “It’s painful,” she said. The impact this will have on schools and students “makes the pit of my stomach just fall.” www.the74million.org/article/live...
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Lives Upended: 3 Ed Dept Staffers Worry for Themselves — And the Nation’s Kids
The three women, one fired, two placed on leave, are concerned about their own futures and families, but also millions of vulnerable students.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas"
The effort includes AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts and marks a dramatic escalation in the U.S. government's policing of foreign nationals' cond...
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Would-be rural teachers see their college dreams dashed by Trump funding cuts. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Would-Be Rural Teachers See Their College Dreams Dashed by Trump Funding Cuts
‘This scholarship was my way out. It was my way to be something,’ said one first-gen student hoping to teach English learners in Nebraska.
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Phyllis Jordan @phylliswjordan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Terrific story from the @the74.bsky.social's team describing just what the impact will be of cutting half the staff at the Education Department. @lrj417.bsky.social @markkeierleber.bsky.social @gtoppo.bsky.social @amandageduld.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/depa...
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‘Going for Blood’: After Mass Firing, Many Wonder How Ed Dept. Will Function
The programs that took the biggest blows include student loans, the research arm that runs the ‘Nation’s Report Card’ and civil rights.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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‘Going for Blood’: After Mass Firing, Many Wonder How Ed Dept. Will Function
The programs that took the biggest blows include student loans, the research arm that runs the ‘Nation’s Report Card’ and civil rights.
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Linda Jacobson @lrj417.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
‘Going for Blood’: With Half of its Staff Cut, Many Wonder How Ed Dept. Will Function www.the74million.org/article/depa...
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‘Going for Blood’: After Mass Firing, Many Wonder How Ed Dept. Will Function
The programs that took the biggest blows include student loans, the research arm that runs the ‘Nation’s Report Card’ and civil rights.
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Sharon Lurye @sharonlurye.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Office for Civil Rights has been gutted with around 240 layoffs, nearly half its staff. Seven of the civil rights agency’s 12 regional offices were entirely laid off, including busy hubs in New York, Chicago and Dallas.
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complai...
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
A visit with a family in mourning
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Beth Fertig @bethfertig.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
DOGE Education Cuts Hit Students with Disabilities, Literacy Research www.the74million.org/article/doge... @the74.bsky.social
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DOGE Education Cuts Hit Students with Disabilities, Literacy Research
Teens with disabilities were getting help with life after high school. Then DOGE started cutting.
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Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · 07/03/2025
New: The administration—through DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA—says it has canceled ~$400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In a 12-11 vote, education committee approves former WWE CEO Linda McMahon to lead — and perhaps dismantle — education department
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Along Party Lines, McMahon Bid to Lead Education Department Advances to Senate
In a 12-11 vote, education committee approves former WWE CEO to lead — and perhaps dismantle — education department.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Education groups push back against feared cuts to school-based medicaid www.the74million.org/article/educ...
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Education Groups Push Back Against Feared Cuts to School-Based Medicaid
‘Helping take care of children’s medical needs in school is a step forward. Taking that away is such a step backward,’ student disabilities advocate.
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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
NEW: The Education Department is “lifting the pause” on investigating civil rights complaints in schools — but only for disability cases. Race and gender investigations largely are still sitting idle. (Exceptions are the few priority cases such as one re: an all-gender bathroom in Denver)
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Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases
A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding complaints will continue to sit ...
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
'Evict Elon': Teachers union, others sue to stop DOGE's access to education department data. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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‘Evict Elon’: Teachers Union, Others Sue to Stop DOGE’s Access to Ed Dept. Data
Suit alleges Musk’s government efficiency reps are working to destroy the department while illegally accessing private federal financial aid records.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Michigan students in poorest districts more likely to have less-qualified teachers. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Michigan Students in Poorest Districts More Likely To Have Less-Qualified Teachers
‘Stark’ gaps: These students are 16X more likely to learn from a temporary- or emergency-credentialed teacher than peers in the richest districts.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I wrote about the various ways RFK Jr could impact school vax policies should he be confirmed to head HHS, which he came one step closer to this AM. “The anti-vax warriors have made it inside the castle walls,” Richard Hughes of @gwlaw.bsky.social told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Life-or-death consequences’: families fear rollback of school vaccine requirements under RFK Jr
With vaccine sceptic as Trump pick to lead US health policy, parents and advocates anticipate devastating changes
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In a 14-13 vote along party lines Tuesday morning, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance Robert Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services. @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/sena...
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Senate Health, Education Chair Bill Cassidy Struggles with RFK Jr.’s Nomination
The GOP senator and former physician expressed misgivings about whether Trump’s controversial HHS pick could be trusted with the public’s health.
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The 74 @the74.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The GOP senator and former physician expressed misgivings about whether Trump’s controversial HHS pick could be trusted with the public’s health. @amandageduld.bsky.social reports
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Senate Health, Education Chair Bill Cassidy Struggles with RFK Jr.’s Nomination
The GOP senator and former physician expressed misgivings about whether Trump’s controversial HHS pick could be trusted with the public’s health.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“‘ICE is going to have to arrest me before they arrest your daughter,”’ [one principal] told the mom, adding that they would lock her daughter in his office if needed.” www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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Deportation fears disrupt school attendance for immigrant families in NYC
Families at three New York City migrant shelters said scores of kids have stayed home since Donald Trump took office out of fear of immigration enforcement
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Mike Elsen-Rooney @michaelelsenroo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
At some NYC migrant shelters, families say scores of kids haven't gone to school this week bc of deportation fears. “Almost nobody is sending their kids [to school] in case they’re taken. Everyone is scared." W/ @alexzimmerman.bsky.social @gwynnefitz.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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Deportation fears disrupt school attendance for immigrant families in NYC
Families at three New York City migrant shelters said scores of kids have stayed home since Donald Trump took office out of fear of immigration enforcement
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
My latest for @theguardian.com and @the74.bsky.social
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing." The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care. One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
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When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Year 1 as a full-time Ed journalist in the books! For my first story of 2024 — and first for @the74.bsky.social — I covered a civil rights photographer’s decades-long attempt to rename Brown v. Board. His work highlights the intergenerational trauma of segregation that continues to reverberate.
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SCOTUS Passes on Hearing Affirmative Action Case Involving Elite Boston Schools
While advocates for race-conscious admissions claimed victory, those looking to end such policies in K-12 districts nationwide vowed to fight on.
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Closing out this year’s reporting with a SCOTUS update
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Constance @drconstance.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Featuring a quote from yours truly
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
www.the74million.org/article/left... This year, I got to spend months reporting a story about a problem so pervasive in schools — and so expected — that often parents don’t report it, despite the incredible harm it does to them and their kids. 1/ 🧵
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Left Powerless: Non-English–Speaking Parents Denied Vital Translation Services
Flouting federal laws, schools routinely fail to provide qualified interpreters. Districts say they lack the resources ‘no matter how hard we try.’
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Amanda Geduld @amandageduld.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
‘How Far Will RFK Go?’ I had the opportunity to chat with two experts about Kennedy’s potential impact on child health. Check out the convos below! @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/how-...
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‘How Far Will RFK Go?’ 2 Experts Talk Kennedy’s Potential Impact on Child Health
If the Senate confirms Trump’s pick to head HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could wield immense power over recommended vaccines and research.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
It’s amazing to see impact from prior Local Reporting Network projects. I am thankful for that! 🙏🙏 Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities www.propublica.org/article/main... @mainemonitor.bsky.social
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Maine Proposes Major Staffing Increases for Assisted Living and Residential Care Facilities
The proposed regulations come after an 18-month investigation by The Maine Monitor and ProPublica found dozens of violations at the state’s largest facilities.
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𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊. @palabranahj.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Los padres que no hablan inglés enfrentan barreras sistémicas en las escuelas y se les niegan servicios vitales de traducción a pesar de las protecciones legales. Historia de @amandageduld.bsky.social publicada originalmente en @the74.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/40QWmP6.
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A los padres de habla no inglesa se les niegan servicios esenciales de traducción — palabra.
Incumpliendo leyes federales, las escuelas no suelen proporcionar intérpretes calificados. Los distritos dicen que carecen de recursos “sin importar que tan duro lo intentemos”.
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