🌎 Discussion: Education

[blueharvest]

Voters' diploma divide widens even as college gets cheaper

Higher education is emerging as another slice of the economy in which affordability improvements haven’t stemmed a working-class shift away from Democrats.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump likely to use antisemitism claims to launch crackdown on US universities

Schools brace for cuts and investigations as the president-elect and his advisers make them a prime target of their ‘anti-woke’ crusade

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Kids in Texas in a few years:

Texas education officials to vote on use of Bible in public school curriculum

Supporters argue Bible verses contextualize art and literature as opponents say it is biased towards Christianity

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

Sad that my ex brother in law said that the dinosaurs never existed. I guess all those bones are just fake....

 

[Lily Adler]

Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social)

NEWS Linda McMahon, who served as Administrator of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump admin, is slated to be nominated by President-elect Trump as Secretary of Education. McMahon, who was formerly the CEO of WWE, served on the Connecticut Board of Education for one year.

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[blueharvest]

Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social)

NEWS Linda McMahon, who served as Administrator of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump admin, is slated to be nominated by President-elect Trump as Secretary of Education. McMahon, who was formerly the CEO of WWE, served on the Connecticut Board of Education for one year.

bsky.app

Can't wait until Hulk Hogan is appointed Ambassador to China.

 

[blueharvest]

Sad that my ex brother in law said that the dinosaurs never existed. I guess all those bones are just fake....

How can he say dinosaurs never existed, when we have pictures like this:

 

[blueharvest]

With a Republican trifecta in Washington, a new era of college oversight is on its way

With the GOP set to take control of Congress and a staunch Trump ally slated to lead the Education Department, colleges may be in for lots of change.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Gee]

Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social)

NEWS Linda McMahon, who served as Administrator of the Small Business Administration in the first Trump admin, is slated to be nominated by President-elect Trump as Secretary of Education. McMahon, who was formerly the CEO of WWE, served on the Connecticut Board of Education for one year.

bsky.app

Are you ****ing serious?!

 

[blueharvest]

Are you ****ing serious?!

Idiocracy here we come.

 

[squeekness]

Can't wait until Hulk Hogan is appointed Ambassador to China.

Don't give him any ideas, lol.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump Education Department Nominee Resigned from Education Board After Falsely Claiming She Had a Degree in Education

Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education faces criticism over a past false claim about holding an education degree.

www.ibtimes.com

 

[blueharvest]

Inside Elon Musk’s plans for a private pre-school in Texas, which just got a permit to open and where children will learn to sweep, draw, and explore

Ad Astra just received its initial permit, and can now open its doors in Bastrop, Texas, near Elon Musk’s companies.

fortune.com

 

[blueharvest]

MIT will make tuition free for families earning less than $200,000 a year

MIT will cover tuition starting next year for families making less than $200,000 a year.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Linda McMahon, secretary of plunder

Trump's favorite wrestling tycoon may now oversee education. Great news for elite private school kids and "segregation academies."

www.motherjones.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Texas board approves public school reading material that includes Bible stories

Only Republican members of the education board voted for it. All Democratic members and three Republicans opposed it.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Lily Adler]

You know this makes it more obvious tuition free college is possible...

 

[blueharvest]

Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

Texas’ education board has voted to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools. The approval Friday follows other Republican-led states that have pushed this year to give religion a larger presence in public classrooms.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

School did nothing wrong when it punished student for using AI, court rules

Student “indiscriminately copied and pasted text,” including AI hallucinations.

arstechnica.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Again, I hope this is a request that gets denied.

 

[blueharvest]

Again, I hope this is a request that gets denied.

Me too, but my hopes aren't that high.

 

[blueharvest]

Lawsuit claims Oklahoma education officials failed to enforce bullying prevention rules

A lawsuit has been filed against State Superintendent Ryan Walters, the State Department of Education, and the Oklahoma Board of Education for failing to enforc

okcfox.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

‘Another broken Trump campaign promise’: Fmr. Ed. Secretary on Trump dumping the Education Dept.

Throughout his campaign for president, President-elect Trump promised to dismantle the Education Department. In Texas, the Board of Education is offering financial incentives for school districts to teach a religious curriculum in elementary schools. Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan shares...

www.msnbc.com