@emilymitchell.bsky.social
With all of the other nonsense going on, I missed this one. Goodbye, Blue Ribbon Schools.
“States learned they wouldn’t be getting Blue Ribbons after they’d already submitted their picks for this year’s awards.”
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
“States learned they wouldn’t be getting Blue Ribbons after they’d already submitted their picks for this year’s awards.”
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
With the loss of Blue Ribbon program, Maryland school leaders are on their own
To “return education to the states,” the U.S. Department of Education ended the national Blue Ribbon program. Maryland education leaders need to find a new way to honor their shining schools.
www.thebanner.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
With all of the other nonsense going on, I missed this one. Goodbye, Blue Ribbon Schools.
“States learned they wouldn’t be getting Blue Ribbons after they’d already submitted their picks for this year’s awards.”
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
“States learned they wouldn’t be getting Blue Ribbons after they’d already submitted their picks for this year’s awards.”
www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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Keep these numbers handy:
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
Next Rung: 833-698-7864
LGBT Hotline: 888-843-5464
LGBT Youth Hotline: 800-246-7743
LGBT Elder Hotline: 888-234-7243
TrevorText: 678 678
Remember: LGBTQIA+ means family. Family means no one gets left behind.
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
Next Rung: 833-698-7864
LGBT Hotline: 888-843-5464
LGBT Youth Hotline: 800-246-7743
LGBT Elder Hotline: 888-234-7243
TrevorText: 678 678
Remember: LGBTQIA+ means family. Family means no one gets left behind.
July 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Keep these numbers handy:
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
Next Rung: 833-698-7864
LGBT Hotline: 888-843-5464
LGBT Youth Hotline: 800-246-7743
LGBT Elder Hotline: 888-234-7243
TrevorText: 678 678
Remember: LGBTQIA+ means family. Family means no one gets left behind.
Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
Next Rung: 833-698-7864
LGBT Hotline: 888-843-5464
LGBT Youth Hotline: 800-246-7743
LGBT Elder Hotline: 888-234-7243
TrevorText: 678 678
Remember: LGBTQIA+ means family. Family means no one gets left behind.
I’ve spent time observing, in person, the after-school academic programs run by the Boys & Girls Clubs mentioned here. They are effective, essential…and their funding was already approved by Congress. The law says they get the $, period. Anything else is stealing hope from children. Children.
The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. https://trib.al/CIBxpaX
Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation
The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.
trib.al
July 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I’ve spent time observing, in person, the after-school academic programs run by the Boys & Girls Clubs mentioned here. They are effective, essential…and their funding was already approved by Congress. The law says they get the $, period. Anything else is stealing hope from children. Children.
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It's the smallest budget proposed for NASA since 1961.
Need data to explain the disastrous proposed cuts to NASA?
Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
Here are seven charts that lay out why The White House’s FY2026 budget proposal poses a historic threat to NASA. www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
NASA's disastrous 2026 budget proposal in seven charts
The White House has put forward a radical, wasteful proposal for NASA. We have the data to prove it.
www.planetary.org
June 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It's the smallest budget proposed for NASA since 1961.
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May 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Fear the turtle! But don’t fear this frog. He’s full of wisdom. 🐸
Kermit the Frog tells UMD grads to hold each other tight and take leaps of faith
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May 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fear the turtle! But don’t fear this frog. He’s full of wisdom. 🐸
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Please please please look at this thread and website. Incredible resource regarding medicaid and this bill's effect
May 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Please please please look at this thread and website. Incredible resource regarding medicaid and this bill's effect
I never knew this piece of history! Fun note: Caroline is from Baltimore. Her grandfather was a Hutzler, of local department store fame.
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I never knew this piece of history! Fun note: Caroline is from Baltimore. Her grandfather was a Hutzler, of local department store fame.
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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
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Baltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trends
Baltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trends
Baltimore City ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory.
buff.ly
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Baltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trends
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This 🧵 is diving into Head Start as its currently on the chopping block in the proposed budget. Head Start is an incredible program that is much more involved and influential than people may realize. And if the regime gets its way, this cut would result in generations of harm.
April 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
This 🧵 is diving into Head Start as its currently on the chopping block in the proposed budget. Head Start is an incredible program that is much more involved and influential than people may realize. And if the regime gets its way, this cut would result in generations of harm.
how Dept of Ed cuts affect kids right now -
Schools had until last Aug to say how they would spend remaining COVID relief $. Some programs they bought are still underway and haven’t been billed yet.
Even though DoEd approved, now they’re saying they won’t pay, leaving schools holding the bag.
Schools had until last Aug to say how they would spend remaining COVID relief $. Some programs they bought are still underway and haven’t been billed yet.
Even though DoEd approved, now they’re saying they won’t pay, leaving schools holding the bag.
April 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
how Dept of Ed cuts affect kids right now -
Schools had until last Aug to say how they would spend remaining COVID relief $. Some programs they bought are still underway and haven’t been billed yet.
Even though DoEd approved, now they’re saying they won’t pay, leaving schools holding the bag.
Schools had until last Aug to say how they would spend remaining COVID relief $. Some programs they bought are still underway and haven’t been billed yet.
Even though DoEd approved, now they’re saying they won’t pay, leaving schools holding the bag.
And so it begins…the fallout from cutting federal education funds. Sorry kids! Maybe you’ll learn to read next year.
The U.S. Department of Education recently told state officials they would not receive nearly $3.5 million in COVID-era, congressionally appropriated dollars for improving student reading and math skills.
Oregon Department of Education shuts down literacy, math development programs due to unexpected federal funding cut
The U.S. Department of Education recently told state officials they would not receive nearly $3.5 million in COVID-era, congressionally appropriated dollars for improving student reading and math skills.
www.opb.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
And so it begins…the fallout from cutting federal education funds. Sorry kids! Maybe you’ll learn to read next year.
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Saturday April 5. Find your local act of resistance: HandsOff2025.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Saturday April 5. Find your local act of resistance: HandsOff2025.com
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My biography of Giuseppe Rinvolucri has been published in The Diversity Project (works.hcommons.org/records/dtb9...), by the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. He was the Italian architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Amlwch. Read about the church at www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/churc...
March 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
My biography of Giuseppe Rinvolucri has been published in The Diversity Project (works.hcommons.org/records/dtb9...), by the Dictionary of Welsh Biography. He was the Italian architect of Our Lady Star of the Sea church in Amlwch. Read about the church at www.anglesey-history.co.uk/places/churc...
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300 kids in Kansas City just lost their preschool thanks to Trump.
The Headstart program provided preschool education, nutrition and health services for children from low-income families, as well as children with diagnosed disabilities. fox4kc.com/news/ymca-en...
The Headstart program provided preschool education, nutrition and health services for children from low-income families, as well as children with diagnosed disabilities. fox4kc.com/news/ymca-en...
YMCA ends Head Start program for low-income children in KCMO
Kansas City, Mo. – The YMCA of Greater Kansas City is shutting down its Head Start program. “The Y has been honored to operate Head Start programs for the past 20 years,” the associatio…
fox4kc.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
300 kids in Kansas City just lost their preschool thanks to Trump.
The Headstart program provided preschool education, nutrition and health services for children from low-income families, as well as children with diagnosed disabilities. fox4kc.com/news/ymca-en...
The Headstart program provided preschool education, nutrition and health services for children from low-income families, as well as children with diagnosed disabilities. fox4kc.com/news/ymca-en...
The point is, this agency's work and its money benefits American children. Our kids. Every day.
If we destroy that, what kind of future do we have left? What does that say about how much the federal government values your daughter? Your son?
I hope we never have to find out.
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If we destroy that, what kind of future do we have left? What does that say about how much the federal government values your daughter? Your son?
I hope we never have to find out.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The point is, this agency's work and its money benefits American children. Our kids. Every day.
If we destroy that, what kind of future do we have left? What does that say about how much the federal government values your daughter? Your son?
I hope we never have to find out.
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If we destroy that, what kind of future do we have left? What does that say about how much the federal government values your daughter? Your son?
I hope we never have to find out.
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If you attended a public school, or had a kid in public school at between 1976 and today, YOUR FAMILY has directly benefited from the USDOEd's work and their $.
This is the only cabinet-level agency that is dedicated to our children. The administration wants to get rid of all of it.
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This is the only cabinet-level agency that is dedicated to our children. The administration wants to get rid of all of it.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you attended a public school, or had a kid in public school at between 1976 and today, YOUR FAMILY has directly benefited from the USDOEd's work and their $.
This is the only cabinet-level agency that is dedicated to our children. The administration wants to get rid of all of it.
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This is the only cabinet-level agency that is dedicated to our children. The administration wants to get rid of all of it.
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20% of US school children speak a language other than English at home.
15% of US school children qualify for special ed services.
45% of all US public schools receive at least some Title 1 funding.
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15% of US school children qualify for special ed services.
45% of all US public schools receive at least some Title 1 funding.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20% of US school children speak a language other than English at home.
15% of US school children qualify for special ed services.
45% of all US public schools receive at least some Title 1 funding.
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15% of US school children qualify for special ed services.
45% of all US public schools receive at least some Title 1 funding.
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USDoEd funds student loans and grants. The grant I had for college has been eliminated.
So has help for English Language Learners.
Millions are beneficiaries of special education programs. Students with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, sensory processing disorders...their federal support is gone.
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So has help for English Language Learners.
Millions are beneficiaries of special education programs. Students with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, sensory processing disorders...their federal support is gone.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
USDoEd funds student loans and grants. The grant I had for college has been eliminated.
So has help for English Language Learners.
Millions are beneficiaries of special education programs. Students with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, sensory processing disorders...their federal support is gone.
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So has help for English Language Learners.
Millions are beneficiaries of special education programs. Students with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, sensory processing disorders...their federal support is gone.
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Lots of research, incl the NAEP. This test is one of the few ways to know how US education is improving (or not). I’m not explaining why that’s important - should be obvious. Kids in other nations are out-performing US kids. We know that because of NAEP.
The entire research wing was just axed.
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The entire research wing was just axed.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Lots of research, incl the NAEP. This test is one of the few ways to know how US education is improving (or not). I’m not explaining why that’s important - should be obvious. Kids in other nations are out-performing US kids. We know that because of NAEP.
The entire research wing was just axed.
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The entire research wing was just axed.
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