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Daniel Espinas

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special education researcher | 🇨🇴 🇺🇸

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"Students with disabilities deserve educational systems that are designed around their needs, rights, and opportunities, not administrative restructuring that risks disrupting critical services and protections." (h/t @stimpunks.org)
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Broad Coalition of Disability, Civil Rights, and Education Organizations Denounces ED’s Latest Transfers of Core Functions  | Autism Society
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2026 Broad Coalition of Disability, Civil Rights, and Education Organizations Denounces ED’s Latest Transfers of Core Functions  Washington, D.C. — […]
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten. For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/10/2025
Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education. It’s kids with disabilities who will suffer. The cruelty is the point.
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Donald Trump is trying to fire nearly every federal worker who supports special needs education.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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AFinRenoFightsBack 🌊2026 🌊 @callyson.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
"asked if he was 'comfortable' with cuts that had reportedly decimated special education services... 'I haven’t seen the specifics of that and I don’t know'... But those so-called “details” Johnson overlooked are quickly coming to light—and they’re a huge problem" FFS newrepublic.com/post/201700/...
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“I Don’t Know”: Mike Johnson Ducks Key Question About Shutdown Layoffs
Mike Johnson seems to have decided his best line of defense is to play dumb.
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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Excited to work a bit more on word-problem solving with our RAAMPS team. This year, we are doing problem posing within Pirate Math Equation Quest! www.piratemathequationquest.com
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Rewriting reality.
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 11/10/2025
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.
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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.
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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
That’s not how science works dip shit.
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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The Department of Education wants to end the requirement that states collect & report data on racial disparities in special education. This a week after they announced that they are going to ask almost 2,000 colleges to vastly expand their data collection around race, admissions, & financial aid.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The people who say we talk too much about slavery are the same ones who insist that we need public monuments and statues of men who are famous solely for waging a war of treason in defense of slavery. Statues that were created explicitly to deny any sense of "hope and progress" after the Civil War.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
📚 (Early) good news for education researchers! Today, Senate appropriators said NO cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget for FY26. Holds flat at $793 million. In contrast, the President's budget request wanted to slash IES's budget by -67%. 🧵 1/3
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Senators—Including Republicans—Reject All of Trump's Proposed Education Cuts
The budget bill could go before the full Senate as early as September.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Yall gotta come on now with this heat 🥵
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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
President Bone Spurs isn’t afraid to put men and women who volunteered to serve in harms way.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/06/2025
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.
He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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An Entire Board Just Resigned After Accusing Trump Of Illegal Interference
The board members say Trump denied Fulbright awards to several people they had selected for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Livestream is just a week away!
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a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson and bart simpson sitting on a couch with the words join us above them .
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
BREAKING: The opinion of a random person you just encountered online is not, in fact, the universally embraced belief of "the Left" or "Liberals" or whoever else you'd like to paint with a broad brush. More as this story develops.
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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Trump’s proposed budget for IES
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
We saddened by the passing of esteemed education scholar William Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt was an AERA Fellow, recipient of the AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award, and served as chair of the governing board of the AERA-NSF Grants Program.
Headshot of William Schmidt
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I  know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
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Daniel Espinas @despinas.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A true giant among giants. How I will miss your wisdom and kindness, Lynn. What an honor it was to have known and learned from you.
Pencil drawing of Lynn S. Fuchs
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CEC Division for Research (CEC-DR) @cec-dr.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
IN MEMORY OF LYNN FUCHS The field of special education lost a visionary and beloved leader with the passing of Lynn Fuchs on May 7, 2025. Her absence leaves a profound void—not only in our scholarly community, but in the hearts of all who had the privilege of knowing her. [ click reading below ]
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In Memory of Lynn Fuchs
Email from CEC Division for Research May 12, 2025 In Memory of Lynn Fuchs The field of special education lost a visionary and beloved leader with the passing of Lynn Fuchs on May 7, 2025. Her absenc
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Zach Schermele @zachschermele.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Tonight’s temporary restraining order against the RIFs at many federal agencies does not include ED. A federal judge in Boston is still weighing a coalition of states’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the ED RIFs + a pause on any potential movement of some ED functions to SBA & HHS.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 08/05/2025
Elon Musk is behind the deaths of the “world’s poorest children,” blasted rival billionaire Bill Gates today as he announced plans to wind down his foundation and spend $200 billion on philanthropic efforts by 2045.
politico.eu
Elon Musk to blame for world’s poorest kids dying, says Bill Gates
Billionaire philanthropist lashes the world’s richest man over DOGE cuts.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/05/2025
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2025
WELKER: When does it become the Trump economy? TRUMP: It partially is right now. I think the good parts are the Trump economy and the bad parts are the Biden economy
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The indirect cost rate change was expected, since both DOE and NIH have been subject to the same effort (currently being litigated), and apply only to new awards ... which aren't currently being issued 😭. (reposting to clarify that terminations refer to grants, not staff) 🧪
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.
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Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🚨 Breaking: The NSF director just announced how the agency and DOGE intends to terminate active grants: "Research projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities." www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Statement of NSF priorities April 18, 2025 

NSF priorities are grounded in the mission of the agency and modulated by statutory directives and administration priorities. NSF uses two statutory criteria to ensure that every award has the potential to advance new knowledge (Intellectual Merit) with maximum impact on the Nation and its people (Broader Impacts). NSF investments unleash groundbreaking discoveries, translational solutions and expand participation in STEM. These efforts strengthen our domestic workforce to fuel economic prosperity, national security, and global S&E competitiveness. The principles of merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence are the bedrock of the NSF mission. NSF continues to review all projects using Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts criteria. NSF's broadening participation activities, including activities undertaken in fulfillment of the Broader Impacts criterion, and research on broadening participation, must aim to create opportunities for all Americans everywhere. These efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others, or directly/indirectly exclude individuals or groups. Research projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities. NSF will continue to support research with the goal of understanding or addressing participation in STEM, in accordance with all applicable statutes and mandates, with the core goal of creating opportunities for all Americans. NSF will continue to support basic and use-inspired research in S&E fields that focus on protected characteristics when doing so is intrinsic to the research question and is aligned with Agency priorities.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
STAT article out about the passback budget and the NIH organization and proposed budget cuts. www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...
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Trump budget draft proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cut
Draft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
AERA, in partnership with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over the unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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AERA Files Lawsuit Against Education Department
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
My proposed revised headline: RFJ Jr. is going to claim vaccines cause autism in September. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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RFK Jr. says we’ll know what causes autism by September. Is that realistic?
The Health and Human Services secretary said a conclusion would be in hand by September, setting off alarms. But he may have been mistaken on the date.
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Jessica Toste @jessicatoste.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Join me and @brennanchandler.bsky.social for a webinar on May 15. We'll be talking about word reading instruction for students in intermediate grades and #WordConnections! Webinar hosted by @cecmembership.bsky.social and @cec-dr.bsky.social. Free for members! Register: tinyurl.com/CEC-WordReading
CEC and DR webinar. Logos for both Council for Exceptional Children and Divison for Research. "Instruction to support word-level reading skils for students with disabilities in the intermediate grades." Thursday, May 15 from 4:00-5:00pm ET. Free for CEC members.Webinar presenters. Jessica Toste, PhD, Associate Professor & Distinguished Teaching Professor. Department of Special Education. The University of Texas at Austin. Brennan Chandler, PhD. Assistant Professor. Department of Learning Sciences. Georgia State University. Register at http://tinyurl.com/CEC-WordReading
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Bravo UBC Reopening their applications for US grad student applicants who want to come to Canada. Nice to see this www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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US Applicant Week
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Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Gutting research and science hurts Americans.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 02/04/2025
Which members of the Trump administration have undergone the severance procedure?
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Jessica Toste @jessicatoste.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
As President of @cec-dr.bsky.social, I am grateful for the opportunity to sign onto this letter and to AERA for coordinating these efforts!
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/03/2025
“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen: theatln.tc/UHOLqA9E
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Maria Hugh @mariahugh.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Another great episode from @federicowaitoller.bsky.social and expert guests helping us think and work critically to addressing special education's most pressing problems! @cecmembership.bsky.social @tedearlycareersig.bsky.social @ted-kaleidoscope.bsky.social @cec-dr.bsky.social @ted-cec.bsky.social
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I had legit completely forgotten this.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/03/2025
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social. theatln.tc/AmsjsuT6
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Jason Chow @jchow.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
New paper with Garret Hall and colleagues that reviews links between the triple code model (math) & the triangle framework (reading) as a part of the special issue on numerical & math cognition. Parallel Models of Reading and Numerical Cognition (open access: psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...)
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