CSCI 1377: Tools for Thought (Spring 2026) https://lobste.rs/s/tw3jle #apl #cogsci #education
https://cel.cs.brown.edu/csci-1377-s26/
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April is School Library Month and this week is National Library Week! Librarians are some of our favorite people. Thank you for the incredible contributions you make to our schools and communities. 💝
It's a great time to watch The Neighborhood Storyteller. This short documentary follows Asmaa Rashed, a young Syrian mother and refugee, as she establishes vibrant reading circles, transforming a humble act into a powerful tool for social change. The film celebrates the importance of reading and sharing stories to find one’s voice.
Our Discussion Guide for this film also connects with "Muzoon: A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out" by Muzoon Al-Mellehanan with Wendy Pearlman, for an exciting film-book teaching combination.
Learn more!
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
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By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
#News #Trump #DOGE #Data #Climate #Health #Environment #Immigration #Science #Education
Maria Edgeworth’s Educational Philosophy in 5 Core Concepts
Maria Edgeworth's timeless educational philosophy focuses on practical skills, parental involvement, critical thinking, ethics, and individualized learning.
By Viktoriya Sus
https://www.thecollector.com/maria-edgeworth-educational-philosophy-core-concepts/
Maria Edgeworth at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630
When he died, there were no flags, no procession, no cannon fire. William “Billy” Lee was always there—riding with Washington in war, walking beside him in peace. He served at Cambridge, Valley Forge, Yorktown—silent, indispensable. But when the story of Washington was told, Billy was left out of the frame. His life was one of duty without recognition, loyalty without reward.
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#history #histodons #education #Politics #BlackMastodon
"Billy Lee, Portrait in Tar." 2016. Titus Kaphar.
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The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.
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For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Idaho #Parents #Children #School #Disability #Trump
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
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ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Native #Indigenous #Education #College #University #HigherEd #Trump
In an attempt to circumvent the courts, #Trump Wednesday moved to block nearly all #InternationalStudents from entering the country to attend #HarvardUniversity, in his latest attack on the #school.
In an #ExecutiveOrder Trump declared that it would jeopardize *#NationalSecurity* [his ego] to allow #Harvard to continue hosting foreign students on its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
#dictatorship #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvard-students-ban-foreign-immigrations-a8ab4c05ce284c2625e7f883f8e7e07a
#Trump cannot proceed with gutting US #Education Department, court rules
A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to lift a judge's order blocking Trump's admin from carrying out his #ExecutiveOrder to dismantle the US Department of Education & requiring it to reinstate employees who were terminated in a mass layoff.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cannot-proceed-with-gutting-us-education-department-court-rules-2025-06-04/
The latest from cartoonist Ben Sargent, in our magazine.
Read more from the May / June 2025 issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/may-june-2025/
#education #religion #schools #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #comics
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✝️ #Parents have you checked on your Child's #EDUCATION LATELY? Don’t #Assume Anything!
The Teaching of #HOMOSEXUALITY and #GENITALIA_MUTATION in #Elementary_Schools is an #ABOMINATION.
These #LGBTQ Teachers need to be DRAGGED out by their HAIR AND THROWN INTO THE STREETS as a warning to other #LGBTQ teachers!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cru6nyt2AF8
Chick Gets DRAGGED Off of the Street and cowards laugh about it?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wdVgkX72lKo
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Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.
Despite an outcry over increased arrests in Tennessee, two states — Georgia and New Mexico — followed its lead by passing laws that will crack down harder on hoax threats.
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-threats-laws-georgia-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #NewMexico #Tennessee #School #Law #Students #Education
About 150 Chicago schools sit half-empty, while 47 operate at less than one-third capacity.
The city “doesn’t seem to be having an honest conversation about the challenges it’s facing,” one school finance expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Earlier: “If a young queer person fears that their parents might not be affirming, they need an outlet to process that. Having access to counselors at school can be a lifeline to young queer people who are trying to make sense of how they fit in the world and also trying to maintain a healthy relationship with their parents.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-lege-2025-anti-lgbtq-bills-passed/
#politics #USpol #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #law #education #healthcare #news
#StudentLoans interest charges to kick back in for roughly 8 million borrowers
Interest charges will return on Aug. 1 after a yearlong pause on payments.
Roughly 8 million student loan borrowers will see their interest charges restart next month, #Trump Dept of #Education announced Wednesday.
Borrowers on the #Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education Plan — about 7.7 million people — will have interest charges return on Aug. 1 after a yearlong pause on payments.
#law
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/student-loan-interest-charges-kick-back-roughly-8/story?id=123611422
Have any math teachers on here used minecraft (eg arrows to teach about parabolas. You can use command blocks to make the parabolas physical arcs when you fire. Or redstone for logic?)
There is also something called "educational minecraft" apparently.
Thought I might mess around with it this summer, but don't know if it's worth the time or if I'm just making up an excuse for me to play video games. (very possible)
Curious what it was like *in a class*
When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”
But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #University #HigherEd #Education #Trump #Virginia #DEI
French educator Louis Braille was born #OTD in 1809. He was the inventor of a reading and writing system named after him, braille, intended for use by visually impaired people.
At just 15 years old, Braille began refining Barbier's system, developing a code based on a six-dot cell structure that allowed for efficient representation of letters, numbers, and even musical notation.
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#SCOTUS is allowing #Trump to put his plan to dismantle the #Education Dept back on track & go through with firing nearly 1,400 employees.
With the 3 liberal justices in dissent, the court on Monday paused an order from US District Judge Myong Joun in Boston, who issued a preliminary injunction reversing the layoffs & calling into question the broader plan.
The SCOTUS action enables the admin to resume work on winding down the department.
#law #AbuseOfPower
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-7-14-2025?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-07-14-Breaking+News
Providing children (and ourselves) with tools to manage anxiety is important. Our executive director Jennifer Fischer shares the books and tools that work for her family at Multicultural Kid Blogs.
#Anxiety #MentalHealth #MentalWellness #MentalHealthMatters #SelfCare #Education #Homeschooling #Parenting #Families @education @edutooters @bookstodon
Losrs - Spaced Repetition in the terminal with markdown cards https://lobste.rs/s/ypm74r #show #education
https://github.com/blin/losrs
I think seeing captured film reels from WWII in grade 10 social studies of bodies being bulldozed into mass graves by Nazi labourers and hearing classmates gasp, several of them breaking down, openly weeping, was a turning point in my view of humanity; I expect parents today would be outraged at such shocking material being put before schoolchildren...
#history #media #journalism #education #genocide
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Science Lit for Kids Holds a Mirror Aloft
Over decades, books that rouse children’s interest in the natural world have morphed in style and approach—an evolution reflective of tectonic societal change.
By Jessica George
Education at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/297
The UK based #QS & #THE world university ranking scam exposed:youtu.be/lavCJDZiWdk No wonder the #UK, and the rest of the world, are mass hiring Filipinos and non-Filipinos who graduated from #Philippines universities—because we rank very low.#Education
The British Made Filipinos Loo...
The UK based #QS & #THE world university ranking scam exposed:
No wonder the #UK, and the rest of the world, are mass hiring Filipinos and non-Filipinos who graduated from #Philippines universities—because we rank very low.