Looking forward to it!

CALDER Center@caldercenter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Register for the 2026 CALDER Conference! Join us on Monday, March 2 in Arlington, VA for a one-day conference featuring research from CALDER experts & discussion between researchers, policymakers & practitioners. Register ➡️ caldercenter.org/events/17th-... @cedr.bsky.social

Got to introduce my class to the science of reading today--NONE of them had ever heard about it. @estherlindstrom.bsky.social

This is an excellent paper and a must read for those concerned about turnover in schools!

Aaron Ainsworth@ajainsworth.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m really glad to see that our paper is now out at Ed Researcher! We examine turnover among the half of school employees who are not teachers to understand how their turnover compares. Using Oregon data (2007-23) for all public school employees, there are 3 new patterns that we document: A 🧵

"Fifty years ago, Ed Martin helped write the law that made clear to all states and all public schools: Children with disabilities deserve better. The law, he says, was "an affirmation of the values of the country." He hopes that's still true." www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump

The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.

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It's been so great to work with this team-- check out our new paper on defining special educators' working conditions!

Liz Bettini@lizbettini.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Excited to share a new Project RESPECT paper out today in RASE, defining special educators' working conditions! We often talk about "working conditions" but seldom precisely define them. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

November 29th, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act being signed into law. Celebrate with us by sharing your favorite pic from this post! Got more to say? Share with us what IDEA means to you at bit.ly/TED_IDEA50 #specialeducation #disability #IDEA

From New Jersey to Virginia and beyond, today voters put students first and elected pro-public education champions 🎉 🗳️ 🍎 https://bsky.app/profile/neapresident.bsky.social/post/3m4tvj2xl6z2k

Becky Pringle@neapresident.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Congratulations to Virginia's next governor! A champion for working people, @abigailspanberger.com worked tirelessly to protect the retirement security of educators and all public servants by leading the effort to repeal GPO-WEP. This is a win for students, educators, families—all Virginians.

ACTION ALERT: Department of Education has nearly wiped out OSERS—offices essential to ensuring students with disabilities receive the services they’re guaranteed under IDEA. Congress must act NOW. Tell lawmakers: Restore OSEP. Protect IDEA. #4SpecialEducation exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...

A new large-scale analysis of existing research in Review of Educational Research finds that school-provided social and emotional learning programs improve students’ academic achievement in addition to their social and emotional development. Read about it here: www.aera.net/Newsroom/Soc...

Share your stories (written or recorded) here: bit.ly/TED_IDEA50 #IDEA50 #IDEA #specialed #specialeducation #edadvocacy #disability

A fascinating tool to examine the impacts of potential changes to federal K-12 funding. www.urban.org/research/pub...

How Would Proposed Changes to Federal K–12 Title Spending Affect Your School District?

As district leaders face the uncertainty posed by these vastly different proposals and other downstream changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill, this data to…

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The U.S. Department of Education canceled twenty-five ongoing projects related to special education last week. This breakdown provides a detailed look at the programs that were affected, as well as the actions that may follow.

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?

More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is thinking about making a rule. The rule would stop many domestic workers from getting paid at least minimum wage. The rule would also stop many domestic workers from getting overtime pay. Take action with our plain language guide: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/08/figh...

Raids by masked ICE agents on the first day of school heighten the climate of fear in our community and further erode trust in law enforcement. I thank Alexandria leaders including our Mayor and City Council for opposing these draconian tactics. I stand with them.

ALXnow@alxnow.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Community leaders condemn ICE arrests of construction workers in Alexandria's Chirilagua neighborhood www.alxnow.com/2025/08/18/c...

“We applaud the actions that the Department of Education has taken to ensure that this important data collection continues in a timely manner. We encourage stakeholders to take the time to respond during this important 30-day period.” –AERA Exec Dir. Felice J. Levine www.aera.net/Newsroom/Edu...

NEW: The Trump administration confirmed today that Title IV-B funding for before/afterschool programs will soon flow, after Republican senators ramped up pushback this week. That still leaves frozen at least $5.6 billion in education funding states expected July 1. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Trump Releases $1.4 Billion He Withheld From After-School Programs

More than $5 billion for education remains frozen.

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New: SCOTUS clears the way for Trump's deep staffing cuts at the Education Department www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump to Shrink Education Department

The decision lifts a lower-court order that blocked mass layoffs at the agency.

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HHS announced today they will consider Head Start a welfare program, not an education program, and will subject it to new citizenship requirements. This goes against decades of legal precedence that all children in America have a right to education. Announcement here. www.hhs.gov/press-room/p...

Morning! I did a lil analysis and turns out that, when ED employees are illegally fired and contracts are canceled, ED is unable to fulfill its congressional mandate to publish national statistics on the condition of education. Why does that matter? Well... www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

2️⃣ weeks out! #SpecialEducation teacher shortages can only be solved if we can define who is in the workforce. We’ll explore this during our upcoming webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET: sparccenter.org/events/regis...

This win belongs to our students, our educators, our communities and to everyone who believes a free quality, public education is worth fighting for.

Democracy Forward@democracyforward.org · last yr.

BREAKING: We just won in court to block Trump’s attempt to demolish the Department of Education. This historic court order will stop the mass firings of career civil servants whose work helps students with disabilities, provides support for parents, and ensures higher education is affordable.

Public charter schools, just like other public schools, must abide by the Constitution. In a victory for the separation of church and state, today’s decision means that taxpayer dollars cannot be used to fund religious charter schools. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma

The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.

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I didn't even know it was at risk!!

Rachel Lambert, prof at UCSB, teacher!@mathematize4all.bsky.social · last yr.

ERIC is an invaluable resource for teachers who want access to educational research. We have learned that this admin does react to pressure (in some cases). Any ideas for how we can protect ERIC? #ITeachmath #EduSky #AcademicSky

The National Survey on Health and Disability is open! If you are in the US & a person w a disability or chronic condition, please share your experiences. This is one of the largest national disability & health surveys that exists! ~15 minutes! Take it at: kuhealthsurvey.org #DisabilityResearch

I'll be thinking on this terminology going foward: "The constructs minimally verbal and nonverbal explicitly or tacitly conflate spoken language with all linguistic abilities"

Kristen Bottema-Beutel@kbottemabeutel.bsky.social · last yr.

New editorial in @journalautism.bsky.social with @yesthattoo.bsky.social @jordynbzim.bsky.social and @bettyyu.bsky.social where we argue that "nonverbal" and "minimally verbal" are not useful constructs for grouping or describing autistic people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The senator just broke the record. Over 24 hours on the floor!

Sen. Cory Booker@booker.senate.gov · last yr.

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Wondering what the #EO to end the Department of Education means? Also wondering what you can do about it? Swipe to learn more & see how to take action! #sped #education #specialed #specialeducation #executiveorder #edadvocacy #teacher #student #IDEA #disability #swd #Congress #ED #school

I stay pretty informed but had no idea this was happening. Sharing for others in the same boat! Public comments open.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · last yr.

The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far. Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

🚨The White House just issued an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education. Eliminating ED or moving IDEA to another agency will be a step backward in serving those with disabilities. Tell your representatives to protect ED: exceptionalchildren.org/lac?vvsrc=/C...

If you are a Department of Education employee who handles disability and Trump’s executive order affects you, I want to speak. This is my Signal. I will protect your identity.