Chi Kim<p>Trump signed the executive order: "Closing the Department of Education would provide children and their families the opportunity to escape a system that is failing them."<br>Before the Department of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> existed, only 1 in 5 children with disabilities attended school. now over 15% of students receive special education. The department administors federal funding ($15 billion in (2024) to ensure states support these students.<br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/03/improving-education-outcomes-by-empowering-parents-states-and-communities/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/cutting-the-us-department-of-education-harms-millions-of-students-with-disabilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newamerica.org/education-polic</span><span class="invisible">y/edcentral/cutting-the-us-department-of-education-harms-millions-of-students-with-disabilities/</span></a></p>
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Seems like the Department of Education will be next.
We collected what we already did safeguard in this thread:
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/t/collection-department-of-education
We got:
- data.ed.gov
- ocrdata.ed.gov
- nces.ed.gov
- eric.ed.gov
- imls.gov
Do you know of anything else from the DoE that needs safeguarding?
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Safeguarding Research & Culture (SRC) — Distributing Cultural Memory · Collection: Department of EducationThings are looking grim for the DoE: Trump plans executive order to lay groundwork for shutting down Education Department, official says. But a White House fact sheet said the order would direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon “to take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education and return education authority to the States Trump administration targets Maine and the University of Pennsylvania over transgender athletes | AP News I know we already got a lo...
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a long-anticipated executive order on Thursday that aims to shut down the Department of Education, acting on a key campaign pledge, according to a White House summary. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/world/trump-education-department-executive-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #education #schools #donaldtrump #republicans
The Japan Times · Trump will sign order to shut down Department of Education, White House says
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#PortlandME teachers, parents join national #protests against #Trump’s cuts to #education
Teachers from Deering High, Rowe Elementary and Presumpscot Elementary held a 'walk-in' Wednesday in a show of support for public education amid cuts to the U.S. #DepartmentOfEducation.
by Riley Board, March 19, 2025
"'Education is a right, that is why we have to fight,' a group of educators, parents and teachers chanted outside Deering High School early Wednesday morning. To a chorus of loud honks from passing cars on Stevens Avenue, they waved signs opposing staff cuts to the federal Department of Education and other actions President Donald Trump has taken that could affect public education.
The group of about 80 were participating in a nationwide walk-in organized by the National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers union. More than 100 similar events took place across 26 states; the event was scheduled for Wednesday because it’s the day that federal elected officials are returning to their home districts as Congress goes to recess.
"'Now is the time to send a message: Their decisions in Washington, D.C., matter here at home,' the NEA said in a statement on its website."
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"Kerrie Dowdy, president of the Portland Education Association, the union that represents teachers in the district, said the vast majority of all American students, including 95% of students with #disabilities, attend #PublicSchools.
"'All students benefit from programs run by the Department of Education, and we’re here today to protect our students and to protect our public schools,' Dowdy said."
Original article:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/19/portland-teachers-parents-join-national-protests-against-trumps-cuts-to-education/
Archived article:
https://archive.md/vf7Ki#selection-2055.0-2059.186
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Press Herald · Portland teachers, parents join national protests against Trump’s cuts to educationTeachers from Deering High, Rowe Elementary and Presumpscot Elementary held a 'walk-in' Wednesday in a show of support for public education amid cuts to the U.S. Department of Education.
As the Washington Post reports, 36yo #DOGE lackey Alexandra Beynon previously worked as head of engineering at her husband's online #ketamine therapy company, Mindbloom, before taking a new gig to meddle at the Department of #Education.
Cofounded by her husband, Dylan Beynon, Mindbloom bills itself as offering "guided at-home ketamine therapy to transform your mental health," which is #telehealth speak for delivering the horse tranquilizer right to your front door.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/elon-musk-doge-staffer-ketamine
Futurism · One of Elon Musk’s DOGE Staffers Used to Sell Ketamine Professionally