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Good morning! My fantastic colleagues have formed a union.
Education Week is unionizing! We are a strong majority of @educationweek’s reporters, artists, researchers, marketers, engagement specialists, and much more. @NewsGuild @CWAUnion @WBNG32035
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New: The Ed. Dept. last year let $75M expire without spending it: $21M for staff salaries, $20M for mental health grants, $14M for civil rights, and more.
During the previous 10 years, the agency let just $9 million total expire from the same accounts. edweek.org/policy-politics/t…
Touting an expansion of local journalism while laying off two seasoned local journalists is really distasteful, to say the least
New: Trump's OMB is withholding more than $2 billion Congress approved in February for K-12 and higher education.
Advocates and experts weigh in on what this means and whether it's time to panic: edweek.org/policy-politics/t…
President Trump took office one year ago today.
Since then, his administration has disrupted at least $12 billion in federal funding for education (and likely much more).
I did my best to tabulate the damage for @educationweek: edweek.org/policy-politics/i…
Mark Lieberman retweeted
Gotta love the kicker on this @MarkALieberman story debunking the latest Trump admin claims of flexibility: "ESSA already did so much of the work to return education to the states."
edweek.org/policy-politics/m…
An Idaho nonprofit with an active $50 million grant told the U.S. Education Department it had scrubbed DEI from its application.
The department acknowledged the message--but canceled the grant anyway.
Now dozens of K-12 educators may lose their jobs. edweek.org/policy-politics/a…
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Hi! We’re the EdWeek Union - roughly 50 people who work tirelessly to make our nonprofit news organization a key destination for educators and the general public.
We wanted to share an update on our efforts to bargain with management for a fair contract. 🧵
A publication is nothing without its reporters. Signal Ohio leadership should immediately recognize the NE Ohio News Guild!
Mark Lieberman retweeted
An update from the Signal Ohio News Workers Guild: Today, we staged a two-hour walkout in response to leadership’s desire to fight us.
Let us tell you how we got here. 🧵
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Bringing my X account back from the dead to share that my last day at Forbes was August 8. Starting tomorrow, I'm returning to @insidehighered to cover all things faculty! Get in touch at emma.whitford@insidehighered dot com.
New: Ten Republican senators are urging the Trump administration to release $6.8 billion in education funding it's withholding nationwide. edweek.org/policy-politics/r…
Mark Lieberman retweeted
Given local news reports this afternoon I am here to remind you that education funding being withheld does not have to do with the House vote today
This was a concern based on the structure of a Congressional budget vote in March, @educationweek reported: edweek.org/policy-politics/w…
The Trump administration is disrupting federal funding for K-12 schools left and right: cutting funds, terminating contracts, delaying allocation notices, tweaking grant opportunities.
The mess is only beginning. New for @educationweek: edweek.org/policy-politics/a…
Mark Lieberman retweeted
New: If Donald Trump gets his way, more than 40 federal funding streams for education will disappear.
@educationweek listed every single one: edweek.org/policy-politics/t…
New: If Donald Trump gets his way, more than 40 federal funding streams for education will disappear.
@educationweek listed every single one: edweek.org/policy-politics/t…
Mark Lieberman retweeted
Here's a great explainer on Trump's FY2026 education budget proposal from @MarkALieberman. Link in next post. @arotherham @CEDR_US @aejochim @MichaelPetrilli
Feds want states to certify their schools have ended DEI by Thursday or risk losing fed $.
1/3 confirm yes
1/3 will decline
1/3 we don't know yet
Will be a legal battle.
Map per @educationweek
New from me/@beeschultz3: DOGE has ended hundreds of U.S. Department of Education contracts and grants.
Many were mandated by Congress and were supporting efforts to:
-improve K-12 instruction
-expand the teacher pipeline
-evaluate prior investments edweek.org/policy-politics/h…
